Student Academy Awards

The Student Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an annual competition for college and university filmmakers.

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. 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 (Auf der Strecke), God of Love, The Confession, 4.1 Miles and Dcera (Daughter).

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.

List of winners

1970s

1st Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash December 20, 1973

• Animation: Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-MenaTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
  • Nominees: Cosmic Cartoon, Steven Lisberger, Eric LaddTemplate:Spaced ndash Boston University (Boston)
• Documentary: You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort JordanTemplate:Spaced ndash Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Dramatic: Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken WiederhornTemplate:Spaced ndashColumbia University (New York City)
• Special Jury (Dramatic): Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob DahlinTemplate:Spaced ndashNorthwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)

2nd Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash July 1, 1975

• Animation: Euphoria, Vincent CollinsTemplate:Spaced ndash San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco)
• Documentary: Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will RobertsTemplate:Spaced ndash Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio)
• Dramatic: Swag, Bruce PostmanTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University School of the Arts (New York City)
• Experimental: Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott ThomasTemplate:Spaced ndash Rice University (Houston, Texas)
• Special Jury (Dramatic): A Field of Honor, Robert ZemeckisTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

3rd Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 23, 1976

• Animation: Fame, Mark Kirkland, Richard JefferiesTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
• Documentary: What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'NeillTemplate:Spaced ndash Adelphi University (Garden City, New York)
• Dramatic: The Preparatory, Terence CahalanTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Experimental: After Lumiere, Joan LaineTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Special Jury (Documentary): The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr.Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

4th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash May 22, 1977

• Animation: The Muse, Paul W. DemeyerTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. BinneyTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
  • Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob WilliamsTemplate:Spaced ndash Western States Film Institute and Metropolitan State College of Denver (both in Denver, Colorado)
• Dramatic: Sixteen Down, Carol L. DysingerTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University (New York City)
• Experimental: TRANSCENdance, Philip W. PuraTemplate:Spaced ndash Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)

5th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash May 21, 1978

• Animation: Mother Goose, David BishopTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon BlockTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University (New York City)
  • Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile OrnellasTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
  • Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert SagetTemplate:Spaced ndash Temple University, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Dramatic: Button, Button, Burton Lee HarryTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
• Experimental: Triptych, Matthew PatrickTemplate:Spaced ndash Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts)

6th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 3, 1979

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Lady and the Lamp John LasseterTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California)
  • Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. SpaullTemplate:Spaced ndash Rochester Institute of Technology (Henrietta, New York)
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Since '45, Michael David KorolenkoTemplate:Spaced ndash Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas OttTemplate:Spaced ndash Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike SimpsonTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
• Dramatic: The Writers, Harriotte H. AaronTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University (New York City)

1980s

7th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 8, 1980

• Animation: Nitemare, John LasseterTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. LadueTemplate:Spaced ndash Boston University
  • Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan WacksTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Candy Store, Claude KervenTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall FriedTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa GottliebTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
• Experimental: Sections, Sean PhillipsTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California

8th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 7, 1981

• Animation: A Bird's Eye View, Deborah Jo ShortTemplate:Spaced ndash San Francisco State University
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: I Remember Barbra, Kevin BurnsTemplate:Spaced ndash Boston University
  • Merit: Jazz, Albert MagnoliTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: A Man Around the House, Caroline EmmonsTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Merit: Willie, Coleen Higgins, Ghasem EbrahimianTemplate:Spaced ndash State University of New York at Purchase
• Experimental: Commuter, Michael M. PattersonTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Foreign Student Film: Maedeli la brèche, Jaco Van DormaelTemplate:Spaced ndash Institut National Superieur, Belgium

9th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 6, 1982

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Guess Who's for Dinner, Kathy ZielinskiTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Merit: The Taming, Bill JarchoTemplate:Spaced ndash Emerson College
• Documentary: Face Value, Michael Kriegsman, Dan MontopoliTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Dramatic: For Heaven's Sake, Ken KwapisTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Foreign Student Film: Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone), Olivier LangloisTemplate:Spaced ndash Institut National Superieur, Belgium

10th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 5, 1983

• Animation: No One for Chess, Richard RosserTemplate:Spaced ndash Washington and Lee University
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?, Christopher McLeod, Glenn SwitkesTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Merit: El Matador, Arturo Ruiz EsparzaTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
  • Merit: Where Did You Get That Woman, Loretta SmithTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois)
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: American Taboo, Steve LustgartenTemplate:Spaced ndash Portland State University
  • Merit: Children of the Corn, John Robert Woodward, Johnny StevensTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
  • Merit: Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, Spike LeeTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Experimental: Somnolent Blue, Monica KendallTemplate:Spaced ndash School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Foreign Student Film: Over My Dead Body, Ingrid Oustrup JensenTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film School of Denmark

11th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 10, 1984

• Animation:
  • Achievement: The White Gazelle, Anthony LaudatiTemplate:Spaced ndash State University of New York at Purchase
  • Merit: Mr. Gloom, William G. KoppTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Rodin's Balzac, Marilyn WatermanTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Merit: The Wizard of the Strings, Alan Edelstein, Peter FriedmanTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Minors, Alan KingsbergTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Merit: The Lottery Rose, Gregory Popp, Frank MilitaryTemplate:Spaced ndash Northwestern University
• Experimental: Tuscola Moon, Dan ReedTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Illinois at Chicago
• Foreign Student Film: Mother's Wedding, Jenny WilkesTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

12th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 16, 1985

• Animation: Observational Hazard, William G. KoppTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Burley: Growing Tobacco in America, Robert Henson, Doron SchlairTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Merit: On the Rocks, Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. StobieTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Merit: Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong, Lucy OstranderTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic: Heroes, Camille ThomassonTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Foreign Student Film: The Leahys: Music Most of All, Peter WeymanTemplate:Spaced ndash York University, Toronto, Canada

13th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 8, 1986

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Housecats, Peg McClure MoudyTemplate:Spaced ndash De Anza College, Cupertino, California
  • Merit: Mangia!, Sheila SofianTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs, Cathey EdwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Merit: The Flapper Story, Lauren LazinTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Merit: Sam, Aaron D. WeisblattTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Jenny, John TraversTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Merit: Chicken Thing, Todd HollandTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Experimental: The Three Cornered Hat, Angel GraciaTemplate:Spaced ndash Miami Dade Community College
• Foreign Student Film: Come, I Have a Story To Tell You, Frederic Roullier-GallTemplate:Spaced ndash Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium

14th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 7, 1987

• Animation: Husband of Rat's Daughter, Karen McCoy FremuthTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Silver into Gold, Lynn MuellerTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Honorary: Living with AIDS, Tina DiFeliciantonioTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Merit: In the Wee Wee Hours, Izak Ben-MeirTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Bird in a Cage, Antonio ZarroTemplate:Spaced ndash CBN University
  • Merit: Prelude, James SpioneTemplate:Spaced ndash State University of New York at Purchase
• Experimental: Zebu, William MitchellTemplate:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
• Foreign Student Film: See You at Wembley, Frankie Walsh, Mark HermanTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England

15th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 12, 1988

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Cat & Rat, James RichardsonTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Merit: Artistic Vision, Richard QuadeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Merit: Cat's Cradle, Temah NelsonTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
  • Merit: Why, Suzanne DimantTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Gang Cops, Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel MarksTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Merit: Norma Jean, John H BehnkeTemplate:Spaced ndash Southern Illinois University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: Part VII, Thomas Wallin, Steve WangTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Experimental:
  • Achievement: The Anti-Video, Gary RosenthalTemplate:Spaced ndash Ithaca College
• Foreign Student Film: Schmetterlinge (Butterflies), Wolfgang BeckerTemplate:Spaced ndash Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Berlin, West Germany

16th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 11, 1989

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Sand Dance, Richard QuadeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Merit: All in Your Mind, Richard C. ZimmermanTemplate:Spaced ndash Southern Illinois University
  • Merit: The Chore, Joe MurrayTemplate:Spaced ndash De Anza College
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Leila, Shawn MaurerTemplate:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University
  • Merit: Just Like It Was, Dave BurkhardtTemplate:Spaced ndash Bob Jones University
  • Merit: No Hunger in My Home, Nancy BrinkTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: The Yuppie, John H. Behnke, James M. PetersonTemplate:Spaced ndash Southern Illinois University
  • Merit: Summer Rain, Howard SlavittTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Experimental:
  • Achievement: The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett, John Michael Di JiacomoTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Merit: The Computer Analyst, Gary RosenthalTemplate:Spaced ndash Ithaca College
• Foreign Student Film: Ropáci (Oilgobblers), Jan SverákTemplate:Spaced ndash Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1990s

17th Annual Student Film AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 10, 1990

• Animation:
  • Achievement: Watunna, Stacey SteersTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Merit: The Yodel Contest, Andrew ArtzTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Documentary:
  • Achievement: Clowning Around, Kelly Clement, Ellen OsborneTemplate:Spaced ndash San Francisco State University
  • Merit: Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa, Richard KassebaumTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Merit: Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia, Ellen BrunoTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic:
  • Achievement: The Lunch Date, Adam DavidsonTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University, New York City
  • Merit: The Blue Men, Denise McKenna, Mark SquierTemplate:Spaced ndash American Film Institute, Los Angeles
  • Merit: Go to Hell, Suzanne V. JohnsonTemplate:Spaced ndash Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
• Foreign Student Film: Alaska, Mike van DiemTemplate:Spaced ndash Netherlands Film and Television Academy (Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Adam Davidson

18th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 9, 1991

• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Ode to G.I. Joe, Gregory P. Grant Template:Spaced ndash Brooks Institute
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing, Sue MarcouxTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: The Dog Ate It, Steve PearlTemplate:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University
  • Silver Medal: Turtle Races, Jim Lincoln, Lisa SwainTemplate:Spaced ndash Regent University
  • Bronze Medal: Andy's Got a Girlfriend!, Dan Moran, Joel KuchanTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
• Foreign Film Award: Once Upon a Time, Zsuzsa BöszörményiTemplate:Spaced ndash Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Budapest
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl

19th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 14, 1992

• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Next Door, Peter H. DocterTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal: Five Female Persuasions, Peter HixsonTemplate:Spaced ndash American University
  • Bronze Medal: Fur and Feathers, Celia KendrickTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review, Wendy WeinbergTemplate:Spaced ndash Temple University
  • Silver Medal: Dolphins: Minds in the Water, Christopher C. CarsonTemplate:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University
  • Bronze Medal: In and Out of Time, Elizabeth FinlaysonTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: The Lady in Waiting, Christian M. TaylorTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Eagle Against the Sun, John Akahoshi, Steve FoonbergTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Bronze Medal: Gold Mountain, Rachel Saltz, Kryssa SchemmerlingTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
• Experimental Award:
  • Gold Medal: In the Aquarium, Robert BeebeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Foreign Film Award: This Boy's Story, John Roberts, Michele CamardaTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Christian M. Taylor

20th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 13, 1993

• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Above Average, Jamie MaxfieldTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
  • Silver Medal: American History, Chris Graves, Trey ParkerTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Bronze Medal: The Wind, Drew KingTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Living Forward, Looking Back, Stephanie L. HillTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Chicks in White Satin, Elaine HollimanTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: A Children's Story, Graham JusticeTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Silent Rain, Martin CurlandTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Experimental Award:
  • Gold Medal: The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite, Ethan SpiglandTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Seven Lucky Charms, Lisa MannTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Foreign Film Award: The Last New Year, Javier BourgesTemplate:Spaced ndash Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico City, Mexico
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice

21st Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 12, 1994

• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: The Janitor, Vanessa Stella SchwartzTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal: Foodchain, Brian P. DowrickTemplate:Spaced ndash University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb, Casey G. WilliamsTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Utah
  • Silver Medal: Portrait of Boy with Dog, Robin Hessman, James LongleyTemplate:Spaced ndash Brown University, Wesleyan University
  • Bronze Medal: Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey, Craig McTurkTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: Red, Gary NadeauTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Outside, Matt DancigerTemplate:Spaced ndash Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
  • Bronze Medal: The Make, Stephen JamesTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
• Foreign Film Award: Abgeschminkt (Making Up!), Katja von GarnierTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Television and Film Munich, Munich, Germany
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger

22nd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 11, 1995

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter, Jonathan SchellTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Card Trick, Robert Herrick RussTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, San Diego
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Their Own Vietnam, Nancy D. KatesTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Silver Medal: Playing the Part, Mitch McCabeTemplate:Spaced ndash Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: La Ciudad (The City), David RikerTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award: Scarborough Ahoy!, Tania DiezTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: David Riker

23rd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 9, 1996

• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Patronized, Zachary LehmanTemplate:Spaced ndash Dartmouth College
  • Silver Medal: Return of the Sun Devil, Steven AyromlooiTemplate:Spaced ndash Rhode Island School of Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Independent Little Cuss, Jeff PattersonTemplate:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University
  • Silver Medal: Just for the Ride, Amanda MicheliTemplate:Spaced ndash Harvard University
  • Bronze Medal: Spirits Rising, Ramona S. DiazTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic
  • Gold Medal: The Water Carrier, Patricia CardosoTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Silver Medal: Short Change, Jon AndrewsTemplate:Spaced ndash Yale University
  • Bronze Medal: Around the Time, Phil BertelsenTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Eclipse, Jason RuscioTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Memories of Matthews Place, Daniel BovaTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award: Grænsen (Never), Reza ParsaTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film School of Denmark
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso

