Three animators are among the eleven students from eight colleges and universities that have been named winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. They will participate in a week of industry-related activities and social events, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 7 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The winners in the Animation category are Simulacra by Tatchapon Lertwirojkul from The School of Visual Arts, The Visionary by Evan Mayfield from Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and Zoologic by Nicole Mitchell from California Institute of the Arts. They will find out who gets the gold, silver and bonze awards during the June 7 ceremony. In addition to trophies, the academy will give a cash prize of $5,000 for gold, $3,000 for silver and $2,000 for bronze.
The U.S. students first competed in one of three regional competitions. Each of those regions was permitted to send as many as three finalist films in each of the four award categories. Academy members then screened the finalists’ films and voted to select the winners. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 35 Oscar nominations and have won or shared six Academy Awards.
Tickets for the 35th Annual Student Academy Awards presentation ceremony, at which the Gold Medal-winning films and the Honorary Foreign Film will be screened in their entirety, are free and now available. 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 Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
