Desert Mountain High School alumnus Timur Guseynov has been nominated for an award from the Television Academy Foundation’s 44th College Television Awards.

The annual awards show recognizes and rewards excellence in student-produced programs from colleges across the country, according to a press release.
Winners in the competition will be announced by television stars at the red carpet awards ceremony on April 5, at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.

Guseynov is nominated, along with two classmates from the University of Southern California, in the drama series category for producing a short film titled “Two Breaths.” The film tells the story of a man-made disaster that decimates a Pacific island where an 11-year-old native girl is stranded and must find the courage to leave her home behind. A mysterious manta ray named Two Breaths helps her escape to safety.