24th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 8, 1997

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Erosion, Robert GelberTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: My Divorce, Andrea ClarkTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Unborn Baby Blues, Mark Dale LevineTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Walk This Way, Chris SheridanTemplate:Spaced ndash Scottsdale Community College
  • Silver Medal: Miriam Is Not Amused, Kim RobertsTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Bronze Medal: The Mirror Lied, Jennifer Haskin-O'ReggioTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: Christmas in New York, Mark MillhoneTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Waiting in the Wings, Charles R. UyTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: Mr. October, Chris AngelTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Foreign Film Award: An Ordinary Mission, Raymond BoyTemplate:Spaced ndash Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy

25th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 14, 1998

• Alternative
  • Gold Medal: Sombra, Robin LarsenTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Jataka, Peter Choe, Neal NellansTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
  • Silver Medal: Switchback, Kyle ClarkTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Bronze Medal: Put On a Happy Face, Suzanne Lee TwiningTemplate:Spaced ndash University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Fighting Grandpa, Greg PakTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Occidental Encounters, Yuriko Gamo RomerTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Bronze Medal: Wayne Freedman's Notebook, Aaron LubarskyTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Dramatic:
  • Gold Medal: Bleach, Bill PlattTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: My Body, Joel Moffett, Matthias VisserTemplate:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Bronze Medal: Intermezzo, Dana H. GlazerTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award: Rochade, Thorsten SchmidtTemplate:Spaced ndash Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt

26th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 13, 1999

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Tree Shade, Lisa CollinsTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University, New York City
  • Silver Medal: The Piece, Jordan WaidTemplate:Spaced ndash The New School, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: Atomic Tobasco, James CoxTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Gregory, Marston YoungerTemplate:Spaced ndash Allan Hancock College
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: A Letter from the Western Front, Daniel M. KanemotoTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Between the Lines, Jamie MaxfieldTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Bronze Medal: Shadow of a Drought, Daniel Kutner, Brian EmersonTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Santa Barbara
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Man and Dog, Randolph BensonTemplate:Spaced ndash North Carolina School of the Arts
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: John, Marni Banack, J. B. SugarTemplate:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Silver Medal: True Confessions of a Sushi Addict, Kimberly HarwoodTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Slow Dancin' Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck, Thomas Wade JacksonTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University
• Foreign Film Award: Kleingeld (Small Change), Marc-Andreas BochertTemplate:Spaced ndash 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 AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 11, 2000

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Helicopter, Ari GoldTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier, Michael Mullan, Jessica LakisTemplate:Spaced ndash University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago), Tod PolsonTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal (tie): The Bad Plant, Amy WinfreyTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Silver Medal (tie): Luz, Jose Javier MartinezTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Iron Ladies, Kennedy WheatleyTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: Slender Existence, Laura C. MurrayTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
  • Bronze Medal: Between Two Fires, Douglas Noel SmithTemplate:Spaced ndash Regent University, Virginia, Virginia
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: One Day Crossing, Joan L. SteinTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Homeland, Doug ScottTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: 6 Miles of 8 Feet, Ben TomlinTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign: Quiero ser, Florian GallenbergerTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
• Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein

28th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 10, 2001

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Warmth, Michael SchaererTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Boobie Girl, Brooke KeeslingTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal: The Yellow Umbrella, Victor Robert, Rodney HomTemplate:Spaced ndash Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
  • Bronze Medal: That Special Monkey, Sean McBrideTemplate:Spaced ndash University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: XXXY, Porter Gale, Laleh SoomekhTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
  • Silver Medal: Green, Laura DunnTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
  • Bronze Medal: Undesirables, Marianna YarovskayaTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Zen and the Art of Landscaping, David KartchTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: The Confession, Carl PfirmanTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Bronze Medal: Lector, Greg MarcksTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University, Tallahassee
• Foreign Film Award: The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca), Rodrigo PlaTemplate:Spaced ndash Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico City, Mexico)

29th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 9, 2002

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: For Our Man, Kazuo OhnoTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Island to Island, Soopum SohnTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Passing Moments, Don Phillips, Jr.Template:Spaced ndash Ringling School of Art and Design
  • Silver Medal: The Velvet Tigress, Jen SachsTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
  • Bronze Medal: Shadowplay, Dan BlankTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Moving House, Pin Pin TanTemplate:Spaced ndash Northwestern University
  • Silver Medal: Family Values, Eva SaksTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Revolutions Per Minute, Thomas BurnsTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: The Wormhole, Jessica SharzerTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Barrier Device, Grace LeeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Bronze Medal: Sophie Helen, Haeyoung LeeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
• Foreign Film Award: Feeding Desire, Martin Strange-HansenTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film School of Denmark, Denmark

30th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 8, 2003

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: The Projects Lumiere, Waleed MoursiTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Perpetual Motion, Kimberly MinerTemplate:Spaced ndash Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Silver Medal: Bert, Moonsung LeeTemplate:Spaced ndash Academy of Art College, San Francisco.
  • Bronze Medal: A Work in Progress, Wes BallTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University, Tallahassee
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Left Behind, Christof PutzelTemplate:Spaced ndash Connecticut College
  • Silver Medal: Indiana Aria, Elizabeth PollockTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Bronze Medal: Those Who Trespass, Renee FischerTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: La Milpa (The Cornfield), Patricia RiggenTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Jesus Henry Christ, Dennis LeeTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: Fine., Michael Downing, Philip SvobodaTemplate:Spaced ndash American Film Institute, California
• Foreign Film Award: The Red Jacket, Florian BaxmeyerTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Hamburg, Germany

31st Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 13, 2004

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: The Storyboard of My Life, Robert F. CastilloTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
  • Silver Medal: Focus, Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil LahiriTemplate:Spaced ndash Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, Alexander WooTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Rock the World, Sukwon ShinTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: Lemmings, Craig Van DykeTemplate:Spaced ndash BYU Center for Animation, Utah
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Cheerleader, Kimberlee BassfordTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Silver Medal: When the Storm Came, Shilpi GuptaTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Bronze Medal: Cuba: Illogical Temple, David Pittock, Lindsey KealyTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: A-Alike, Randall DottinTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Zeke, Dana BuningTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University, Tallahassee
  • Bronze Medal: The Plunge, Todd SchulmanTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University, Tallahassee
• Foreign Film Award: Between Us, Laurits Much-PetersonTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film School of Denmark, Denmark

