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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Student Academy Awards</title>
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		<title>Best Original Song Winner Ryan Bingham&#8217;s Oscar Acceptance Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Best Original Song: &#34;The Weary Kind&#34; from Crazy Heart. Composers T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham shared the award. Below is Bingham&#8217;s 2010 Oscar acceptance speech:
&#34;Thank you so much. I&#8217;d like to thank my wife Anna, I love you more than rainbows, baby. My uncle Clay, my band, Jack Whigham, Scott Cooper, the cast of Crazy Heart, Jeff [Bridges] and Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and Colin [Farrell] and Mr. Bob [Robert Duvall]. Everyone at Fox Searchlight and Mr. T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton. Thank you all so much.&#34;
Photo: Crazy Heart (Lorey Sebastian / 20th Century Fox)
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		<title>Pete Docter&#8217;s Oscar Acceptance Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Best Animated Feature Up: Pete Docter&#8217;s Oscar Acceptance Speech
&#34;Boy, never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third grade math book would lead to this. Boy. It&#8217;s incredible being here, it&#8217;s just me right now, but please picture this whole stage full of the most amazing cast and crew you&#8217;ve ever experienced. Jonas Rivera, producer. Bob Peterson, co-director. You guys should all be up here with me. Thanks so much to Disney and to Pixar Animation Studios for believing in this oddball film.
&#34;It was an incredible, incredible adventure making this movie, but the heart of it came from home. And to our families, in my case, to my wonderful parents, they were so supportive. My kids, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Mazursky, Martha Coolidge, Richard Pearce at Student Academy Awards Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; 2009 Student Academy Award winners and members of the Board of Governors on Friday, June 12, in Beverly Hills. 
Front row (left to right): winner Cassandra Lizaire, winner Kelly Asmuth, winner Liz Chae, winner Lauren DeAngelis, winner Robyn Yannoukos, winner Per Hanefjord, Richard Pearce and Paul Mazursky. 
Second row (left to right): Mark Goldblatt, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Martha Coolidge, Owen Roizman, Rosemary Brandenburg, winner Gregg Helvey and winner Jeremy Joffee. 
Third row (left to right): Don Hall, Marvin Levy, Bill Taylor, Leonard Engelman, Academy Vice President Robert Rehme, Curt Behlmer, Frank Pierson and Richard Edlund. 
Back row (left to right): Jon Bloom, Carl Bell, Arthur Hamilton, winner Jed Henry, winner Joaquin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Landis, Gary Oldman, Andreas Deja at the 2009 Student Academy Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; 36th Student Academy Awards ceremony was held on Saturday, June 13, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Above, John Landis, Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, winners of the Silver  Medal in the Documentary Category for A Place to Land, with Alicia  Tejada
Photos: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.

 Andreas Deja  and Robyn Yannoukos, winner of the Gold Medal in the Alternative Category for Alice&#8217;s Attic

Gary Oldman, Jeremy Joffee

Gary Oldman, Brendan Bellomo

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		<title>Student Academy Awards 2009: Lauren DeAngelis, Brendan Bellomo</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/brendan-bellomo-lauren-deangelis-liz-chae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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Student Academy Awards 2009 Photos: Part I

Lauren DeAngelis

Liz Chae

Brendan Bellomo

Per Hanefjord

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		<title>Student Academy Awards 2009 Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; 2009  Student Academy Awards ceremony took place on Saturday, June 13, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Above, front row (left to right): Cassandra Lizaire, Lauren DeAngelis, Kelly Asmuth, Brendan Bellomo, Joaquin Baldwin and Liz Chae.
  Back row (left to right): Gregg Helvey, Robyn Yannoukos, Per Hanefjord, Glenn Harmon, Kwibum Chung, Jeremy Joffe and Jed Henry.
Photos: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Glenn Harmon, Gregg Helvey, Per Hanefjord, Joaquin Baldwin, Brendan Bellomo, Kwibum Chung, Jeremy Joffe and Jed Henry

Robyn Yannoukos, Liz Chae, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth and Lauren DeAngelis
Student Academy Awards 2009 Photos: Part II

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		<title>2009 Student Academy Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-student-academy-awards-gold-medal-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Alice&#8217;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 &#8212; gold, silver, and bronze medal recipients &#8212; was announced earlier this evening at the Academy&#8217;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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Student Academy Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Alice&#8217;s Attic (top); Pajama Gladiator (2nd from top); Bohemibot (2nd from bottom); Elkland (bottom)

The 2009 Student Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will be held on Saturday, June 13, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. 
Twelve students from eight U.S. colleges and universities have been named winners in the competition. One film student from Sweden has been voted the Honorary Foreign Film Award.
The U.S. winners know they will each receive an award, but their placement – Gold, Silver or Bronze – will be revealed only at the June 13 ceremony. Gold Medal winners receive cash grants of $5,000, Silver Medal winners receive $3,000, and Bronze Medal winners receive $2,000. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Academy Awards 2009 Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Sebastian&#8217;s Voodoo (top), The Last Mermaids (middle), Bohemibot (bottom)

Thirty-six students from 20 US colleges and universities have been  selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Student Academy Awards competition. Academy  members will pick the winners after watching the competing films at special screenings. 
Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with  accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively,  may be presented in each of the four categories below. The winners will later take part  in a week of industry-related and social activities,  including the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 13, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):


Alternative
Alice&#8217;s Attic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Honorary Foreign Film Award Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Five finalists will be vying for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts  and Sciences&#8216; 2009 Honorary Foreign Film award in the 36th Annual    Student Academy Awards competition. The five finalists were selected from a record 57 entries representing 39  countries.  The winning student filmmaker will  be brought to Los Angeles to join U.S.-based Student Academy Award  winners &#34;for a week of industry-related activities and social events,&#34;  including the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 13, in  Beverly Hills.
The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Elkland (above, center photo), Per Hanefjord, Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden
    Face-to-Face Confrontation, Igor Khomsky, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Russia
    The Incredible Story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Academy Awards 2009 Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Student Academy Awards 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The  Academy of Motion Picture  Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 559 entries, from students representing 103 U.S. colleges  and universities, will be vying for the 2009 Student Academy  Awards. Additionally, a record 57 entries from 39 countries have  been submitted in the Honorary Foreign Film award category, including first-ever entries from Egypt and Estonia. Trophies  and prize money will be presented to the winners on Saturday, June 13, at  the Academy&#8217;s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. 
As per the Academy&#8217;s press release, the  Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 &#34;to support and  encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Gold,  Silver and Bronze Medal [...]]]></description>
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