The year 2019 brought amazing feats by our students and faculty representing Meridian International College (MINT) in different prestigious awards shows. Here are the current list of last year’s achievements:
ELISE HUANG, Music Business Management senior student and singer-songwriter, was nominated for Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist for her song, “Coffee”, at the 32nd Awit Awards (by PARI, or Philippine Association of Record Industry).
IVAN PASIA, Film senior high school student, won PESTA10 Jury Award 1 under the Narrative Category at Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival for his short film, “7th Street” (Kalye Siyete).
ELYANDRE DAGLI, Film freshman, had their film, “Pamana ni Lola” get shown in cinemas nationwide for the Metro Manila Film Festival. They also won the grand prize as Best Short Film in the Student Category.
LUIGI MARCELO had his thesis film, “Green Thumb” shown at the Pasig International Film Festival.
Aliw Awards also had MINT students and faculty as winners and nominees. JEREMY DOMINGO and NINA CAMPOS won as Best Male Host and Best New Artist, respectively. NOEL MAXIMO and STEVE CONDE were nominated as Best Special Events Director and Best Stage Director, respectively.
Sorok Short Film Festival was graced by our Multimedia Arts and Film students who collaborated for “Sumasaiyo”. Multimedia Arts students TRIXY GOSADAN, AIREEN REMOTO and Film students MILLAINE MATINONG and JERMAINE TULBO won Silver Award at the said film fest. Their other nominations include Best Director for Tulbo, and Viewer’s Choice.
Besides the individual accolades that both MINT faculty members and students garnered, this year was also filled with various new partnerships and collaborations that open more avenues for students to apply their learned skills and immerse themselves in real-life settings.
ORTIGAS EAST & COMPANY (with MINT College)
Being the new addition to the growing community at Ortigas East, the real estate developer has collaborated with MINT College to give its area a boost. Striving to become an “eco-community”, Ortigas East tapped the school’s talent and vigor to start the “Everything Counts” mural which supports their environmental advocacy.
Through this project, the Multimedia Arts students—guided by program head Lizza Gutierrez and Game Development instructor Abe Medenilla—had the chance to conceptualize, design, and paint a mural inspired by the four natural elements. Each element will be having partner environmental advocates and nonprofit organizations. This collaboration aims to sustain environmental awareness and spark movement to help save Mother Earth.
PRESTIGE PAPERS (Multimedia Arts)
The Multimedia Arts students was given an opportunity to collaborate with a paper distributor, Prestige Papers. Through their Materials and Brand Design classes, they get to work with the various paper products of Prestige for their crafting and print projects. W