32nd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 12, 2005

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Knock Knock, Jaron Henrie-McCreaTemplate:Spaced ndash Ball State University
  • Silver Medal: Your Dark Hair Ihsan, Tala HadidTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: 9, Shane AckerTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California
  • Silver Medal: Frog, Christopher ConfortiTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: Things That Go Bump in the Night, Joshua G. BeveridgeTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: The Life of Kevin Carter, Dan KraussTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California
  • Silver Medal: Unhitched, Erin Hudso, Ben WuTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Bronze Medal: Listen, Kimby CaplanTemplate:Spaced ndash Southern Methodist University, Texas
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Wednesday Afternoon, Alonso Mayo Template:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Silver Medal: Victoria Para Chino, Cary FukunagaTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Charm, Melissa RossiTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University, Tallahassee
• Foreign Film Award: The Runaway, Ulrike GroteTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Hamburg, Germany

33rd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 10, 2006

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Perspective, Travis Hatfield, Samuel DayTemplate:Spaced ndash Ball State University
  • Silver Medal: 6 A.M., Carmen Vidal BalanzatTemplate:Spaced ndash City College of New York
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: The Possum, Chris ChoyTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal: The Dancing Thief, Meng VueTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling School of Art and Design
  • Bronze Medal: Turtles, Thomas LeavittTemplate:Spaced ndash BYU Center for Animation
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Reporter Zero, Carrie LozanoTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Silver Medal: The Women's Kingdom, Xiaoli ZhouTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Berkeley
  • Bronze Medal: Three Beauties, Maksud HossainTemplate:Spaced ndash Purdue University
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Christmas Wish List, Sean OverbeekeTemplate:Spaced ndash University of North Carolina
  • Silver Medal: El Viaje (One Day Trip), Cady Abarca-BenavidesTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Bronze Medal: Pop Foul, Moon Molson, Jennifer HandorfTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
• Foreign Film Award: Elalini, Tristan HolmesTemplate:Spaced ndash South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, South Africa

34th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 9, 2007

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Fission, Kun-I ChangTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal (tie): Arts Desire, Sarah WickliffeTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Gold Medal (tie): Mirage, Youngwoong JangTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
  • Silver Medal: A Leg Up, Bevin CarnesTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide, Ben WuTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Silver Medal: Ladies of the Land, Megan ThompsonTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Lumo, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker IIITemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Rundown, Patrick AlexanderTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University
  • Silver Medal: High Maintenance, Phillip VanTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Screening, Anthony GreenTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award: Nevermore, Toke Constantin HebbelnTemplate:Spaced ndash Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany

35th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 7, 2008

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant, Shih-Ting HungTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: Circles of Confusion, Phoebe TookeTemplate:Spaced ndash San Francisco State University
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Zoologic, Nicole MitchellTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal: Simulacra, Tatchapon LertwirojkulTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: The Visionary, Evan MayfieldTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: As We Forgive, Laura Waters HinsonTemplate:Spaced ndash American University, Washington, D.C.
  • Silver Medal: Unattached, J.J. AdlerTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Bronze Medal: If a Body Meet a Body, Brian Golden DavisTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: A Day's Work, Rajeev DassaniTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: The State of Sunshine, Z. Eric YangTemplate:Spaced ndash Florida State University
  • Bronze Medal: Pitstop, Melanie McGrawTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Foreign Film Award: On the Line (Auf der Strecke), Reto CaffiTemplate:Spaced ndash Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany

36th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 13, 2009

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Alice's Attic, Robyn YannoukosTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California Los Angeles
  • Silver Medal: Matter, In a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed, Kwibum ChungTemplate:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts, New York City
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn HarmonTemplate:Spaced ndash BYU Center for Animation
  • Silver Medal: Sebastian’s Voodoo, Joaquin BaldwinTemplate:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Bronze Medal: Kites, Jed HenryTemplate:Spaced ndash BYU Center for Animation
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz ChaeTemplate:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: The Wait, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly AsmuthTemplate:Spaced ndashColumbia University, New York City
  • Bronze Medal: A Place to Land, Lauren DeAngelisTemplate:Spaced ndash American University, Washington, D.C.
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg HelveyTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: The Bronx Balletomane, Jeremy JoffeeTemplate:Spaced ndash City College of New York
  • Bronze Medal: Bohemibot, Brendan BellomoTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award: Elkland, Per HanefjordTemplate:Spaced ndash Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art, Sweden

2010s

37th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 12, 2010

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Surface: Film from Below, Varathit UthaisriTemplate:Spaced ndash Parsons The New School for Design
  • Silver Medal: Multiply, Emily HenricksTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Departure of Love, Jennifer BorsTemplate:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Silver Medal: Dried Up, Isaiah Powers, Stuart Bury and Jeremy CasperTemplate:Spaced ndash Kansas City Art Institute
  • Bronze Medal: Lifeline, Andres SalaffTemplate:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Yizkor (Remembrance), Ruth FertigTemplate:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
  • Silver Medal: Rediscovering Pape, Maria RoyoTemplate:Spaced ndash City College of New York
  • Bronze Medal: Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto), Kevin Gordon and Rebekah MeredithTemplate:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: God of Love, Luke MathenyTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Silver Medal: Down in Number 5, Kim SpurlockTemplate:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: The Lunch Box, Lubomir KockaTemplate:Spaced ndash Savannah College of Art and Design
• Foreign Film Award: The Confession, Tanel ToomTemplate:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

38th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 11, 2011

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: The Vermeers, Tal S. Shamir Template:Spaced ndash The New School
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Dragonboy, Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang Template:Spaced ndash Academy of Art University
  • Silver Medal: Correspondence, Zach Hyer Template:Spaced ndash Pratt Institute
  • Bronze Medal: Defective Detective, Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis Template:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Vera Klement: Blunt Edge, Wonjung Bae Template:Spaced ndashColumbia College
  • Silver Medal: Imaginary Circumstances, Anthony Weeks Template:Spaced ndashStanford University
  • Bronze Medal: Sin Pais (Without Country), Theo Rigby Template:Spaced ndashStanford University
• Foreign Film Award:
  • Gold Medal: Tuba Atlantic, Halvar Witzø Template:Spaced ndash Norwegian Film School, Norway
  • Silver Medal: Bekas, Karzan Kader Template:Spaced ndash Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden
  • Bronze Medal: Raju, Max Zähle Template:Spaced ndash Hamburg Media School, Germany
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Thief, Julian Higgins Template:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Silver Medal: High Maintenance, Shawn Wines Template:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Bronze Medal: Fatakra, Soham Mehta Template:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin

39th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 9, 2012

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: The Reality Clock, Amanda Tasse Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Eyrie, David Wolter Template:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Silver Medal:The Jockstrap Raiders, Mark Nelson Template:Spaced ndash University of California, Los Angeles
  • Bronze Medal:My Little Friend, Eric Prah Template:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Dying Green, Ellen Tripler Template:Spaced ndashAmerican University
  • Silver Medal: Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment, Keiko Wright Template:Spaced ndashNew York University
  • Bronze Medal: Lost Country, Heather Burky Template:Spaced ndashArt Institute of Jacksonville
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Under, Mark Raso Template:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Narcocorrido, Ryan Prows Template:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Bronze Medal: Nani, Justin Tipping Template:Spaced ndashAmerican Film Institute
• Foreign Film Award:
  • Gold Medal: For Elsie, David Winstone Template:Spaced ndash University of Westminster, United Kingdom
  • Silver Medal: Of Dogs and Horses, Thomas Stuber Template:Spaced ndash Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Bronze Medal: The Swing of the Coffin Maker, Elmar Imanov Template:Spaced ndash Internationale Filmschule Köln, Cologne, Germany

40th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 8, 2013

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Bottled Up, Raffy Cortina Template:Spaced ndash Occidental College
  • Silver Medal: Zug, Perry Janes Template:Spaced ndash University of Michigan
  • Bronze Medal: The Compositor, John Mattiuzzi Template:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Dias de los muertos, Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham Template:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Silver Medal:Will, Eusong Lee Template:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Bronze Medal: Peck Pocketed, Kevin Herron Template:Spaced ndash Ringling College of Art and Design
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: A Second Chance, David Aristizabal Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: Every Tuesday: A Portrait of the New Yorker Cartoonists, Rachel Loube Template:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
  • Bronze Medal: Win or Lose, Daniel Koehler Template:Spaced ndash Elon University
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Ol' Daddy, Brian Schwarz Template:Spaced ndash University of Texas at Austin
  • Silver Medal: Josephine and the Roach, Jonathan Langager Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Bronze Medal: Un mundo para Raúl, Mauro Mueller Template:Spaced ndashColumbia University
• Foreign Film Award:
  • Gold Medal: Miss Todd, Kristina Yee Template:Spaced ndash National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
  • Silver Medal: Parvaneh, Talkhon Hamzavi Template:Spaced ndash Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Fachrichtung Film, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Bronze Medal: Crossroads (Tweesprong), Wouter Bouvijn Template:Spaced ndash RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College, Belgium

41st Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash June 6, 2014

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Person, Drew Brown Template:Spaced ndash The Art Institute of Jacksonville
  • Silver Medal: Oscillate, Daniel Sierra Template:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Owned, Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts Template:Spaced ndash BYU Center for Animation
  • Silver Medal:Higher Sky, Teng Cheng Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Bronze Medal: Yamashita, Hayley Foster Template:Spaced ndash Loyola Marymount University
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: The Apothecary, Helen Hood Scheer Template:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Silver Medal: White Earth, J. Christian Jensen Template:Spaced ndash Stanford University
  • Bronze Medal: One Child, Zijian Mu Template:Spaced ndash New York University
• Foreign Film Award:
  • Gold Medal: Nocebo, Lennart Ruff Template:Spaced ndash University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
  • Silver Medal: Paris on the Water, Hadas Ayalon Template:Spaced ndash Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Bronze Medal: Border Patrol, Peter Baumann Template:Spaced ndash Northern Film School, United Kingdom
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Above the Sea, Keola Racela Template:Spaced ndash Columbia University
  • Silver Medal: Door God, Yulin Liu Template:Spaced ndash New York University
  • Bronze Medal: Interstate, Camille Stochitch Template:Spaced ndashAmerican Film Institute

42nd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash September 17, 2015

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

• Alternative:
  • Gold Medal: Chiaroscuro, Daniel Drummond Template:Spaced ndash Chapman University
  • Silver Medal: Zoe, ChiHyun Lee Template:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
• Animation:
  • Gold Medal: Soar, Alyce Tzue Template:Spaced ndash Academy of Art University
  • Silver Medal:An Object at Rest, Seth Boyden Template:Spaced ndash California Institute of the Arts
  • Bronze Medal: Taking the Plunge, Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero Template:Spaced ndash School of Visual Arts
• Documentary:
  • Gold Medal: Looking at the Stars, Alexandre Peralta Template:Spaced ndash University of Southern California
  • Silver Medal: I Married My Family’s Killer, Emily Kassie Template:Spaced ndash Brown University
  • Bronze Medal: Boxeadora, Meg Smaker Template:Spaced ndash Stanford University
• Foreign Film Award:
  • Gold Medal: Fidelity, Ilker Çatak Template:Spaced ndash Hamburg Media School, Germany
  • Silver Medal: The Last Will, Dustin Loose Template:Spaced ndash Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
  • Bronze Medal: Everything Will Be Okay, Patrick Vollrath Template:Spaced ndash Filmakademie Wien, Austria
• Narrative:
  • Gold Medal: Day One, Henry Hughes, edited by Anisha AcharyaTemplate:Spaced ndashAmerican Film Institute
  • Silver Medal: This Way Up, Jeremy Cloe Template:Spaced ndash American Film Institute
  • Bronze Medal: Stealth, Bennett Lasseter Template:Spaced ndash American Film Institute

43rd Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash September 22, 2016

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Year	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2016
	Alternative	Gold: All These Voices – David Henry Gerson (American Film Institute) Silver: Cloud Kumo – Yvonne Ng (City College of New York) Bronze: The Swan Girl – Johnny Coffeen (Maharishi University of Management)	Made of Sugar – Kevin Rios (New York University) Nova Initia – Scott Thompson (Art Institute of Colorado)
	Animation	Gold: Once Upon a Line – Alicja Jasina (USC) Silver: The Wishgranter – Echo Wu (Ringling College of Art and Design) Bronze: Die Flucht (The Escape) –Carter Boyce (DePaul University)	Cage – Pengpeng Du (Pratt Institute) Last Shot – Aemilia Widodo (Ringling College of Art and Design) The Controller – Bob Yong and Kang Yung Ho (Ringling College of Art and Design) The Moon is Essentially Gray – Hannah Roman (School of Visual Arts
	Documentary	Gold: 4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki (University of California, Berkeley) Silver: Fairy Tales – Rongfei Guo (New York University) Bronze: From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City – Elise Conklin (Michigan State University)	Gardeners of the Forest – Ceylan Carhoglu and Nicole Jordan-Webber (Chapman University) Looking for Trouble – Caroline Cuny and Bryan Campbell (Wake Forest University) The Assassin and Mrs. Paine – Max Good (Stanford University) The Search – Melina Tupa (UC Berkeley)
	Narrative	Gold: Nocturne in Black – Jimmy Keyrouz (Columbia University) Silver: It's Just a Gun – Brian Robau (Chapman University) Bronze: Rocket – Brenna Malloy (Chapman University)	100 Steps – Shahnawaz Zali (Northwestern University) Amelia’s Closet  – Halima Lucas University of Southern California) A New Civilization – Williams Naranjo (New York University) Mutt – Chloe Aktas (New York University)
	Foreign Narrative	Gold: Invention of Trust – Alex Schaad (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) Silver: Where the Woods End – Felix Ahrens (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany) Bronze: Tenants – Klara Kochanska (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Poland)	Beautiful Figure – Hajni Kis (Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary) Flowers – Judita Gamulin (Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Croatia) Generation Mars – Alexander Turpin (Norwegian Film School, Norway) Peacock – Ondrej Hudecek (Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic)
	Foreign Animation	Gold: Ayny – Ahmad Saleh (Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany)	Eye for an Eye – Steve Bache and Mahyar Goudarzi (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany) I Come From Prairie – Arisbek Nuhan (Beijing Film Academy, China)
	Foreign Documentary	Gold: The Most Beautiful Woman – Maya Sarfaty (Tel Aviv University, Israel)	Tarfala – Johannes Östergård (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) The Mute's House –Tamar Kay (The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel)

