The Student Academy Awards are presented by the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

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. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June. The current name was adopted effective in 1991. The awards offer prizes in four categories: alternative (

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...

), animation, documentary, and

narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travel literature, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller (ge ...

. 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 Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy ''Romancing the Stone'' (1984), the science-fiction comedy ''Back to the Future'' film tr ...

Bob Saget Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Saget played Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'' (1987-1995), and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel '' Fuller ...

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. P ...

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) ...

and

John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, ...

. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for and/or won the

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

in the short film categories, including ''

Chicks in White Satin ''Chicks in White Satin'' is a 1993 American short documentary film directed by Elaine Holliman and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Summary The film is about a Jewish same-sex marriage of two lesbians, including ...

'', ''The Janitor'', '' Karl Hess: Toward Liberty'', ''

The Lunch Date ''The Lunch Date'' is a 1989 American drama film, drama short film written and directed by Adam Davidson (director), Adam Davidson. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Con ...

'', '' 9'', '' Quiero ser (I want to be...)'', ''

Gang Cops ''Gang Cops'' is a 1988 American short documentary film directed by Thomas B. Fleming following the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's special gang unit in South Central Los Angeles. It was produced in collaboration with the USC Center f ...

'', '' 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 ''4.1 Miles'' is a 2016 short documentary film about a Hellenic Coast Guard captain on the Greek island of Lesbos charged with the task of saving thousands of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea during the European migrant crisis. The film was directe ...

'' 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

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List of winners

1970s

1st Annual Student Film Awards December 20, 1973

* Animation: ''Anti-matter'', Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(Los Angeles) * Documentary: ''You See, I've Had a Life'', Ben Levin, Mort Jordan

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

(

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, Pennsylvania) * Dramatic: ''Manhattan Melody'', Reuben Trane,

Ken Wiederhorn Ken Wiederhorn is a former news and documentary editor at CBS and a film director, film and television director, known mainly for the horror films ''Shock Waves (film), Shock Waves'' and ''Return of the Living Dead Part II''. Other features incl ...

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

(New York City) * Special Jury (Dramatic): ''Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock'', Bob Dahlin

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

( Evanston, Illinois)

2nd Annual Student Film Awards July 1, 1975

* Animation:
Euphoria
', Vincent Collins

San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...

(San Francisco) * Documentary: ''Men's Lives'', Josh Hanig, Will Roberts

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its f ...

( Yellow Springs, Ohio) * Dramatic: ''Swag'', Bruce Postman

New York University School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

(New York City) * Experimental: ''Architecture of the Petroleum Age'', Scott Thomas

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

(

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

, Texas) * Special Jury (Dramatic): ''A Field of Honor'',

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

(Los Angeles)

3rd Annual Student Film Awards June 23, 1976

* Animation: '' Fame'',

Mark Kirkland Mark Kirkland is an American animation director. He has directed 84 episodes of ''The Simpsons'' since 1990, more than any other director. Career At the age of 13, Kirkland began making super 8 films and working for his father, noted photograph ...

Richard Jefferies John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influ ...

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...

(

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, California) * Documentary: ''What the Notes Say Karen Grossman'', Richard O'Neill

Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher ed ...

( Garden City, New York) * Dramatic: ''The Preparatory'', Terence Cahalan

(Los Angeles) * Experimental: ''After Lumiere'', Joan Laine

(Los Angeles) * Special Jury (Documentary): ''The American Love Affair'', Lee M. Rhoads, Jr.

(Los Angeles)

4th Annual Student Film Awards May 22, 1977

* Animation: ''The Muse'', Paul W. Demeyer

(

, California) * Documentary: ** Achievement: ''The Last of the Little Breweries'', Frank H. Binney

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

(

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

, Texas) ** Merit: ''Guitar Craft'', Rob Williams Western States Film Institute and

Metropolitan State College of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado. MSU Denver is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver, in d ...

(both in

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

, Colorado) *Dramatic: ''Sixteen Down'', Carol L. Dysinger

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

(New York City) *Experimental: ''TRANSCENdance'', Philip W. Pura

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

(

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, Massachusetts)

5th Annual Student Film Awards May 21, 1978

*Animation: ''Mother Goose'', David Bishop

(Los Angeles) *Documentary: **Achievement: ''The Sixth Week'',

John Simeon Block John Simeon Block is an American documentary filmmaker. Career John Block, a native of Chicago, is a 1972 graduate from Northwestern University. In 1977 he obtained a Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking from the New York University. From 1980 unti ...

