Student Academy Awards


The Student Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is an annual awards program for college and university filmmakers.
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Description

The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. The current name was adopted effective in 1991. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually. The event has been held in October since 2017 and usually takes place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
The awards offer prizes in four categories: alternative, animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards are given in each category. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States – however in the 49th annual SAA, the academy merged its domestic and international categories. This reduced the 7 categories into 4 = narrative, animation, alternative/ experimental and documentary.
Several award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and John Lasseter. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for and/or won the Academy Award in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I want to be...), Gang Cops, The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, The Red Jacket, On the Line , God of Love, The Confession, ''4.1 Miles An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It and Dcera (Daughter)''.
Copies for over 90% of films honored with Student Academy Awards, along with recordings of many of the awards ceremonies, are held by the Academy Film Archive.
In 2024, the 51st Student Academy Awards were held in London, and the following year the 52nd ceremony was held in New York City in the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
The Student Academy Awards are sponsored by Rolex.

List of winners

1970s

1st Annual Student Film Awards December 20, 1973

Animation: Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena University of California, Los Angeles

2nd Annual Student Film Awards July 1, 1975

Animation: ', Vincent Collins San Francisco Art Institute Documentary: Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts Antioch College Dramatic: Swag, Bruce Postman New York University School of the Arts Experimental: Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas Rice University Special Jury ': A Field of Honor'', Robert Zemeckis University of Southern California

3rd Annual Student Film Awards June 23, 1976

Animation: Fame, Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies California Institute of the Arts Documentary: What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill Adelphi University Dramatic: The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan University of Southern California Experimental: After Lumiere, Joan Laine University of California, Los Angeles Special Jury : The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. University of Southern California

4th Annual Student Film Awards May 22, 1977

Animation: The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer California Institute of the Arts Documentary:

5th Annual Student Film Awards May 21, 1978

6th Annual Student Film Awards June 3, 1979

1980s

7th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1980

8th Annual Student Film Awards June 7, 1981

9th Annual Student Film Awards June 6, 1982

10th Annual Student Film Awards June 5, 1983

11th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1984

12th Annual Student Film Awards June 16, 1985

13th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1986

14th Annual Student Film Awards June 7, 1987

15th Annual Student Film Awards June 12, 1988

16th Annual Student Film Awards June 11, 1989

1990s

17th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1990

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18th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1991

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19th Annual Student Academy Awards June 14, 1992

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20th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1993

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21st Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 1994

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22nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 1995

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23rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1996

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24th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 1997

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25th Annual Student Academy Awards June 14, 1998

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26th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1999

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2000s

27th Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 2000

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28th Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2001

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29th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2002

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30th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 2003

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31st Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 2004

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32nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 2005

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33rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2006

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34th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2007

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35th Annual Student Academy Awards June 7, 2008

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36th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 2009

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

2010s

37th Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 2010

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

38th Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 2011

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

39th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2012

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

40th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 2013

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

41st Annual Student Academy Awards June 6, 2014

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

42nd Annual Student Academy Awards September 17, 2015

Site: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterAlternative:

43rd Annual Student Academy Awards September 22, 2016

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
YearAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
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2016AlternativeGold:
All These Voices – David Henry Gerson Silver:
Cloud Kumo – Yvonne Ng Bronze:
The Swan Girl – Johnny Coffeen 		Made of Sugar – Kevin Rios Nova Initia – Scott Thompson
2016AnimationGold:
Once Upon a Line – Alicja Jasina Silver:
The Wishgranter – Echo Wu Bronze:
Die Flucht –Carter Boyce 		Cage – Pengpeng Du Last Shot – Aemilia Widodo The Controller – Bob Yong and Kang Yung Ho The Moon is Essentially Gray – Hannah Roman
2016DocumentaryGold:
4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki Silver:
Fairy Tales – Rongfei Guo Bronze:
From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City – Elise Conklin 		Gardeners of the Forest – Ceylan Carhoglu and Nicole Jordan-Webber Looking for Trouble – Caroline Cuny and Bryan Campbell The Assassin and Mrs. Paine – Max Good The Search – Melina Tupa
2016NarrativeGold:
Nocturne in Black – Jimmy Keyrouz Silver:
It's Just a Gun – Brian Robau Bronze:
Rocket – Brenna Malloy 		100 Steps – Shahnawaz Zali Amelia’s Closet – Halima Lucas University of Southern California)A New Civilization – Williams Naranjo Mutt – Chloe Aktas
2016Foreign NarrativeGold:
Invention of Trust – Alex Schaad Silver:
Where the Woods End – Felix Ahrens Bronze:
Tenants – Klara Kochanska 		Beautiful Figure – Hajni Kis Flowers – Judita Gamulin Generation Mars – Alexander Turpin Peacock – Ondrej Hudecek
2016Foreign AnimationGold:
Ayny – Ahmad Saleh 		Eye for an Eye – Steve Bache and Mahyar Goudarzi I Come From Prairie – Arisbek Nuhan
2016Foreign DocumentaryGold:
The Most Beautiful Woman – Maya Sarfaty 		Tarfala – Johannes Östergård The Mute's House –Tamar Kay

