Pajama Gladiator won the top prize for an animated film at the 2009 Student Academy Awards ceremony, held Saturday evening in Beverly Hills.
The film, made by Glenn Harmon of Brigham Young University, took the Gold Medal in the animation category, earning a cash grant of $5,000.
Winning the Silver Medal is Sebastian’s Voodoo, from Joaquin Baldwin of USC and the Bronze Medal went to Kites, from BYU’s Jed Henry. Baldwin wins a $2,000 grant, while Henry received a $1,000 grant.
The ceremony, which included presenters such as actor Gary Oldman, director John Landis and animator Andreas Deja, also presented honors in the following categories:
Alternative*
Gold Medal: Alice’s Attic, Robyn Yannoukos, University of California, Los Angeles
Silver Medal: Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed, Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts, New York
* Only two medals were awarded in the Alternative category.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae, Columbia University
Silver Medal: The Wait, Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia University
Bronze Medal: A Place to Land, Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey, University of Southern California
Silver Medal: The Bronx Balletomane, Jeremy Joffee, The City College of New York
Bronze Medal: Bohemibot, Brendan Bellomo, New York University
Honorary Foreign Film
Elkland, Per Hanefjord, Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden
