The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today will honor 18 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 47th Student Academy Awards® ceremony, to be held virtually for the first time. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal awards will be announced and presented by experimental filmmaker Shunsaku Hayashi, Oscar®-winning animator Glen Keane, Oscar-winning filmmaker and 1983 Student Academy Award® winner Spike Lee, and filmmakers Dawn Porter and Lulu Wang. Hosted by actor-director Eugenio Derbez, the ceremony is available now on StudentAcademyAwards.org.
The 2020 Student Academy Award medalists are:
Alternative/Experimental (Domestic and International Film Schools)
Gold: "Simulacra," Curry Sicong Tian, University of Southern California
Animation (Domestic Film Schools)
Gold: "Ciervo," Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, Rhode Island School of Design
Silver: "Mime Your Manners," Kate Namowicz and Skyler Porras, Ringling College of Art & Design
Bronze: "Hamsa," Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca and Chrisy Baek, School of Visual Arts
Animation (International Film Schools)
Gold: "The Beauty," Pascal Schelbli, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Documentary (Domestic Film Schools)
Gold: "Unfinished Lives," Yucong Chen, University of Southern California
Silver: "The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins," Allison A. Waite, University of Southern California
Bronze: "Making Waves," Laura Zéphirin, New York University
Documentary (International Film Schools)
Gold: "Dear Father…," Maren Klakegg, Westerdals Institute of Film and Media, Kristiania University College (Norway)
Narrative (Domestic Film Schools)
Gold: "Umama," Talia Smith, New York University
Silver: "Bittu," Karishma Dube, New York University
Bronze: "Sweet Potatoes," Rommel Villa Barriga, University of Southern California
Narrative (International Film Schools)
Gold: "My Dear Corpses," German Golub, Baltic Film & Media School, Tallinn University (Estonia)
Silver: "Crescendo," Percival Argüero Mendoza, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico)
Bronze: "I Was Still There When You Left Me," Marie Mc Court, Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium)
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2020 Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Subject category. Past winners have gone on to receive 64 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 13 awards.
