September 24, 2021

The latest feature film from Columbus State University’s Adam Bova was recently honored at the Knoxville Film Festival. Bova, who served as assistant director and a producer for A Place Called Home, is an assistant professor in CSU’s Department of Communication.

The film tells the story of a grieving husband learning to raise his two young children alone after the death of his wife. After being forced to borrow money from a ruthless loan shark, Levi must fight to save his family and his home.

A Place Called Home won Audience Favorite in the Narrative Feature category and won second place overall in the Narrative Feature Film category at the festival. The film was also a finalist in the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and was in the final round for the Dances with Film Festival.

"Getting into any festival is always a great honor but especially this year with all of the delays and hurdles the film industry has faced due to COVID-19,” Bova said. “Film festivals are so important to independent filmmakers as we are able to connect with our audience.”

Bova’s past projects include film The Long Way Out web series Aether: Beta and the podcast Fine In Dandee, as well as the Netflix show Afflicted. In Columbus, Bova works as a producer and editor at Fountain City Films. He previously taught at Regent University in Virginia before joining the Columbus State University faculty this fall.

At Columbus State, Bova works with students pursuing the Georgia Film Academy Certification, a partnership between the university and the Georgia Film Academy. The 18-credit-hour certificate provides experience in areas including on-set film production, lighting and electric and special make effects. Additionally, the new Nexus degree film production program at CSU is tightly aligned with high priority talent demand of film production and the competencies and capabilities valued most within the industry. The 60-hour program is designed with a substantive experiential learning component for students interested in the high demand career field. 

Bova holds a master of fine arts in directing cinema and television from Regent University, as well as a bachelor of arts in communication and media studies from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.