Alice's Attic (top); Pajama Gladiator (2nd from top); Kavi (2nd from bottom); Elkland (bottom)
The final order of the winners of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Student Academy Awards — gold, silver, and bronze medal recipients — was announced earlier this evening at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Actor Gary Oldman, director John Landis, animator Andreas Deja, and Academy first vice president Robert Rehme took part in the ceremony.
The winners are:
Alternative*
Gold Medal: Alice’s Attic, Robyn Yannoukos, University of California, Los Angeles
Silver Medal: Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed, Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts, New York
* Only two medals were awarded in the Alternative category.Animation
Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University
Silver Medal: Sebastian’s Voodoo, Joaquin Baldwin, University of California, Los Angeles
Bronze Medal: Kites, Jed Henry, Brigham Young UniversityDocumentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae, Columbia University
Silver Medal: The Wait, Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia University
Bronze Medal: A Place to Land, Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.Narrative
Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey, University of Southern California
Silver Medal: The Bronx Balletomane, Jeremy Joffee, The City College of New York
Bronze Medal: Bohemibot, Brendan Bellomo, New York UniversityHonorary Foreign Film
Elkland, Per Hanefjord, Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden
Don't be surprised if one or more of the above titles end up in the list of short-film nominees for the 2010 Academy Awards.
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Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed (top); Sebastian’s Voodoo (2nd from top); A Place to Land (2nd from bottom); Bohemibot (bottom)