44th Annual Student Academy Awards October 12, 2017

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
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2017Domestic Film SchoolsAlternativeGold:
Opera of Cruelty – Max R.A. Fedore 		Last Dance – Zhaoyu Zhou Mira – Amanda Tasse The Colored Hospital: A Visual Poem – Terrance Daye
2017Domestic Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
In a Heartbeat – Beth David and Esteban Bravo Silver:
Cradle – Devon Manney Bronze:
E-delivery – Young Gul Cho 		Extinguished – Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann Once a Hero – Xia Li Pinky Toe – Mathieu Libman Winston – Aram Sarkisian
2017Domestic Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
Hale – Brad Bailey Silver:
On Pointe – Priscilla Thompson and Joy Jihyun Jeong Bronze:
One Way Home – Qingzi Fan 		Free The Wall – Darryl Shreve, How To Make A Pearl – Jason Hanasik Sisterly, – Nina Vallado The Sandman – Lauren Knapp
2017Domestic Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson, Jr. Silver:
Mammoth – Ariel Heller Bronze:
Who's Who in Mycology – Marie Dvorakova 		A Foreman – Daniel Drummond Guo Mie – Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu I Live Here – Shane Watson Into The Blue – Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
2017International Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
Life Smartphone – Chenglin Xie 		Child – Iring Freytag and Viktor Stickel Tough – Jennifer Zheng
2017International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
Galamsey – Johannes Preuss 		Aurelia and Pedro – Omar Robles and José Permar Exhibit Human – Arianna Vergari and Valentina Traini
2017International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath, Silver:
Facing Mecca – Jan-Eric Mack, Bronze:
When Grey Is a Colour – Marit Weerheijm 		Annunciation – Halit Ruhat Yildiz Blue Summer Symphony – Sinje Köhler Earthly People – Ádám Freund The French Revolution – Hai Afik
-International Film Schools----

45th Annual Student Academy Awards October 11, 2018

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
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2018Domestic Film SchoolsAlternativeGold:
Reanimated – Shae Demandt
2018Domestic Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
Raccoon and the Light – Hanna Kim Silver:
Daisy – Yu Yu Bronze:
Re-Gifted – Eaza Shukla
  • Attack of the Potato Clock – Victoria Lopez and Ji young Na
  • Little Bandits – Alex Avagimian
  • Rebooted – Sagar Arun and Rachel Kral
  • Reflection – Hannah Park
    • 2018Domestic Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    An Edited Life – Mathieu Faure Silver:
    Love and Loss – Yiying Li Bronze:
    Dust Rising – Lauren Schwartzman     		1,500 Miles 23 Days – Veronica Wangshen Finding Yingying – Jiayan "Jenny" Shi Forced – Grace Oyenubi and Nani Sahra Walker Mining Phosphorus – Alan Toth
    2018Domestic Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Spring Flower – Hua Tong Silver:
    Lalo's House – Kelley Kali Bronze:
    Esta Es Tu Cuba/This Is Your Cuba – Brian Robau     		Bini – Erblin Nushi Empty Skies – Wenting Deng and Luke Fisher 'June – Huay-Bing Law Masks – Mahaliyah Ayla O Mid City Blue – Kristopher D Wilson
    2018International Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
    The Green Bird – Pierre Perveyrie, Maximilien Bougeous, Marine Goalard, Irina Nguyen-Duc, and Quentin Dubois
  • A Blink of an Eye – Kiana Naghshineh
  • L'Aviatrice – Jacques Leyreloup, Victor Tolila, Perrine Renard, Laura Viver Canal and Gael Chauvet '
  • Meli-Metro – Alexandre Blain, Lucas Germain, Christophe Gigot, Jade Guilbault, Andreas Muller and Simon Puculek
    • 2018International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Nomadic Doctor – Mart Bira
  • F32.2 – Annelie Boros
  • Tracing Addai – Esther Niemeier
    • 2018International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Get Ready With Me – Jonatan Etzler, Silver:
    Almost Everything – Lisa Gertsch, Bronze:
    A Siege – Istvan Kovacs,
  • Touch Me – Eileen Byrne,
  • Sons of No One – Hans Vannetelbosch
    • -International Film Schools----

