In January of 2010, Campus Movie Fest (CMF), the world’s
largest student film festival visited The Art Institute of Atlanta. On tour
every year, the festival covered schools all over the United States looking for
the best and brightest students by hosting competitions where a short film has
to be completed in 5 days. Kenrick Prince Andrews, a citizen of the Bahamas,
and a student at The Art Institute decided to enter a Spanish short film
entitled, Mi Amor in the festival. Andrews recalls, “I didn’t enter the competition to compete
or to win. I entered it to experiment and explore the possibility of new
ideas.”
At the Grand Finale in the School category of the
Competition, there were over 1,000 students that participated and Andrews won
the Best Drama award and the Best Audio award, two of the four possible awards
that enabled him to compete in the Regional category. At the Grand Finale in
the Regional category, there were over 8,000 students that participated, and
Andrews walked away with Best Editing Award.
Next up, Campus Movie Fest selected their top thirty
students and sent their films to the short film corner of the 63rd
annual Cannes Film Festival. Andrews being selected as one of the top thirty
students was now on his way to France, oui oui! “It was like a theme park for
filmmakers! The energy, the ideas, everyone trying to break into the industry,
good films, not so good films… I was in filmmakers heaven,” he remembers.
After touring the Cannes Film Festival, Mi Amor was nominated
for the Best Actor award in the CMF National Grand Finale held on June 12th,
2010 in Las Vegas. Although he did not win the award at nationals, he reflects,
“It was great to be apart of the Festival and I learned more than I could
imagine. I have no regrets.”
