Competition for college and university filmmakers
The Student Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an annual competition for college and university filmmakers.[1][2]
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 (experimental film), animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States – however in the 49th annual SAA (2022), the academy has merged its domestic and international categories to provide everyone with an equal footing. This reduced the 7 categories (4 domestic & 3 international) 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.[3] 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,[4] The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club,[5] The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love, The Confession, 4.1 Miles[6] and Dcera (Daughter).[7]
To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide.
Copies (and some elements) 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.[8]
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 (Los Angeles)
- Documentary: You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Dramatic: Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn – Columbia University (New York City)
- Special Jury (Dramatic): Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin – Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
2nd Annual Student Film Awards – July 1, 1975
3rd Annual Student Film Awards – June 23, 1976
- Animation: Fame,[10] Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
- Documentary: What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill – Adelphi University (Garden City, New York)
- Dramatic: The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
- Experimental: After Lumiere, Joan Laine – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
- Special Jury (Documentary): The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. – University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
4th Annual Student Film Awards – May 22, 1977
5th Annual Student Film Awards – May 21, 1978
6th Annual Student Film Awards – June 3, 1979
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Dramatic: The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron – New York University (New York City)
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
18th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 1991
19th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 14, 1992
20th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 1993
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Dramatic:
- Experimental Award:
- Foreign Film Award: The Last New Year, Javier Bourges – Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico City, Mexico
- Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice
21st Annual Student Academy Awards – June 12, 1994
22nd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 11, 1995
23rd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 1996
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Dramatic
- Alternative:
- Foreign Film Award: Grænsen (Never), Reza Parsa – National Film School of Denmark
- Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso
24th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 8, 1997
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Dramatic:
- Foreign Film Award: An Ordinary Mission, Raymond Boy – Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
- Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy
25th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 14, 1998
- Alternative
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Dramatic:
- Foreign Film Award: Rochade, Thorsten Schmidt – Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt
26th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 1999
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award: Kleingeld (Small Change), Marc-Andreas Bochert – Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany
- Directors Guild of America Student Award: Marni Banack
- American Society of Cinematographers Student Award: David A. Armstrong
2000s
27th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 11, 2000
28th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 10, 2001
29th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 2002
30th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 8, 2003
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award: The Red Jacket, Florian Baxmeyer – University of Hamburg, Germany
31st Annual Student Academy Awards – June 13, 2004
32nd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 12, 2005
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award: The Runaway, Ulrike Grote – University of Hamburg, Germany
33rd Annual Student Academy Awards – June 10, 2006
34th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 9, 2007
35th Annual Student Academy Awards – June 7, 2008
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award: On the Line (Auf der Strecke), Reto Caffi – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
36th Annual Student Film Awards – June 13, 2009
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
2010s
37th Annual Student Film Awards – June 12, 2010
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
38th Annual Student Film Awards – June 11, 2011
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Foreign Film Award:
- Narrative:
39th Annual Student Film Awards – June 9, 2012
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award:
40th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 2013
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Narrative:
- Foreign Film Award:
41st Annual Student Film Awards – June 6, 2014
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Foreign Film Award:
- Narrative:
42nd Annual Student Film Awards – September 17, 2015
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Alternative:
- Animation:
- Documentary:
- Foreign Film Award:
- Gold Medal: Fidelity, Ilker Çatak – Hamburg Media School, Germany
- Silver Medal: The Last Will, Dustin Loose – Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Bronze Medal: Everything Will Be Okay, Patrick Vollrath – Filmakademie Wien, Austria
- Narrative:
43rd Annual Student Film Awards – September 22, 2016
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
44th Annual Student Film Awards – October 12, 2017
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
45th Annual Student Film Awards – October 11, 2018
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
46th Annual Student Film Awards – October 17, 2019
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
2020s
47th Annual Student Film Awards – October 21, 2020
Site: Virtual event
48th Annual Student Film Awards – October 21, 2021
Site: Virtual event
49th Annual Student Film Awards – October 20, 2022
Site: David Geffen Theater
50th Annual Student Film Awards – October 24, 2023
Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater
See also
References
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD 40TH ANNIVERSARY FILM posted by Gary Tellalian on Vimeo
- ^ "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
- ^ "The 78th Academy Awards | 2006". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: View the Complete List of Nominees – Oscars 2017 News – 89th Academy Awards". oscar.go.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "The 92nd Academy Awards | 2020". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "Student Academy Awards Collection". Academy Film Archive. September 5, 2014.
- ^ I Wanna Hold Your Hold (1978)|The Criterion Collection
- ^ "David Bowie – Fame – Animated Video (Midnight Special)". YouTube.
- ^ The Best Of The International Tournee Of Animation|Jonathan Rosenbaum
- ^ "Chicks in White Satin". YouTube.
- ^ "BRIAN GOLDEN DAVIS". mountainfilm.org. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ And The 2015 Student Academy Awards Go To …-Deadline
- ^ "2016 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED – Congratulations to our new Student Academy Awards finalists! See the full list below. Keep checking back to Oscars.org to find out the winners and get more information about our awards ceremony on September 22, 2016". Academy. August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "ACADEMY REVEALS 2016 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS". August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ "2017 Student Academy Awards finalist". Academy. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ "2017 Student Academy Award winners". October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "Meet the 2018 Student Academy Awards Finalists". Oscars.org. August 12, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "45th Student Academy Awards | 2018". Oscars.org. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Meet the 2019 Student Academy Awards Finalists". Oscars.org. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "Meet the 2020 Student Academy Awards Finalists". Oscars.org. August 12, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "47th Student Academy Awards | 2020". Oscars.org. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Meet the 2021 Student Academy Awards Finalists". Oscars.org. August 11, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "48th Student Academy Awards | 2021". Oscars.org. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Meet the 2022 Student Academy Awards Finalists". Oscars.org. August 18, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "ACADEMY REVEALS 2022 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS". Oscars.org. September 22, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ Tinoco, Armando (October 25, 2023). "Oscars: Medalists for 50th Student Academy Awards revealed". Deadline. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 50th Student Academy Awards ceremony. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented during an in-person ceremony held at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
External links
- Student Academy Awards official site
- Student Academy Awards at The Internet Movie Database
- "Student Film Award Winners" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2009.