The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 32 students from 20 colleges and universities as finalists in’ 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Their films will now be judged by Academy members, who will vote for the gold, silver and bronze medal winners. In addition to receiving cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, the winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related and social activities, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 7.
Animation Fnalists:
The Gloaming by Andrew Huang, University of Southern California
Mr. Popcorn by Alexander Krivicich, Cornell University, New York
Paper Shepherd by David Houry, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio
Simulacra by Tatchapon Lertwirojkul, The School of Visual Arts
Snow Day by Kim Hazel, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
Toumai by Carlos Stevens, The Art Institute of Portland, Oregon
The Visionary by Evan Mayfield, Ringling College of Art and Design
Zoologic by Nicole Mitchell, California Institute of the Arts
To reach this stage, students competed in one of three regional competitions. Each region is permitted to send to the Academy up to three finalist films in each of the four categories’Alternative, Animation, Documentary and Narrative. A foreign student will also be honored by the Academy in the Honorary Foreign Film category. Academy voters have selected students from the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Israel and Slovenia as finalists.
Tickets for the 35th Annual Student Academy Awards presentation are now available for free. A maximum of four tickets may be requested online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office, by mail, or by calling the Student Academy Awards department at (310) 247-3000, ext. 130. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 7, at 6 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Doors open at 5 p.m. All seating is unreserved.
