The Coventry University East Asian Film Society (CUEAFS) was awarded the ‘Best Society Award’ at the Student Union Award Ceremony. With all the work they have put in, it is not a surprise they received the award.
“Last year we came third for best society and we were grateful for that, but obviously everyone wants to be a winner so we pushed it a bit more and we finally seemed to get the top award. I don’t think we expected it but we hoped that finally our hard work would pay off,” said Michelle Bailey who also won the award for Best Female in a Society.
Michelle was in Italy with the society at the Udine Far East Film Festival and couldn’t collect the award her self, but she said: “It was the best place to find out, when your working so hard in Italy, it gives you that extra push when your low on energy for being recognised for what your doing but it also gives us extra to push ourselves to the next level; this year we’re going for gold again.”
The past year for the society was filled with trials and tribulations, Antoniya Metodieva, secretary and Editor for the CUEAFS online newsletter, explained: “It was definitely a struggle because obviously we lost an important member, and a very vital member of the society and I think that kind of pushed us to work harder in order to honour her.”
The society not only have their film screenings once a year, they also take part in film festivals around the world. Michelle Bailey said: “The Udine film festival is the biggest one out of the South East Asian region. It’s a huge festival to go to and for us to have the opportunity to go there and continuously do so is huge but also great because once you’re there, you’re working in a professional platform.”
Written by Natasha De Silva – Third year student
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