44th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 12, 2017

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2017
	Domestic Film Schools	Alternative	Gold: Opera of Cruelty – Max R.A. Fedore (New York University)	Made of Sugar – Kevin Rios (New York University) Last Dance – Zhaoyu Zhou (University of Southern California) Mira – Amanda Tasse (University of Southern California) The Colored Hospital: A Visual Poem – Terrance Daye (Morehouse College)
		Animation	Gold: In a Heartbeat – Beth David and Esteban Bravo (Ringling College of Art and Design) Silver: Cradle – Devon Manney (University of Southern California) Bronze: E-delivery – Young Gul Cho (School of Visual Arts)	Extinguished – Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann (Ringling College of Art and Design) Once a Hero – Xia Li (University of Southern California) Pinky Toe – Mathieu Libman (California Institute of the Arts) Winston – Aram Sarkisian (California Institute of the Arts)
		Documentary	Gold: Hale – Brad Bailey (University of California, Berkeley) Silver: On Pointe – Priscilla Thompson and Joy Jihyun Jeong (Columbia University) Bronze: One Way Home – Qingzi Fan (New York University)	Free The Wall – Darryl Shreve, (Wayne State University) How To Make A Pearl – Jason Hanasik (University of California, Berkeley) Sisterly, – Nina Vallado (Andrews University) The Sandman – Lauren Knapp (Stanford University)
		Narrative	Gold: My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson, Jr. (New York University) Silver: Mammoth – Ariel Heller (University of Southern California) Bronze: Who's Who in Mycology – Marie Dvorakova (New York University)	A Foreman – Daniel Drummond (Chapman University) Guo Mie – Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu (New York University) I Live Here – Shane Watson (California College of the Arts) Into The Blue – Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Columbia University)
	International Film Schools	Animation	Gold: Life Smartphone – Chenglin Xie (China Central Academy of Fine Arts, China)	Child – Iring Freytag and Viktor Stickel (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) Tough – Jennifer Zheng (Kingston University London, UK)
		Documentary	Gold: Galamsey – Johannes Preuss (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany)	Aurelia and Pedro – Omar Robles and José Permar (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico) Exhibit Human – Arianna Vergari and Valentina Traini (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Abruzzo, Italy)
		Narrative	Gold: Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath, (Hamburg Media School, Germany) Silver: Facing Mecca – Jan-Eric Mack, (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) Bronze: When Grey Is a Colour – Marit Weerheijm (Netherlands Film Academy, Netherlands)	Annunciation – Halit Ruhat Yildiz (Academy of Media Arts, Germany) Blue Summer Symphony – Sinje Köhler (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) Earthly People – Ádám Freund (Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary) The French Revolution – Hai Afik (The Maaleh School of Television & Film, Israel)

45th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 11, 2018

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2018
	Domestic Film Schools	Alternative	Gold: Reanimated – Shae Demandt (Florida State University)	Transient Passengers (Experiment Number NÜN) – Natalia Hermida (Chapman University) Emunah – Sang Hyoun Han (School of Visual Arts)
		Animation	Gold: Raccoon and the Light – Hanna Kim (California Institute of the Arts) Silver: Daisy – Yu Yu (University of Southern California) Bronze: Re-Gifted – Eaza Shukla (Ringling College of Art and Design)	Attack of the Potato Clock – Victoria Lopez and Ji young Na (Ringling College of Art and Design) Little Bandits – Alex Avagimian (California Institute of the Arts) Rebooted – Sagar Arun and Rachel Kral (Ringling College of Art and Design) Reflection – Hannah Park (Ringling College of Art and Design)
		Documentary	Gold: An Edited Life – Mathieu Faure (New York University) Silver: Love and Loss – Yiying Li (University of Southern California) Bronze: Dust Rising – Lauren Schwartzman (University of California, Berkeley)	1,500 Miles 23 Days – Veronica Wangshen (New York University) Finding Yingying – Jiayan "Jenny" Shi (Northwestern University) Forced – Grace Oyenubi and Nani Sahra Walker (University of California, Berkeley) Mining Phosphorus – Alan Toth (University of California, Berkeley)
		Narrative	Gold: Spring Flower – Hua Tong (University of Southern California) Silver: Lalo's House – Kelley Kali (University of Southern California) Bronze: Esta Es Tu Cuba/This Is Your Cuba – Brian Robau (Chapman University)	Bini – Erblin Nushi (George Mason University) Empty Skies – Wenting Deng and Luke Fisher (Ohio University) June – Huay-Bing Law (University of Texas at Austin) Masks – Mahaliyah Ayla O (University of Southern California) Mid City Blue – Kristopher D Wilson (University of California – Los Angeles)
	International Film Schools	Animation	Gold: The Green Bird (MoPA – France) – Pierre Perveyrie, Maximilien Bougeous, Marine Goalard, Irina Nguyen-Duc, and Quentin Dubois	A Blink of an Eye – Kiana Naghshineh (Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg) L'Aviatrice – Jacques Leyreloup, Victor Tolila, Perrine Renard, Laura Viver Canal and Gael Chauvet (ESMA) Meli-Metro – Alexandre Blain, Lucas Germain, Christophe Gigot, Jade Guilbault, Andreas Muller and Simon Puculek (ESMA)
		Documentary	Gold: Nomadic Doctor – Mart Bira (University of Hertfordshire)	F32.2 – Annelie Boros (University of Television and Film Munich) Tracing Addai – Esther Niemeier (Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf)
		Narrative	Gold: Get Ready With Me – Jonatan Etzler, (Stockholm Academy of the Arts) Silver: Almost Everything – Lisa Gertsch, (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) Bronze: A Siege – Istvan Kovacs, (University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest)	Touch Me – Eileen Byrne, (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München August Sun – Franco Volpi (London Film School Dead Birds – Johnny Kenton (National Film and Television School) Sons of No One – Alan Toth (LUCA School of Arts)

