Students representing 114 U.S. colleges and universities are competing in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 35th Student Academy Awards. Additionally, film students from 29 countries are vying for the Honorary Foreign Film award, including a first-ever entry from Cuba. The winners will be announced on Saturday, June 7, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
[Photo: Presenter Jack Lemmon called each Student Film Award winner by phone at the first presentation ceremony in 1973. Only Lewis Hall of UCLA, who won with Anti-Matter in the animation category, was present. Photo and text from the Academy's website. © AMPAS]
As per the Academy's press release, the Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 "to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards may be presented in each of four categories: Animation, Narrative, Documentary and Alternative. Additionally, one film is selected each year to receive the Honorary Foreign Film award."
A complete list of schools and countries represented in the competition is available at http://www.oscars.org/saa/2008/entrants.html.
The 35th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony is free and open to the public. Tickets may be obtained online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office, or by mail. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.
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