    46th Annual Student Academy Awards October 17, 2019

    Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2019-----
    2019Domestic Film SchoolsAlternativeGold: Patron Saint – Georden West
    • Rumours – Nicole Aebersold
    • Two Paper Nightingales – Kaylin George
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    2019Domestic Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold: Grendell – Kalee McCollaum
    • Silver: Game Changer – Aviv Mano
    • Bronze: Two – Emre Okten
  • CRUNCH – Liukaidi Peng
  • Misguided – Sanghyun Kim
  • Push – Trilina Mai
  • why z? – Asher Horowitz
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    2019Domestic Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold: Sankofa - Princess Garrett Silver: Something To Say – Abby Lieberman and Joshua Lucas Bronze:
    All That Remains – Eva Rendle
    • Off The Court: The Story of Kezo Brown – Jorden Klein and Aaron Rose
    • That Was Ray – Jordan Gorman, Brenten Brandenburg, and Kaustubh Singh
    • Relentless – Shelby Thompson
    • Twinkle Dammit! – Chuang Xu
    		]
    2019Domestic Film SchoolsNarrativeGold: Miller & Son – Asher Jelinsky Silver: The Chef - Hao Zheng Bronze: Tree #3 – Omer Ben-Shachar

    • Bolero – Sarah Gross
    • Balloon – Jeremy Merrifield
    • Marriage Material, the Musical! – Oran Zegman
    • Under Darkness – Caroline Friend
    		]
    2019International Film SchoolsAnimationGold: Daughter - Daria Kashcheeva

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    2019International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold: Family2 – Yifan Sun

    • Oro Blanco – Gisela Carbajal Rodriguez
    • The Winds Heritage – Alejandra Retana, Cesar Camacho, and Cesar Hernandez
    		]
    2019International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold: Bonobo - Zoel Aeschbacher Silver: Dog Eat Dog - Rikke Gregersen Bronze: November 1st – Charlie Manton

    • Quiet Land Good People – Johannes Bachmann
    • The Last Romantic – Natalia Garcia Agraz
    • Senor – Masha Clark
    • Human – Korwin Quinonez
    		]
    -International Film Schools----

    2020s

    47th Annual Student Academy Awards October 21, 2020

    Site: Virtual event
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
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    2020Domestic Film SchoolsAlternativeGold:
    Simulacra – Curry Sicong Tian
    • Out Of Ordinary – Luca Signoretti, Tobias Buchmann, Alicja Pahl
    • To The Girl That Looks Like Me – Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah
    • Prisoners of the Body – Elisa Maria Nadal

    2020Domestic Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold:
      Ciervo – Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma
    • Silver:
      Mime Your Manners – Kate Namowicz, Skyler Porras
    • Bronze:
      Hamsa – Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca, Chrisy Baek
  • Tricked – Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung
  • Bear With Me – Rodrigo Chapoy
  • Super Generic – Di Lu
  • Death and Delilah – Kristoffer Molinari

    • 2020Domestic Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Unfinished Lives – Yucong Chen Silver:
    The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins – Allison A. Waite Bronze:
    Making Waves – Laura Zéphirin
    • Louisiana's Missing Coast – James Robinson
    • Little but Fierce – Sara Barger
    • Birds without Wings – Rishabh Thakkar
    • In Their Fight – Orion Rose Kelly, Pedro Cota

    2020Domestic Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Umama – Talia Smith Silver:
    Bittu – Karishma Dube Bronze:
    Sweet Potatoes – Rommel Villa Barriga
    • Fragile Moon – Phyllis Tam
    • Our Side – Nicola Rinciari
    • Headlock – Damon Laguna
    • Incognito – Jacky Song

    2020International Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
    The Beauty – Pascal Schelbli
    • o28 – Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Fabien Meyran
    • The Tree – Han Yang & Basil Malek

    2020International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Dear Father… – Maren Klakegg
    • Miss Curvy – Ghada Eldemellawy
    • Tanda – Teodora-Kosara Popova

    2020International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    My Dear Corpses – German Golub Silver:
    Crescendo – Percival Argüero Mendoza Bronze:
    I Was Still There When You Left Me – Marie McCourt
    • Da Yie – Anthony Nti
    • We Are Dancers – Joe Morris
    • The Stamp – Lovro Mrdjen
    • Porfotto – Edson da Conceicao
    • Papapa – Kerren Lumer-Klabbers