46th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 17, 2019

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2019
	Domestic Film Schools	Alternative	Gold: Patron Saint – Georden West (Emerson College)	Rumours – Nicole Aebersold (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) Two Paper Nightingales – Kaylin George (Chapman University)	[14]
		Animation	Gold: Grendell – Kalee McCollaum (BYU Center for Animation) Silver: Game Changer – Aviv Mano (Ringling College of Art and design) Bronze: Two – Emre Okten (University of Southern California)	CRUNCH – Liukaidi Peng (School of the Visual Arts) Misguided – Sanghyun Kim (Ringling College of Art and Design) Push – Trilina Mai (California State University – Long Beach) why z? – Asher Horowitz (School of Visual Arts)
		Documentary	Gold: Sankofa - Princess Garrett (Villanova University) Silver: Something To Say – Abby Lieberman and Joshua Lucas (Columbia University) Bronze: All That Remains – Eva Rendle (University of California, Berkeley)	All that Remains – Eva Rendle (University of California, Berkeley) Off The Court: The Story of Kezo Brown – Jorden Klein and Aaron Rose (Northwestern University) That Was Ray – Jordan Gorman, Brenten Brandenburg, and Kaustubh Singh (Chapman University) Relentless – Shelby Thompson (Chapman University) Something To Say – Abby Lieberman and Joshua Lucas (Columbia University) Sankofa – Princess Garrett (Villanova University) Twinkle Dammit! – Chuang Xu (School of Visual Arts)
		Narrative	Gold: Miller & Son – Asher Jelinsky (American Film Institute) Silver: The Chef - Hao Zheng (American Film Institute) Bronze: Tree #3 – Omer Ben-Shachar (American Film Institute)	Bolero – Sarah Gross (University of Southern California) Balloon – Jeremy Merrifield (American Film Institute) Miller and Son – Asher Jelinsky (American Film Institute) Marriage Material, the Musical! – Oran Zegman (American Film Institute) The Chef – Hao Zheng (American Film Institute) Tree #3 – Omer Ben-Shachar (American Film Institute) Under Darkness – Caroline Friend (University of Southern California)
	International Film Schools	Animation	Gold: Daughter - Daria Kashcheeva (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU)	Love Me, Fear Me – Veronica Solomon (Film University Babelsborg KNORAD WOLF) The Ostrich Politic – Mohamad Houhou (Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image) Daughter – Daria Kashcheeva (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague)
		Documentary	Gold: Family2 – Yifan Sun (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz)	Oro Blanco – Gisela Carbajal Rodriguez (University of Television and Film Munich) The Winds Heritage – Alejandra Retana, Cesar Camacho, and Cesar Hernandez (University of Guadalajara) FAMILY – Yifan Sun (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz)
		Narrative	Gold: Bonobo - Zoel Aeschbacher (ECAL) Silver: Dog Eat Dog - Rikke Gregersen (Westerdals Kristiania University College) Bronze: November 1st – Charlie Manton (National Film and Television School)	Bonobo – Zoel Aeschbacher (ECAL) Dog Eat Dog – Rikke Gregersen (Westerdals Kristiania University College) November 1st – Charlie Manton (National Film and Television School) Quiet Land Good People – Johannes Bachmann (Zurich University of Arts) The Last Romantic – Natalia Garcia Agraz (Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica) Senor – Masha Clark (The London Film School) Human – Korwin Quinonez (Incine)

2020s

47th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 21, 2020

Site: Virtual event

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2020
	Domestic Film Schools	Alternative	Gold: Simulacra – Curry Sicong Tian (University of Southern California)	Out Of Ordinary – Luca Signoretti, Tobias Buchmann, Alicja Pahl (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) To The Girl That Looks Like Me – Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah (New York University) Prisoners of the Body – Elisa Maria Nadal (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany)
		Animation	Gold: Ciervo – Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma (Rhode Island School of Design) Silver: Mime Your Manners – Kate Namowicz, Skyler Porras (Ringling College of Art and Design) Bronze: Hamsa – Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca, Chrisy Baek (School of Visual Arts)	Tricked – Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung (Ringling College of Art and Design) Bear With Me – Rodrigo Chapoy (Ringling College of Art and Design) Super Generic – Di Lu (Ringling College of Art and Design) Death and Delilah – Kristoffer Molinari (BYU Center for Animation)
		Documentary	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)	Louisiana's Missing Coast – James Robinson (Duke University) Little but Fierce – Sara Barger (Vermont College of Fine Arts) Birds without Wings – Rishabh Thakkar (Chapman University) In Their Fight – Orion Rose Kelly, Pedro Cota (University of California, Berkeley)
		Narrative	Gold: Umama – Talia Smith (New York University) Silver: Bittu – Karishma Dube (New York University) Bronze: Sweet Potatoes – Rommel Villa Barriga (University of Southern California)	Fragile Moon – Phyllis Tam (New York Film Academy) Our Side – Nicola Rinciari (Savannah College of Art & Design) Headlock – Damon Laguna (University of Southern California) Incognito – Jacky Song (Loyola Marymount University)
	International Film Schools	Animation	Gold: The Beauty – Pascal Schelbli (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany)	o28 – Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Fabien Meyran (Supinfocom Rubika, France) The Tree – Han Yang & Basil Malek (Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image, France)
		Documentary	Gold: Dear Father… – Maren Klakegg (Westerdals Institute of Film and Media, Kristiania University College, Norway)	Miss Curvy – Ghada Eldemellawy (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) Tanda – Teodora-Kosara Popova (National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Bulgaria)
		Narrative	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 McCourt (Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Belgium)	Da Yie – Anthony Nti (School of Arts, Belgium) We Are Dancers – Joe Morris (Northern Film School, United Kingdom) The Stamp – Lovro Mrdjen (Akademija Dramske Umjetnosti, Croatia) Porfotto – Edson da Conceicao (Nederlandse Filmacademie, Netherlands) Papapa – Kerren Lumer-Klabbers (Den Norske Filmskolen, Norway)