(New York City) **Merit: ''Like Any Child, Only More So'', Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

(

Berkeley Berkeley most often refers to: *Berkeley, California, a city in the United States **University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California * George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher Berkeley may also refer ...

, California) **Merit: ''Through Adam's Eyes'', Robert Saget

, (

, Pennsylvania) *Dramatic: ''Button, Button'', Burton Lee Harry

University of Bridgeport The University of Bridgeport (UB) is a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. In 2021, the university was purchased by Goodwin University; it retain its own n ...

(

Bridgeport Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...

, Connecticut) *Experimental: ''Triptych'', Matthew Patrick

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

(

Amherst Amherst may refer to: People * Amherst (surname), including a list of people with the name * Earl Amherst of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst'' * Baron Amherst of Hackney of the City of London, ...

, Massachusetts)

6th Annual Student Film Awards June 3, 1979

*Animation: **Achievement:
Lady and the Lamp
'

(

, California) **Merit: ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'', Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...

(

Henrietta Henrietta may refer to: * Henrietta (given name), a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry Places * Henrietta Island in the Arctic Ocean * Henrietta, Mauritius * Henrietta, Tasmania, a locality in Australia United States * Henrie ...

, New York) *Documentary: **Achievement: ''Since '45'', Michael David Korolenko

(

, Massachusetts) **Merit: ''Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff'', Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott

(

, Pennsylvania) **Merit: ''Everybody Needs a Forever Home'', Mike Simpson

(

, Texas) *Dramatic: ''The Writers'', Harriotte H. Aaron

(New York City)

1980s

7th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1980

*Animation:
Nitemare
',

*Documentary: **Achievement: '' Karl Hess: Toward Liberty'', Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue

**Merit: ''Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues'',

Jonathan Wacks Jonathan Philip Wacks is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed a number of films including ''Powwow Highway'', produced by George Harrison. The film won the Sundance Film Festival Filmmaker’s Trophy, was nominate ...

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''Candy Store'', Claude Kerven

**Honorary: ''Happy Birthday'', Randall Fried

**Merit: ''Murder in a Mist'',

Lisa Gottlieb Lisa Gottlieb is an American film, television director and college professor. She is best known for directing the 1985 film ''Just One of the Guys''. She went on to direct the films ''Across the Moon'' (1995) starring Christina Applegate and E ...

Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a Private college, private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergra ...

(Chicago, Illinois) *Experimental: ''Sections'', Sean Phillips

8th Annual Student Film Awards June 7, 1981

*Animation: ''A Bird's Eye View'', Deborah Jo Short

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''I Remember Barbra'',

Kevin Burns Kevin Burns (June 18, 1955September 27, 2020), was an American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter. His work can be seen on A&E, National Geographic Channel, E!, Animal Planet, AMC, Bravo, WE tv, Travel Channel, Lifetim ...

**Merit: ''Jazz'',

Albert Magnoli Albert Magnoli (born 1954)The San Bernardino County Sun: July 16, ...

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''A Man Around the House'', Caroline Emmons

**Merit: ''Willie'', Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian

State University of New York at Purchase The State University of New York at Purchase (commonly Purchase College or SUNY Purchase) is a public liberal arts college in Purchase, New York. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It was fo ...

*Experimental: ''Commuter'', Michael M. Patterson

*Foreign Student Film: ''

Maedeli la brèche ''Maedeli la brèche'' is a 1980 Belgian short film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The short film was shot in 1980 in Belgium with a Super 35 camera. The film starred Nico d'Oreye, Julie Dubart, Colette Forton, Marie-José Mgank and Jea ...

'',

Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childh ...

Institut National Superieur, Belgium

9th Annual Student Film Awards June 6, 1982

*Animation: **Achievement: ''Guess Who's for Dinner'', Kathy Zielinski

**Merit: ''The Taming'', Bill Jarcho

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands ( Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

*Documentary: ''Face Value'', Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli

*Dramatic: ''For Heaven's Sake'',

Ken Kwapis Kenneth William Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and author. He specialized in the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed feature films such as '' Sesame Street Presen ...

