Serena Dykman and Dynamant Pictures announced today that short drama WELCOME has been nominated for Best Student Video in the 24th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet.

WELCOME is a short narrative drama produced at NYU Tisch by filmmaker Serena Dykman about a young Czech doctor who gets held up at U.S. immigration after a humanitarian trip to Uganda the day her boyfriend plans to propose. The award-winning short explores the concept of 'home'. Is one's home where they were born, where they grew up, or where they feel at home?

Fans Can Vote Online to Help Serena Dykman’s film WELCOME Win Internet’s Top Honor at the below link:

https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2020/video/general-video/student

Serena Dykman is an award-winning New York-based filmmaker. Her work, ranging from comedy to drama and documentary, has won her over 40 awards in the past four years. Her films THE DOORMAN, BED BUGS & COMPANY, WELCOME and NANA have been selected in over 80 film festivals around the world, including Oscar-qualifying film festivals. Serena’s feature film NANA was picked up for distribution by First Run Features, and released theatrically in 2018. Serena is a "third-culture kid" born in Paris, and raised between London, Brussels, and New York. Her passion for travel, and cross-cultural issues has informed much of her work. Serena won the Women eNews “21 leaders in the 21st century” award in May 2018, alongside Abigail Disney, Amy Ferris, and other recipients. She is the founder and president of Dyamant Pictures, a New York-based production company currently developing a half-hour dramedy series entitled TIPS, which features actor Ronald Guttman (Mad Men, Preacher). TIPS is a New York show full of humor, grit and heart about Korean and Chinese immigrants’ experience living the American Dream and the labor conditions they face, told through the day-to-day at a bustling Midtown nail salon.

As a nominee, Ms. Dykman is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe. From now until May 8th, Serena’s fans can cast their votes at https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2020/video/general-video/student in the Video - General video Student category.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, and honored in an Internet Celebration on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

Ms. Dykman’s work can be seen at www.dyamantpictures.com and www.nanafilm.com.