Nine films have been nominated for the best animated film category in the 26th annual Student Academy Awards competition.
Animation is one of four categories in the competition ‘ the others are alternative, documentary and narrative ‘ and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will choose gold, silver and bronze medal winners.
The animation nominated film are:
‘ Cadillac ’59, Hamilton Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
‘ Divers, Paris Mavroidis, Pratt Institute, New York
‘ Entering the Mind through the Mouth, Jin Sung Choi, Academy of Art University, California
‘ I Live in the Woods, Max Winston, California Institute of the Arts
‘ Kites, Jud Henry, Brigham Young University
‘ Lilium Urbanus, Joji Tsuruga and Anca Risca, School of Visual Arts
‘ Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University
‘ Scrimshander, George Smaragdis, Pratt Institute
‘ Sebastian’s Voodoo, Joaquin Baldwin, University of California, Los Angeles
Those medalists will receive cash prizes and participate in a week of industry-related events and activities leading up to the June 13 awards ceremony, during which the gold medal winning films will be shown.
Past student winners have gone on to receive 37 Oscar nominations and have won or shared six awards. Among them is Pete Docter, who was nominated last year for his original screenplay for the Disney/Pixar film WALL’E.
Tickets for the award ceremony are free and available now 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.