    -International Film Schools----

    48th Annual Student Academy Awards October 21, 2021

    Site: Virtual event
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2021-----
    2021Domestic and International Film SchoolsAlternative/ ExperimentalGold:
    Frozen Out – Hao Zhou

    2021Domestic Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold:
      Unforgotten – Sujin Kim
    • Silver:
      Barking Orders – Alexander Tullo
    • Bronze:
      Slumber with Snakes – Teagan Barrone
  • The Exortwist – Loren Baskin Almazan, Laura Koval
  • Final Deathtination – Marika Tamura
  • RenaiDance – Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang
  • Tacet – Zachary Simon

    • 2021Domestic Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    When They’re Gone – Kristen Hwang Silver:
    Eagles Rest in Liangshan – Bohao Liu Bronze:
    Not Just a Name – De’Onna Young-Stephens
    • Anshan Diaries – Charles Xiuzhi Dong
    • It Takes a Circus – Sarah D. Collins, Zoe Ramushu
    • The Militiaman – David Peter Hansen
    • Translucent – Avery Fox, Kayla Hoeflinger

    2021Domestic Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    When the Sun Sets – Phumi Morare Silver:
    Close Ties to Home Country – Akanksha Cruczynski Bronze:
    No Law, No Heaven – Kristi Hoi
    • Le Prince Oublié – Chloe Aguirre
    • Lucia – Victoria Rivera
    • The Monkey King – Yingqi Ren
    • Summer Ends – Hailong Niu

    2021International Film SchoolsAnimationGold:
    Louis' Shoes – Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung and Marion Philippe
    • Migrants – Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Zoé Devise
    • A Tiny Tale – Sylvain Cuvillier, Maÿlis Mosny, Zijing Ye

    2021International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Why Didn’t You Stay for Me? – Milou Gevers
    • Haeberli – Moritz Mueller-Preisser
    • Pepedrilo – Victor Cartas Valdivia

    2021International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Tala’vision – Murad Abu Eisheh Silver:
    Adisa – Simon Denda Bronze:
    Bad Omen – Salar Pashtoonyar
    • Carrier – Max Ovaska
    • Day X – Katharina Rivilis
    • First Last Summer – Nastazja Gonera
    • I Am – Jerry Hoffmann

    -International Film Schools----

    49th Annual Student Academy Awards October 20, 2022

    Site: David Geffen Theater
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2022-----
    2022Domestic and International Film SchoolsAlternative/ ExperimentalGold:
    Against Reality, Olivia Peace
    • Ask Again Later, Chloe Evangelista
    • It Will Rain Today, Mariana Correa González

    2022Domestic and International Film SchoolsAnimation
  • The Boot, Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
  • Goodbye Jérôme!, Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
  • Little Thing, Clara Mesplé, Chloé Viala, Camille Burles Period Drama, Anushka Nair, Lauryn Anthony

    • 2022Domestic and International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Found, Shuhao Tse Silver:
    “Here to Stay,” Jared Peraglia, Bronze:
    Seasons, Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon
    • The State of Dissent, Roshaan Khattak
    • Traded, Simran Arora, Harshit Bawa
    • Waves Apart, Josh Greene
    • What Nobody Talks About, Hansine Killingmoe Såstad

    2022Domestic and International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Almost Home, Nils Keller Silver:
    Rooms, Welf Reinhart Bronze:
    Shedding Angels, Freddy Macdonald
    • L’Avversario, Federico Russotto
    • Living All of Life, Marlén Ríos-Farjat
    • Songs of a Caretaker, Pascal Schuh
    • The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain, Eugen Merher

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    50th Annual Student Academy Awards October 24, 2023

    Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2023-----
    2023Domestic and International Film SchoolsAlternative/ ExperimentalGold:
    Skin – Leo Behrens
    • Ardent Other – Alice Brygo
    • The Posthuman Hospita – Junha Kim

    2023Domestic and International Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold:
      Boom – Gabriel Augerai, Romain Augier & Yannick Jacquin
    • Silver:
      Diplomatie de l’Éclipse – César Luton, Achille Pasquier & Clémence Bailly
    • Bronze:
      “Mum’s Spaghetti” – Lisa Kenney
  • Friendly Fire – Tom Koryto Blumen
  • The Little Poet – Justine King
  • Samara Op.4 – Maxime Wattrelos, Jérémy Trochet & Marie Heribel
  • The Sun Is Bad – Rachel Mow
  • Tear Off – Clément Del Negro, Camille Souchard & Matthias Bourgeuil

