AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2024 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

 

Courtesy: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences®

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM AWARDS CEREMONY HELD IN LONDON; ALL WINNING FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 97TH OSCARS®

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 51st Student Academy Awards® ceremony.  Gold, Silver and Bronze placements were announced and trophies presented during a ceremony held at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in London, in partnership with Rolex.  This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 2,683 entries from 738 colleges and universities worldwide.  With remarks by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang, the night’s category presenters included “The Wild Robot” writer and director Chris Sanders and “Saturday Night” co-writer and director, Academy governor Jason Reitman. 

The 2024 Student Academy Award placements are:

Alternative/Experimental
Gold: Birdy Wei-Ting Hung, “A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers,” San Francisco State University
Silver: Dori Walker, “In Living Memory,” Brown University
Bronze: Akshit Kumar, “bonVoyage pour monVoyage,” National Institute of Design, India

Animation
Gold: Florian Maurice, Maxime Foltzer & Estelle Bonnardel, “Au Revoir Mon Monde,” MoPA 3D Animation School, France
Silver: Kei Kanamori, “Origami,” Digital Hollywood University, Japan
Bronze: Spencer Baird, “Student Accomplice,” Brigham Young University

Documentary
Gold: Hannah Rafkin, “Keeper,” School of Visual Arts 
Silver: Aaron Johnson, “The 17%,” Chapman University
Bronze: Rishabh Raj Jain, “A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness),” New York University

Narrative
Gold: Pavel Sýkora & Viktor Horák, “The Compatriot,” Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku, Czech Republic
Silver: Jens Kevin Georg, “Crust,” Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Bronze: Robin Wang, “Neither Donkey nor Horse,” University of Southern California

First-time honors go to National Institute of Design (India), Digital Hollywood University (Japan) and Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku (Czech Republic).

All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for the 97th Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category.  The 2024 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.  Past winners have gone on to receive 67 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared 15 awards.

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.