*Foreign Student Film: ''Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone)'', Olivier Langlois Institut National Superieur, Belgium

10th Annual Student Film Awards June 5, 1983

*Animation: ''No One for Chess'', Richard Rosser

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?'', Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes

**Merit: ''El Matador'', Arturo Ruiz Esparza

**Merit: ''Where Did You Get That Woman'', Loretta Smith Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois) *Dramatic: **Achievement: ''

American Taboo ''American Taboo'' is a 1983 American independent drama film directed by Steve Lustgarten. Its plot follows a thirty-something year old photographer who begins an illicit romance with a teenage girl. It won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Student ...

'', Steve Lustgarten

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

**Merit: ''Children of the Corn'', John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens

**Merit: '' Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads'',

*Experimental: ''Somnolent Blue'', Monica Kendall

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

*Foreign Student Film: ''Over My Dead Body'', Ingrid Oustrup Jensen

National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Ministry of Culture of Denmark, Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen, Copenhagen, Holmen in ...

11th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1984

*Animation: **Achievement: ''The White Gazelle'', Anthony Laudati

**Merit: ''Mr. Gloom'', William G. Kopp

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Rodin's Balzac'', Marilyn Waterman

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

**Merit: ''The Wizard of the Strings'', Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''Minors'', Alan Kingsberg

**Merit: ''The Lottery Rose'', Gregory Popp, Frank Military

*Experimental: ''Tuscola Moon'', Dan Reed

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a Public university, public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus esta ...

*Foreign Student Film: ''Mother's Wedding'', Jenny Wilkes

National Film and Television School The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Repor ...

Beaconsfield Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High W ...

, Buckinghamshire, England

12th Annual Student Film Awards June 16, 1985

*Animation: ''Observational Hazard'', William G. Kopp

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Burley: Growing Tobacco in America'', Robert Henson, Doron Schlair

**Merit: ''On the Rocks'', Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado sys ...

**Merit: ''Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong'', Lucy Ostrander

*Dramatic: ''Heroes'', Camille Thomasson

*Foreign Student Film: ''The Leahys: Music Most of All'', Peter Weyman

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

, Toronto, Canada

13th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 1986

*Animation: **Achievement: ''Housecats'', Peg McClure Moudy

De Anza College De Anza College is a public community college in Cupertino, California. It is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, which also administers Foothill College in nearby Los Altos Hills, California. The college is named after the ...

Cupertino Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,8 ...

, California **Merit: ''Mangia!'', Sheila Sofian

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs'', Cathey Edwards

**Merit: ''The Flapper Story'',

Lauren Lazin Lauren Lazin is an American filmmaker whose documentaries have been nominated for the Emmys multiple times. She directed and produced the 2005 Oscar-nominated documentary film '' Tupac: Resurrection''. Career Film work Lazin's first feature film ...

**Merit: ''Sam'', Aaron D. Weisblatt

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''Jenny'', John Travers

, Connecticut **Merit: ''Chicken Thing'',

Todd Holland Todd Holland (born August 13, 1961) is an American film and television director and producer. He directed over 50 episodes of '' The Larry Sanders Show'', for which he received an Emmy, and 26 episodes of ''Malcolm in the Middle'', for which he ...

*Experimental: ''The Three Cornered Hat'',

Angel Gracia Ángel Gracia (USA) is a Venezuelan-American film director. In 2010, Gracia directed his first feature film, ''From Prada to Nada'', which starred Alexa Vega, Camilla Belle, Wilmer Valderrama and Adriana Barraza. The film was nominated for NCLR ...

Miami Dade Community College Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade) is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College S ...

*Foreign Student Film: ''Come, I Have a Story To Tell You'', Frederic Roullier-Gall Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium

14th Annual Student Film Awards June 7, 1987

*Animation: ''Husband of Rat's Daughter'', Karen McCoy Fremuth

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Silver into Gold'', Lynn Mueller

**Honorary: ''Living with AIDS'', Tina DiFeliciantonio

**Merit: ''In the Wee Wee Hours'', Izak Ben-Meir

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''

Bird in a Cage ''Bird in a Cage'' is a 1986 American comedic drama film written and directed by Antonio Zarro while he was attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University (now Regent University). Production Zarro's original script for the film had th ...