48th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 21, 2021

Site: Virtual event

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2021
	Domestic and International Film Schools	Alternative/ Experimental	Gold: Frozen Out – Hao Zhou (University of Iowa)	Apocalypse Baby, We Advertise the End of the World – Camille Tricaud, Franziska Unger (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) Do You Hear Those Crows – Ryen Goebel (Savannah College of Art and Design)
	Domestic Film Schools	Animation	Gold: Unforgotten – Sujin Kim (California Institute of the Arts) Silver: Barking Orders – Alexander Tullo (Ringling College of Art and Design) Bronze: Slumber with Snakes – Teagan Barrone (Cleveland Institute of Art)	The Exortwist – Loren Baskin Almazan, Laura Koval (Ringling College of Art and Design) Final Deathtination – Marika Tamura (Ringling College of Art and Design) RenaiDance – Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang (School of Visual Arts) Tacet – Zachary Simon (Rhode Island School of Design)
		Documentary	Gold: When They’re Gone – Kristen Hwang (University of California, Berkeley) Silver: Eagles Rest in Liangshan – Bohao Liu (New York University) Bronze: Not Just a Name – De’Onna Young-Stephens (University of Southern California)	Anshan Diaries – Charles Xiuzhi Dong (New York University) It Takes a Circus – Sarah D. Collins, Zoe Ramushu (Columbia University) The Militiaman – David Peter Hansen (Columbia University) Translucent – Avery Fox, Kayla Hoeflinger (California State University Northridge)
		Narrative	Gold: When the Sun Sets – Phumi Morare (Chapman University) Silver: Close Ties to Home Country – Akanksha Cruczynski (Columbia College Chicago) Bronze: No Law, No Heaven – Kristi Hoi (University of California, Los Angeles)	Le Prince Oublié – Chloe Aguirre (Chapman University) Lucia – Victoria Rivera (Columbia University) The Monkey King – Yingqi (Niko) Ren (American Film Institute) Summer Ends – Hailong Niu (University of California, Los Angeles)
	International Film Schools	Animation	Gold: Louis' Shoes – Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung and Marion Philippe (MoPA (France))	Migrants – Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Zoé Devise (Pôle 3D (France)) A Tiny Tale – Sylvain Cuvillier, Maÿlis Mosny, Zijing Ye (Rubika (France))
		Documentary	Gold: Why Didn’t You Stay for Me? – Milou Gevers (Nederlandse Filmacademie (The Netherlands))	Haeberli – Moritz Mueller-Preisser (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) Pepedrilo – Victor Cartas Valdivia (Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico))
		Narrative	Gold: Tala’vision – Murad Abu Eisheh (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)) Silver: Adisa – Simon Denda (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) Bronze: Bad Omen – Salar Pashtoonyar (York University (Canada))	Carrier – Max Ovaska (Aalto University (Finland)) Day X – Katharina Rivilis (Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Germany)) First Last Summer – Nastazja Gonera (Państwowa Wyższa Szkola Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna (Poland)) I Am – Jerry Hoffmann (Hamburg Media School (Germany))

49th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 20, 2022

Site: David Geffen Theater

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2022
	Domestic and International Film Schools	Alternative/ Experimental	Gold: Against Reality, Olivia Peace (University of Southern California)	Ask Again Later, Chloe Evangelista (Pratt Institute) It Will Rain Today, Mariana Correa González ((Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)
		Animation	Gold: An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, Lachlan Pendragon (Griffith Film School (Australia)) Silver: Laika & Nemo, Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (Germany)) Bronze: The Seine’s Tears, Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard and Nicolas Mayeur (Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School (France))	The Boot, Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib (Payame Noor University (Iran)) Goodbye Jérôme!, Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr (Gobelins, School of Images (France)) Little Thing, Clara Mesplé, Chloé Viala, Camille Burles (École Georges Méliès (France)) Period Drama, Anushka Nair, Lauryn Anthony (Ringling College of Art and Design (United States))
		Documentary	Gold: Found, Shuhao Tse (New York University) Silver: “Here to Stay,” Jared Peraglia, (New York University) Bronze: Seasons, Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon (Columbia University)	The State of Dissent, Roshaan Khattak (University of the Arts London (United Kingdom)) Traded, Simran Arora, Harshit Bawa (University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)) Waves Apart, Josh Greene (University of Southern California (United States)) What Nobody Talks About, Hansine Killingmoe Såstad (Kristiania University College (Norway))
		Narrative	Gold: Almost Home, Nils Keller (University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)) Silver: Rooms, Welf Reinhart (University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)) Bronze: Shedding Angels, Freddy Macdonald (American Film Institute)	L’Avversario, Federico Russotto (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Italy)) Living All of Life, Marlén Ríos-Farjat (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico)) Songs of a Caretaker, Pascal Schuh (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (Germany)) The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain, Eugen Merher (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany))

50th Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 24, 2023

Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2023
	Domestic and International Film Schools	Alternative/ Experimental	Gold: Skin, Leo Behrens (American Film Institute)
		Animation	Gold: Boom, Gabriel Augerai, Romain Augier & Yannick Jacquin (École des Nouvelles Images (France) Silver: Diplomatie de l’Éclipse, César Luton, Achille Pasquier & Clémence Bailly (MoPA 3D Animation School (France) Bronze: “Mum’s Spaghetti,” Lisa Kenney (National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
		Documentary	Gold: Winds of Dust, Giorgio Ghiotto, (New York University) Silver: “Duet,” Lyuwei Chen, (New York University) Bronze: Hasta Encontrarlos (Till We Find Them). Jean Chapiro, (Columbia University)
		Narrative	Gold: Invisible Border, Mark Gerstorfer, (Filmakademie Wien (Austria) Silver: Revisted, Iain Aigin Stronach Forbes, (Den Norske Filmskolen, (Norway) Bronze: Istina (Truth), Tamara Denić, (Hamburg Media School (Germany)

51st Annual Student Academy AwardsTemplate:Spaced ndash October 14, 2024

Site: Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London

Year	Category	Award	Winners	Nominees	Ref.
2024
	Domestic and International Film Schools	Alternative/ Experimental	Gold: A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers , Birdy Wei-Ting Hung (San Francisco State University) 'Silver: In Living Memory , Dori Walker (Brown University) Bronze: bonVoyage pour monVoyage, Akshit Kumar (National Institute of Design, India)
		Animation	Gold: Au Revoir Mon Monde, Florian Maurice, Maxime Foltzer & Estelle Bonnardel (MoPA 3D Animation School, France) Silver: Origami, Kei Kanamori (Digital Hollywood University, Japan) Bronze: “Student Accomplice,” Spencer Baird (Brigham Young University)
		Documentary	Gold: Keeper, Hannah Rafkin, (School of Visual Arts ) Silver: “The 17%,” Aaron Johnson, (Chapman University) Bronze: A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness), Rishabh Raj Jain, (New York University)
		Narrative	Gold: The Compatriot, Pavel Sýkora & Viktor Horák, (Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku, Czech Republic) Silver: Crust, Jens Kevin Georg, (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany) Bronze: Neither Donkey nor Horse, Robin Wang, University of Southern California

See also

• List of film awards

External links

• Student Academy Awards official site
• Student Academy Awards at The Internet Movie Database