    • 2023Domestic and International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Wings of Dust – Giorgio Ghiotto Silver:
    “Duet” – Lyuwei Chen Bronze:
    Hasta Encontrarlos – Jean Chapiro
    • #2276 – Sara Sims & Samuel Barnett
    • God Bless the Family – MJ Johnson
    • Khayelitsha – Pieter Genee
    • Rising Above – Natálie Durchánková

    2023Domestic and International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Invisible Border – Mark Gerstorfer Silver:
    Revisted – Iain Aigin Stronach Forbes Bronze:
    Istina – Tamara Denić
    • Children of Light – Minkyu Kang
    • It Will Rain – Amir Zaza
    • On the Edge – María Claudia Blanco
    • Stateless – Tawfik Sabouni
    • Those Who Follow – Frederic Kau

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    51st Annual Student Academy Awards October 14, 2024

    Site: Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2024-----
    2024Domestic and International Film SchoolsAlternative/ ExperimentalGold:
    A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers – Birdy Wei-Ting Hung Silver:
    In Living Memory – Dori Walker Bronze:
    bonVoyage pour monVoyage – Akshit Kumar
    • Crescendo – María Agostina Menna Galetto
    • Illusion of Ego – Mingyu Tian
    • Lullaby for the Lost – Tom Potter
    • Wired – Daniel Salas

    2024Domestic and International Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold:
      Au Revoir Mon Monde – Florian Maurice, Maxime Foltzer & Estelle Bonnardel
    • Silver:
      Origami – Kei Kanamori
    • Bronze:
      Student Accomplice – Spencer Baird
  • Après Papi – Juliette Michel, Swann Valenza & Axel Sence
  • Coquille – Loic Girault, Grégoire Callies & Anna Danton
  • Dragfox – Lisa Ott
  • El Ombligo de la Luna – Julia Grupińska, Tian Westraad & Ezequiel Garibay

    • 2024Domestic and International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Keeper – Hannah Rafkin, Silver:
    The 17% – Aaron Johnson, Bronze:
    A Dream Called Khushi – Rishabh Raj Jain,
    • Burnt Country – Kirsten Slemint
    • Jerhy – John Ortiz
    • Mail Order Queens – Luke Purdye
    • The Undertakers – Zac Lazarou

    2024Domestic and International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    The Compatriot – Pavel Sýkora & Viktor Horák, Silver:
    Crust – Jens Kevin Georg, Bronze:
    Neither Donkey nor Horse – Robin Wang,
    • FÖA – Margherita Ferrari
    • The Lights Above – Luke J. Salewski
    • Take Me to Her – Bartłomiej Błaszczyński
    • Trouble – Sarah Blok

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    52nd Annual Student Academy Awards October 6, 2025

    Site: Ziegfeld Ballroom, New York
    YearCategoryAwardWinnersNomineesRef.
    2025-----
    2025Domestic and International Film SchoolsAlternative/ ExperimentalGold:
    The Song of Drifters – Xindi Zhang Silver:
    Without Perfection – Vega Moltke-Leth, Bronze:
    flower_gan – Mati Granica
    • No Home Movies – Amaïllia Bordet
    • Photo Play XX – Zolomon Zelko
    • Synergy – Emilie Bouet Conran & Honor West
    • the weight of the moon – Felizitas Hoffmann

    2025Domestic and International Film SchoolsAnimation
    • Gold:
      A Sparrow’s Song – Tobias Eckerlin
    • Silver:
      The 12 Inch Pianist – Lucas Ansel
    • Bronze:
      The Shyness of Trees – Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras
  • Beautify – Elizaveta Makarenko
  • The Song of the Sheep – Jules Marcel, Juliette Bigo & Anaïs Ledoux
  • The Undying Pain of Existence – Oscar Jacobson
  • Wolfie – Philippe Kastner

    • 2025Domestic and International Film SchoolsDocumentaryGold:
    Tides of Life – Tatiana McCabe University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom) Silver:
    Confession – Rebeka Bizubová Bronze:
    I Remember – Jane Deng
    • Accused Number 41 – Maryam Haddadi
    • Against a Sharp White Background – Asahni Williams
    • Alon, My Brother the Hero – Omri Koren
    • We All Live Downwind – Sascha Melamed

    2025Domestic and International Film SchoolsNarrativeGold:
    Dad’s Not Home – Jan Saczek Silver:
    Butcher’s Stain – Meyer Levinson-Blount Bronze:
    Kubrick, Like I Love You – Zefan Wang
    • Bare Feet – Vincent Mocco
    • Dandelion – Fiona Obertinca
    • Death Lives – Lukáš Vacula
    • Vasu – Sidharth Harikumar

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