'',

Antonio Zarro Antonio Zarro (born August 17, 1970) is an Italian-American, director and actor. Zarro received a Student Academy Award in 1987 for ''Bird in a Cage'', a 60-minute 1986 student film made while attending the Christian Broadcasting Network Univers ...

CBN University Regent University is a private Christian university in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The university was founded by Pat Robertson in 1977 as Christian Broadcasting Network University, and changed its name to Regent University in 1990. Regent offers ...

**Merit: ''Prelude'',

James Spione James Michael Spione is an American director, producer, writer and editor of both documentary and fiction films. Early on in his career, he developed a reputation for suspenseful dramatic shorts; his later career, however, has been marked by a ...

*Experimental: ''Zebu'', William Mitchell

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

, Los Angeles *Foreign Student Film: ''See You at Wembley, Frankie Walsh'',

Mark Herman Mark Herman (born 1954) is an English film director and screenwriter, best known for writing and directing the 2008 film ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas''. Life and career Herman was born in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He ...

, Beaconsfield, England

15th Annual Student Film Awards June 12, 1988

*Animation: **Achievement: ''Cat & Rat'', James Richardson Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois) **Merit: ''Artistic Vision'', Richard Quade

**Merit: ''Cat's Cradle'', Temah Nelson

**Merit: ''Why'', Suzanne Dimant

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Gang Cops'', Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel Marks

**Merit: ''Norma Jean'', John H Behnke

Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois. Board of trustees The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of Tr ...

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''Part VII'', Thomas Wallin, Steve Wang

*Experimental: **Achievement: ''The Anti-Video'', Gary Rosenthal

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and go ...

*Foreign Student Film: ''Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)'', Wolfgang Becker

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy Berlin) is a film school in Berlin, Germany. In the German film school ranking of FOCUS (Issue 22/2006), the dffb - together with the Academy of Media Arts Co ...

, Berlin,

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

16th Annual Student Film Awards June 11, 1989

*Animation: **Achievement: ''Sand Dance'', Richard Quade

**Merit: ''All in Your Mind'', Richard C. Zimmerman

**Merit:
The Chore
', Joe Murray

*Documentary: **Achievement: ''Leila'', Shawn Maurer

**Merit: ''Just Like It Was'', Dave Burkhardt Bob Jones University **Merit: ''No Hunger in My Home'', Nancy Brink

*Dramatic: **Achievement: ''The Yuppie'', John H. Behnke, James M. Peterson

**Merit: ''Summer Rain'', Howard Slavitt

*Experimental: **Achievement: ''The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett'', John Michael Di Jiacomo

**Merit: ''The Computer Analyst'', Gary Rosenthal

*Foreign Student Film: ''Oil Gobblers, Ropáci (Oilgobblers)'', Jan Sverák Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1990s

17th Annual Student Film Awards June 10, 1990

* Animation: ** Achievement: ''Watunna'', Stacey Steers

** Merit: ''The Yodel Contest'', Andrew Artz

* Documentary: ** Achievement: ''Clowning Around'', Kelly Clement, Ellen Osborne

** Merit: ''Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa'', Richard Kassebaum

** Merit: ''Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia'', Ellen Bruno

* Dramatic: ** Achievement: ''

'', Adam Davidson (director), Adam Davidson

, New York City ** Merit: ''The Blue Men'', Denise McKenna, Mark Squier American Film Institute, Los Angeles ** Merit: ''Go to Hell'', Suzanne V. Johnson Tisch School of the Arts,

* Foreign Student Film: ''Alaska'', Mike van Diem Netherlands Film and Television Academy (Amsterdam, Netherlands * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Adam Davidson (director), Adam Davidson

18th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1991

* Animation: ** Gold Medal:
Ode to G.I. Joe
', Gregory P. Grant Brooks Institute * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing'', Sue Marcoux

* Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''The Dog Ate It'', Steve Pearl

** Silver Medal: ''Turtle Races'', Jim Lincoln, Lisa Swain Regent University ** Bronze Medal: ''Andy's Got a Girlfriend!'', Dan Moran, Joel Kuchan

(Chicago, Illinois) * Foreign Film Award: ''Once Upon a Time'', Zsuzsa Böszörményi Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Budapest * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl

19th Annual Student Academy Awards June 14, 1992

* Animation: ** Gold Medal:
Next Door
', Pete Docter, Peter H. Docter

** Silver Medal: ''Five Female Persuasions'', Peter Hixson American University ** Bronze Medal: ''Fur and Feathers'', Celia Kendrick

