The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored winning students from colleges and universities around the world at the 49th Academy Student Awards, held during an in-person ceremony at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. The Gold, Silver and Bronze medal awards were presented during the Academy’s first in-person ceremony since 2019. The evening was hosted by actor and producer Terrence Jenkins.
This year’s competition received a total of 1,796 entries from 614 colleges and universities around the world. The 2022 winners join the ranks of previous Student Academy Awards winners including Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Reagan, Robert Zemeckis and more. Among this year’s winners are the first prizes awarded to the French Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School.
The 2022 Student Academy Award medalists are as follows:
alternative/experimental
He went: “Against Reality,” Olivia Pace, University of Southern California
animation
He went: “The ostrich told me the world was fake and I thought I believed it,” Lachlan Pendragon, Griffith Film School, Australia
silver: “Leica and Nemo,” Jan Gedermann and Sebastian Gadow, Konrad Wolff Film University in Babelsberg, Germany
Bronze: “Tears of the Seine”, Yannis Belaid, Elliot Benard and Nicolas Mayor, Paul 3D Digital and Creative School, France
documentary
He went: “Found,” Shuhao Zi, New York University
silver: “Here to Stay,” Jared Peraglia, New York University
Bronze: “The Seasons,” Gabriella Canal and Michael Veron, Columbia University
a novel
He went: “Almost Home”, Nils Keller, University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
silver: “Rooms,” Wilf Reinhardt, University of Television and Film, Munich, Germany
Bronze: “Shedding Angels” Freddy MacDonald, American Film Institute
All Student Academy Award winning films are eligible to compete for the 2022 Academy Awards in the category Animated Shorts, Live Shorts, or Short Documentaries. Past winners of the Student Academy Awards have received 65 Academy Award nominations, winning or sharing 14 awards.
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