The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' has announced the list of winners of the 34th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. They are (listed alphabetically by film title within category):
Alternative
Fission, Kun-I Chang, School of Visual Arts, New York
Animation
Art's Desire, Sarah Wickliffe, New York University
A Leg Up, Bevin Carnes, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Mirage, Youngwoong Jang, School of Visual Arts, New York
Documentary
Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide (top), Ben Wu, Stanford University
Ladies of the Land, Megan Thompson, New York University
Lumo (right), Bent-Jorgen S. Perlmutt and Nelson Walker, III, Columbia University
Narrative
High Maintenance, Phillip Van, New York University
Rundown, Patrick Alexander, Florida State University
Screening, Anthony Green, New York University
Honorary Foreign Film
Nevermore, Toke Constantin Hebbeln, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
The winners will take part in a week of industry-related activities and social events, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 9 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The U.S. winners will each receive an award, though the level of that award — Gold, Silver or Bronze — within each category will not be revealed until the June 9 ceremony. Gold Medal recipients will receive $5,000, Silver Medal recipients $3,000, and Bronze Medal recipients $2,000. The Honorary Foreign Film winner will receive $1,000.
Nevermore, the Honorary Foreign Film winner was selected from a record pool of 49 submissions from 33 countries.
According to the Academy's press release, "the Student Academy Awards were established by the Academy in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level." Among past winners who have gone on to prominent film careers are John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, and Trey Parker.
To date, former Student Academy Award winners have received a total of 35 Oscar nominations and have won or shared seven awards.
Tickets for the 34th Student Academy Awards presentation ceremony, at which the Gold Medal-winning films will be screened in their entirety along with the Honorary Foreign Film, are free and available now. To request a maximum of four tickets, call the Academy at (310) 247-3000, ext. 130. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 9, at 6 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
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