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review'', Wendy Weinberg

** Silver Medal: ''Dolphins: Minds in the Water'', Christopher C. Carson

** Bronze Medal: ''In and Out of Time'', Elizabeth Finlayson

* Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''The Lady in Waiting'', Christian Taylor (screenwriter), Christian M. Taylor

** Silver Medal: ''Eagle Against the Sun'', John Akahoshi, Steve Foonberg

** Bronze Medal: ''Gold Mountain'', Rachel Saltz, Kryssa Schemmerling

* Experimental Award: ** Gold Medal: ''In the Aquarium'', Robert Beebe

* Foreign Film Award: ''This Boy's Story'', John Roberts, Michele Camarda

, Beaconsfield, England * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Christian Taylor (screenwriter), Christian M. Taylor

20th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1993

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Above Average'', Jamie Maxfield

** Silver Medal:
American History
', Chris Graves,

** Bronze Medal: ''The Wind'', Drew King

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Living Forward, Looking Back'', Stephanie L. Hill

** Silver Medal: ''

'', Elaine Holliman

* Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''A Children's Story'', Graham Justice

** Silver Medal: ''Silent Rain'', Martin Curland

* Experimental Award: ** Gold Medal: ''The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite'', Ethan Spigland

** Silver Medal: ''Seven Lucky Charms'', Lisa Mann

* Foreign Film Award: ''The Last New Year'', Javier Bourges Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico City, Mexico * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice

21st Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 1994

* Animation: ** Gold Medal:
The Janitor
', Vanessa Stella Schwartz

** Silver Medal: ''Foodchain'', Brian P. Dowrick University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University of the Arts,

, Pennsylvania * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb'', Casey G. Williams University of Utah ** Silver Medal: ''Portrait of Boy with Dog'', Robin Hessman, James Longley Brown University, Wesleyan University ** Bronze Medal: ''Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey'', Craig McTurk

* Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''Red'', Gary Nadeau

** Silver Medal: ''Outside'', Matt Danciger Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California ** Bronze Medal: ''The Make'', Stephen James Columbia University * Foreign Film Award: ''Making Up!, Abgeschminkt (Making Up!)'', Katja von Garnier University of Television and Film Munich, Munich, Germany * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger

22nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 11, 1995

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter'', Jonathan Schell

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Card Trick'', Robert Herrick Russ University of California, San Diego * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Their Own Vietnam'', Nancy D. Kates

** Silver Medal: ''Playing the Part'', Mitch McCabe Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''The City (1998 film), La Ciudad (The City)'', David Riker

* Foreign Film Award: ''Scarborough Ahoy!'', Tania Diez

, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England * Directors Guild of America Student Award: David Riker

23rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 1996

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Patronized'', Zachary Lehman Dartmouth College ** Silver Medal: ''Return of the Sun Devil'', Steven Ayromlooi

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Independent Little Cuss'', Jeff Patterson

** Silver Medal: ''Just for the Ride'', Amanda Micheli Harvard University ** Bronze Medal: ''Spirits Rising'', Ramona S. Diaz

* Dramatic ** Gold Medal: ''The Water Carrier'', Patricia Cardoso

** Silver Medal: ''Short Change'', Jon Andrews Yale University ** Bronze Medal: ''Around the Time'', Phil Bertelsen

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Eclipse'', Jason Ruscio

** Silver Medal: ''Memories of Matthews Place'', Daniel Bova

* Foreign Film Award: ''Grænsen (Never)'', Reza Parsa

* Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso

24th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 1997

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Erosion'', Robert Gelber

** Silver Medal: ''My Divorce'', Andrea Clark

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Unborn Baby Blues'', Mark Dale Levine

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Walk This Way'', Chris Sheridan Scottsdale Community College ** Silver Medal: ''Miriam Is Not Amused'', Kim Roberts

** Bronze Medal: ''The Mirror Lied'', Jennifer Haskin-O'Reggio

* Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''Christmas in New York'', Mark Millhone

** Silver Medal: ''Waiting in the Wings'', Charles R. Uy School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Mr. October'', Chris Angel

* Foreign Film Award: ''An Ordinary Mission'', Raymond Boy Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy

