Mohammad Houhou, class of 2011, received the award for "Best Screenplay" at Animayo 2019 - Gran Canaria, Spain - for his animated short film "The Ostrich Politic". The film has been shortlisted at the BAFTA student awards which took place on the 9th of July, 2019 in Los Angeles. He has also been nominated as a semi-finalist at the Student Academy Awards taking place on the 17th of October, 2019 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.