The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 52nd Student Academy Awards ceremony.
Gold, Silver and Bronze placements were announced and trophies presented during a ceremony held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 3,127 entries from 988 colleges and universities worldwide, the organisation revealed.
With remarks by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor, the night’s category presenters included Academy actors branch governor Lou Diamond Phillips and filmmakers Craig Brewer, Jon M. Chu and Alex Woo.
The full list of placements are listed below.
Alternative/Experimental
Gold: Xindi Zhang, The Song of Drifters, University of Southern California
Silver: Vega Moltke-Leth, Without Perfection, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Bronze: Mati Granica, flower_gan, London College of Communication, United Kingdom
Animation
Gold: Tobias Eckerlin, A Sparrow’s Song, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Silver: Lucas Ansel, The 12 Inch Pianist, Rhode Island School of Design
Bronze: Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras, The Shyness of Trees, Gobelins, France
Documentary
Gold: Tatiana McCabe, Tides of Life, University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom
Silver: Rebeka Bizubová, Confession, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Bronze: Jane Deng, I Remember, New York University
Narrative
Gold: Jan Saczek, Dad’s Not Home, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland
Silver: Meyer Levinson-Blount, Butcher’s Stain, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Bronze: ZEFAN, Kubrick, Like I Love You, Columbia University
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for the 98th Oscars in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film categories.