25th Annual Student Academy Awards June 14, 1998

* Alternative ** Gold Medal: ''Sombra'', Robin Larsen

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Jataka'', Peter Choe, Neal Nellans Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, Sarasota, Florida ** Silver Medal: ''Switchback'', Kyle Clark

** Bronze Medal: ''Put On a Happy Face'', Suzanne Lee Twining University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University of the Arts,

, Pennsylvania * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Fighting Grandpa'', Greg Pak

** Silver Medal: ''Occidental Encounters'', Yuriko Gamo Romer

** Bronze Medal: ''Wayne Freedman's Notebook'', Aaron Lubarsky

*Dramatic: ** Gold Medal: ''Bleach'', Bill Platt

** Silver Medal: ''My Body'', Joel Moffett, Matthias Visser American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Intermezzo'', Dana H. Glazer

* Foreign Film Award: ''Rochade'', Thorsten Schmidt Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt

26th Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 1999

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Tree Shade'', Lisa Collins

, New York City ** Silver Medal: ''The Piece'', Jordan Waid The New School, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Atomic Tobasco'', James Cox (director), James Cox

** Bronze Medal: ''Gregory'', Marston Younger Allan Hancock College * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''A Letter from the Western Front'', Daniel M. Kanemoto

** Silver Medal: ''Between the Lines'', Jamie Maxfield

** Bronze Medal: ''Shadow of a Drought'', Daniel Kutner, Brian Emerson University of California, Santa Barbara * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Man and Dog'', Randolph Benson North Carolina School of the Arts * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''John'', Marni Banack, J. B. Sugar American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''True Confessions of a Sushi Addict'', Kimberly Harwood

** Bronze Medal: ''Slow Dancin' Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck'', Thomas Wade Jackson Florida State University * Foreign Film Award: ''Kleingeld (Small Change)'', Marc-Andreas Bochert 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 Awards June 11, 2000

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Helicopter'', Ari Gold (filmmaker), Ari Gold

** Silver Medal: ''Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier'', Michael Mullan, Jessica Lakis University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University of the Arts,

, Pennsylvania * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago)'', Tod Polson

** Silver Medal (tie): ''The Bad Plant'', Amy Winfrey

** Silver Medal (tie): ''Luz'', Jose Javier Martinez

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Iron Ladies'', Kennedy Wheatley

** Silver Medal: ''Slender Existence'', Laura C. Murray

, Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto, California ** Bronze Medal: ''Between Two Fires'', Douglas Noel Smith Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''One Day Crossing'', Joan L. Stein

** Silver Medal: ''Homeland'', Doug Scott

** Bronze Medal: ''6 Miles of 8 Feet'', Ben Tomlin

* Foreign: ''Quiero ser (I want to be...), Quiero ser'', Florian Gallenberger University of Television and Film Munich, Germany * Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein

28th Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2001

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Warmth'', Michael Schaerer School of Visual Arts, New York City * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Boobie Girl'', Brooke Keesling

** Silver Medal: ''The Yellow Umbrella'', Victor Robert, Rodney Hom Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California ** Bronze Medal: ''That Special Monkey'', Sean McBride University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University of the Arts,

, Pennsylvania * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''XXXY (film), XXXY'', Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh

, Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto, California ** Silver Medal: ''Green'', Laura Dunn

** Bronze Medal: ''Undesirables'', Marianna Yarovskaya

, Los Angeles * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Zen and the Art of Landscaping'', David Kartch

** Silver Medal: ''The Confession'', Carl Pfirman

** Bronze Medal: ''Lector'', Greg Marcks Florida State University, Tallahassee * Foreign Film Award: ''The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca)'', Rodrigo Pla Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico City, Mexico)

29th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2002

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''For Our Man'', Kazuo Ohno

** Silver Medal: ''Island to Island'', Soopum Sohn

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Passing Moments'', Don Phillips, Jr. Ringling School of Art and Design ** Silver Medal: ''The Velvet Tigress'', Jen Sachs

, Valencia ** Bronze Medal: ''Shadowplay'', Dan Blank

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Moving House'', Pin Pin Tan

** Silver Medal: ''Family Values'', Eva Saks New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Revolutions Per Minute'', Thomas Burns

, Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto, California * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''The Wormhole'', Jessica Sharzer

