Edelman CCCA to host 8th annual RTF Media Fest April 8-9

The Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts will host the 8^th Annual RTF MEDIA FEST April 8-9 in the King Auditorium of Bozorth Hall. 

A juried presentation and award ceremony celebrating new work by students in the Radio, Television & Film department – as well as by talented high school students – the festival will feature animations, documentaries, short narrative films, broadcasting and audio productions, and original screenplays.

The screening series will be followed by a televised/webcast award ceremony – the Department of Radio, Television & Film's version of the Oscars. 

The festival is largely student-run and produced, and the nominees receive meaningful feedback from - and exposure to - the media industry. A jury of 30 professional media makers from New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Paris, and London judged submissions from across the department and the top scoring projects in each category will be nominated for an award and screen each night of the festival. Read about all of this year's nominees.

Assistant Professor Chris Winkler and Associate Professor Jonathan Mason, co-festival directors, said a key aim is to encourage students to not only produce great work but to show it.

“It’s a way to celebrate the perseverance and creative minds of our students, and to encourage them to start putting their work out into the world,” Mason said.

College and high school student work to be celebrated

In addition to work by Rowan University students, the festival will showcase submissions by talented high school students in a state-wide competition April 9. Drawing from more than a dozen programs across New Jersey, the competition for entry is fierce but, according to RTF Chair Keith Brand, the quality of the work gets stronger each year.

"We're so impressed with what New Jersey high school media programs are doing,” Brand said.  “This program is a great way to celebrate their work, and to connect them with our own vision for what an undergraduate media program can offer.”

The RTF Media Fest starts at 6 p.m. Friday, April 8 for the Rowan RTF portion, and at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9 for the high school program.

Read more about the event by following the department's social media accounts www.linktr.ee/RTF_Social​, @ROwanCCCA or by visiting www.ccca.rowan.edu/departments/radioTelevisionFilm/