ROAR Studios, Loyola Marymount University’s student-run production house, gained national recognition from the College Media Association this past October, with student films winning awards in Best Entertainment Program and the 2018 Film Festival Award. The original comedic short “Coming Out,” written, directed and produced by ROAR’s Aoife Tejada 20’, won CMA’s Pinnacle Award for Best Entertainment Program, while the international film “The Veles Conundrum,” jointly produced with Patrick Reilly ’19 by ROAR and the Los Angeles Loyolan, was awarded the 2018 Film Festival award for long documentary.