** Silver Medal: ''Barrier Device'', Grace Lee (director), Grace Lee

** Bronze Medal: ''Sophie Helen'', Haeyoung Lee

* Foreign Film Award: ''Feeding Desire'', Martin Strange-Hansen

, Denmark

30th Annual Student Academy Awards June 8, 2003

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''The Projects Lumiere'', Waleed Moursi

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Perpetual Motion'', Kimberly Miner

** Silver Medal: ''Bert'', Moonsung Lee Academy of Art College, San Francisco. ** Bronze Medal: ''A Work in Progress'', Wes Ball Florida State University, Tallahassee * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Left Behind'', Christof Putzel Connecticut College ** Silver Medal: ''Indiana Aria'', Elizabeth Pollock

** Bronze Medal: ''Those Who Trespass'', Renee Fischer

, Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto, California * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''La Milpa (The Cornfield)'', Patricia Riggen

** Silver Medal: ''Jesus Henry Christ'', Dennis Lee

, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Fine.'', Michael Downing (director), Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda American Film Institute, California * Foreign Film Award: ''The Red Jacket'', Florian Baxmeyer University of Hamburg, Germany

31st Annual Student Academy Awards June 13, 2004

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''The Storyboard of My Life'', Robert F. Castillo School of Visual Arts ** Silver Medal: ''Focus'', Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil Lahiri Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher'', Alexander Woo

** Silver Medal: ''Rock the World'', Sukwon Shin School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Lemmings'', Craig Van Dyke BYU Center for Animation, Utah * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Cheerleader'', Kimberlee Bassford

** Silver Medal: ''When the Storm Came'', Shilpi Gupta

** Bronze Medal: ''Cuba: Illogical Temple'', David Pittock, Lindsey Kealy University of Nebraska–Lincoln * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''A-Alike'', Randall Dottin

** Silver Medal: ''Zeke'', Dana Buning Florida State University, Tallahassee ** Bronze Medal: ''The Plunge'', Todd Schulman Florida State University, Tallahassee * Foreign Film Award: ''Between Us'', Laurits Much-Peterson

, Denmark

32nd Annual Student Academy Awards June 12, 2005

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Knock Knock'', Jaron Henrie-McCrea Ball State University ** Silver Medal: ''Your Dark Hair Ihsan'', Tala Hadid

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: '' 9'', Shane Acker University of California ** Silver Medal: ''Frog'', Christopher Conforti School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Things That Go Bump in the Night'', Joshua G. Beveridge Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, The Life of Kevin Carter'', Dan Krauss University of California ** Silver Medal: ''Unhitched'', Erin Hudso, Ben Wu

** Bronze Medal: ''Listen'', Kimby Caplan Southern Methodist University, Texas * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Wednesday Afternoon'', Alonso Mayo American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''Victoria Para Chino'', Cary Fukunaga New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Charm'', Melissa Rossi Florida State University, Tallahassee * Foreign Film Award: ''The Runaway'', Ulrike Grote University of Hamburg, Germany

33rd Annual Student Academy Awards June 10, 2006

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Perspective'', Travis Hatfield, Samuel Day Ball State University ** Silver Medal: ''6 A.M.'', Carmen Vidal Balanzat City College of New York * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''The Possum'', Chris Choy

** Silver Medal: ''The Dancing Thief'', Meng Vue Ringling School of Art and Design ** Bronze Medal: ''Turtles'', Thomas Leavitt BYU Center for Animation * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Reporter Zero'', Carrie Lozano

** Silver Medal: ''The Women's Kingdom'', Xiaoli Zhou

** Bronze Medal: ''Three Beauties'', Mak Hossain Purdue University * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Christmas Wish List'', Sean Overbeeke University of North Carolina ** Silver Medal: ''El Viaje (One Day Trip)'', Cady Abarca-Benavides

** Bronze Medal: ''Pop Foul'', Moon Molson, Jennifer Handorf

* Foreign Film Award: ''Elalini'', Tristan Holmes South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, South Africa

34th Annual Student Academy Awards June 9, 2007

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Fission'', Kun-I Chang School of Visual Arts * Animation: ** Gold Medal (tie): ''Arts Desire'', Sarah Wickliffe

** Gold Medal (tie): ''Mirage'', Youngwoong Jang School of Visual Arts ** Silver Medal: ''A Leg Up'', Bevin Carnes Ringling College of Art and Design * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide'', Ben Wu

