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m ot ion p ictu re s o u n d e d i to r s I 15 BY BERNARD WEISER MPSE This year has passed so quickly! As 2021 is ending, here is what EIPMA has been up to. Bridging the Gap BETWEEN ASPIRING PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS The #NOBEL4ISS Equal Space Challenge for the Nobel Peace Prize has been a big part of 2021. With this challenge competition, we off ered a fi lmmakers' webinar series that included: The Art of Sound The Art of Visual EFX The Art of Directing and Cinematography The Art of Writing The Art of Editing The Art of Producing The Art of Mixing & Recording The Art of Virtual and Augmented Reality Entertainment Copyright Law Recordings of these webinars are available through our website: eipma.org Also included in the webinar series are interviews with winners, fi nalists, and astronauts After receiving 149 entries from 33 countries, we announced our winner on September 20, 2021: Guilherme Somensato & Mate Nagy from Hungary for The World as One With the success of this challenge for fi lmmakers, we look forward to creating new challenges for fi lmmakers and specifi c crafts to help engage new talent and help connect them with our industry. EIPMA Moving Forward Into 2022 EIPMA will continue to off er webinars that focus on the positions that make up entertainment production & post- production. We are currently scheduling panel Q&As and speed mentoring sessions with schools and organizations. Both programs are garnering great interest from many states across the US and Canada, along with other international inquiries. EIPMA is close to fi nalizing our membership structure that will connect EIPMA with students, graduates, educational institutions, and entertainment companies. Connected with this structure will be an EIPMA newsletter, which along with webinars, panels, speed mentoring, and new events will fulfi ll our mission to help future diverse talent, from around the world, to enter into our industry and fi nd success. success. from and help connect them with our industry.