FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Access Fort Wayne, a department of the Allen County Public Library, won five 2022 Philo Festival of Media Awards and two are nominated for 2022 Philo Excellence Awards. The awards are presented by the Alliance for Community Media – Central States Region and included more than 155 entries from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.
Located downtown at the Main Library, Access Fort Wayne is a full-service multimedia center focused on enabling the Allen County community to become television producers by providing free access to film and television production, edit suites, camera equipment and training. Content created by producers is shared on Access Television: Comcast 55, 57 and 58, as well as Frontier 25, 27 and 28.
Access Fort Wayne provided the studio space, technology, equipment, and support for the production of these award-winning films/programs:
ARTS/CULTURAL AWARENESS • NON-PROFESSIONAL WINNER
Patty Hunter and Bob Hunter, Fort Wayne, IN
The Hunters first connected with Access Fort Wayne in 2010 with her first foray into television production. Her show, “Patty’s Page” launched at Access Fort Wayne and now resides on her YouTube channel.
COMEDY/HUMOR • PROFESSIONAL WINNER
The Real Digital Versatile Disc Hour
Jake Baker, Matthew Lutz, Kurt Roembke, Fort Wayne, IN
Baker and Lutz review films, reflects on their love of films, and the resources and DVD collection of ACPL.
MUSIC VIDEO (TV OR WEB) • PROFESSIONAL WINNER
Crystal C Note, Otto Boschet, Jake Baker, Fort Wayne, IN
This is the latest in a long history of work with Crystal and her band Sum Morz. This was recorded on location and edited at AFW.
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO (3:00 OR LESS) • PROFESSIONAL WINNER
Marra Honeywell, Kay Gregg, Fort Wayne, IN
A promotional video for the ACPL JumpSpark Spring Learning Program.
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING • PROFESSIONAL FINALIST
Kurt Roembke and Lyssa Troemel, Fort Wayne, IN
This is a short animation about a whale produced by ACPL Maker Guide Lyssa Troemel and AFW Staff Kurt Roembke.
For more information about creating local television programming for free through Access Fort Wayne, contact Norm Compton at Ncompton@acpl.lib.in.us or visit https://acpl.lib.in.us/fr/explore/afw.
