{"id":585,"date":"2026-04-02T12:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/?p=585"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:51:25","slug":"dearborn-high-school-nominated-for-record-23-student-production-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/2026\/04\/02\/dearborn-high-school-nominated-for-record-23-student-production-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn High School Nominated for Record 23 Student Production Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dearborn High School has earned a record high 23 nominations from the regional Student Production Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Jesse Good earned 10 nominations alone and could break the record for most career wins in Michigan. Ameena Toumi is in the same position with 9! We are the only nominee for Best Long Form Fiction (best movie). We are also 3 of the 5 nominees for Best Performance. A total of 13 students earned nominations. <em>America\u2019s Sweetheart <\/em>and <em>Man-Made<\/em> both had 7 nominations each and the music video <em>Landslide<\/em> had 5. See all our movies at the WDHS Film Festival on May 15th and 16th and see the full list of nominees below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-1-1024x657.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-822\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music Video<\/strong><br><em>Landslide<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Producer<br>\u00b7 Zeinab Saad \u2013 Lighting<br><strong>Fiction &#8211; Short Form<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Zeinab Saad \u2013 Producer<br><em>The Diner<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Producer<br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Writer<br>\u00b7 Asraa Aljehishi \u2013 Talent<br>\u00b7 Riley Downey \u2013 Talent<br>\u00b7 Blake Bielski \u2013 Talent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-2-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiction &#8211; Long Form<\/strong><br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Evelyn Tavarez \u2013 Producer<br>\u00b7 Mohammad Aoun \u2013 Producer<br><strong>Public Service Announcement (PSA)<\/strong><br><em>30 Minutes<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Producer<br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Photographer<br>\u00b7 Ryan Balding \u2013 Audio<br>\u00b7 Zeinab Saad \u2013 Lighting<br>\u00b7 Asraa Aljehishi \u2013 Talent<br>\u00b7 Natalia Garbie \u2013 Talent<br><strong>Commercial<\/strong><br><em>Bethany Anne Galdes Foundation Ad<\/em><br>\u00b7 Hassouna Beydoun \u2013 Producer<br>\u00b7 Adryannah Arnold \u2013 Talent<br>\u00b7 Brandon Bennett \u2013 Editor<br><strong>Audio\/Sound<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Sound<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Brandon Bennett \u2013 Sound<br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Audio<br><strong>Director<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Director<br><em>Landslide<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Director<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Director<br><strong>Editor<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Editor<br><em>Landslide<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Editor<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Editor<br>\u00b7 Brandon Bennett \u2013 Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rauscher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2756\/2026\/04\/image-3-1024x380.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-824\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photographer<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Photographer<br><em>Landslide<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Photographer<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ryan Balding \u2013 Photographer<br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Photographer<br><em>The Diner<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Photographer<br><strong>Talent &#8211; Performer<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Asraa Aljehishi \u2013 Actor<br><em>Landslide<\/em><br>\u00b7 Evelyn Tavarez \u2013 Actor<br>\u00b7 Brant Gadberry \u2013 Actor<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Blake Bielski \u2013 Talent &#8211; Sean<br>\u00b7 Brant Gadberry \u2013 Talent &#8211; Roy<br><strong>Writer<\/strong><br><em>America&#8217;s Sweetheart<\/em><br>\u00b7 Jesse Good \u2013 Writer<br>\u00b7 Amanie Alfatlawy \u2013 Writer<br><em>Man-Made<\/em><br>\u00b7 Ameena Toumi \u2013 Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-natas-michigan wp-block-embed-natas-michigan\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"enmSPep2CY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/natasmichigan.org\/students\/nominees-winners\/\">Student Production Awards &#8211; Nominees &#038; Winners<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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Jesse Good earned 10 nominations alone and could break the record for most career wins in Michigan. Ameena Toumi is in the same position with 9! We are the only&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[205,200,208,206,204,201,202,90,199,207,88,67,89,203],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","tag-ameena-toumi","tag-americas-sweetheart","tag-brandon-bennett","tag-evelyn-tavarez","tag-jesse-good","tag-landslide","tag-man-made","tag-natas","tag-national-academy-of-televisions-arts-and-scicenes","tag-ryan-balding","tag-student-emmys","tag-student-film","tag-student-production-awards","tag-the-diner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/video\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}