** Silver Medal: ''Ladies of the Land'', Megan Thompson

** Bronze Medal: ''Lumo'', Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III

* Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Rundown'', Patrick Alexander Florida State University ** Silver Medal: ''High Maintenance'', Phillip Van

** Bronze Medal: ''Screening'', Anthony Green

* Foreign Film Award: ''Nevermore'', Toke Constantin Hebbeln Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany

35th Annual Student Academy Awards June 7, 2008

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant'', Shih-Ting Hung

** Silver Medal: ''Circles of Confusion'', Phoebe Tooke

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Zoologic'', Nicole Mitchell

** Silver Medal: ''Simulacra'', Tatchapon Lertwirojkul School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''The Visionary'', Evan Mayfield Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''As We Forgive'', Laura Waters Hinson American University, Washington, D.C. ** Silver Medal: ''Unattached'', J.J. Adler

** Bronze Medal: ''If a Body Meet a Body'', Brian Davis

* Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''A Day's Work'', Rajeev Dassani

** Silver Medal: ''The State of Sunshine'', Z. Eric Yang Florida State University ** Bronze Medal: ''Pitstop'', Melanie McGraw

* Foreign Film Award: ''On the Line'' (''Auf der Strecke''), Reto Caffi Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany

36th Annual Student Film Awards June 13, 2009

* 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 City * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Pajama Gladiator'', Glenn Harmon BYU Center for Animation ** Silver Medal: ''Sebastian’s Voodoo'', Joaquin Baldwin

** Bronze Medal: ''Kites'', Jed Henry BYU Center for Animation * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''The Last Mermaids'', Liz Chae

** Silver Medal: ''The Wait'', Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth

, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''A Place to Land'', Lauren DeAngelis American University, Washington, D.C. * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Kavi'', Gregg Helvey

** Silver Medal: ''The Bronx Balletomane'', Jeremy Joffee City College of New York ** Bronze Medal: ''Bohemibot'', Brendan Bellomo

* Foreign Film Award: ''Elkland'', Per Hanefjord Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art, Sweden

2010s

37th Annual Student Film Awards June 12, 2010

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Surface: Film from Below'', Varathit Uthaisri Parsons The New School for Design ** Silver Medal: ''Multiply'', Emily Henricks

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Departure of Love'', Jennifer Bors Ringling College of Art and Design ** Silver Medal: ''Dried Up'', Isaiah Powers, Stuart Bury and Jeremy Casper Kansas City Art Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Lifeline'', Andres Salaff

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Yizkor (Remembrance)'', Ruth Fertig

** Silver Medal: ''Rediscovering Pape'', Maria Royo City College of New York ** Bronze Medal: ''Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto)'', Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith

* Narrative: ** Gold Medal: '' God of Love'', Luke Matheny

** Silver Medal: ''Down in Number 5'', Kim Spurlock

** Bronze Medal: ''The Lunch Box'', Lubomir Kocka Savannah College of Art and Design * Foreign Film Award: ''The Confession (2010 film), The Confession'', Tanel Toom

, United Kingdom

38th Annual Student Film Awards June 11, 2011

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''The Vermeers'', Tal S. Shamir The New School * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Dragonboy'', Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang Academy of Art University ** Silver Medal: ''Correspondence'', Zach Hyer Pratt Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Defective Detective'', Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis Ringling College of Art and Design * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Vera Klement: Blunt Edge'', Wonjung Bae Columbia College ** Silver Medal: ''Imaginary Circumstances'', Anthony Weeks

** Bronze Medal: ''Sin Pais (Without Country)'', Theo Rigby

* Foreign Film Award: ** Gold Medal: ''Tuba Atlantic'', Halvar Witzø Norwegian Film School, Norway ** Silver Medal: ''Bekas'', Karzan Kader Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden ** Bronze Medal: ''Raju'', Max Zähle Hamburg Media School, Germany * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Thief'', Julian Higgins American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''High Maintenance'', Shawn Wines

** Bronze Medal: ''Fatakra'', Soham Mehta

39th Annual Student Film Awards June 9, 2012

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''The Reality Clock'', Amanda Tasse

* Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Eyrie'', David Wolter

** Silver Medal:''The Jockstrap Raiders'', Mark Nelson

** Bronze Medal:''My Little Friend'', Eric Prah Ringling College of Art and Design * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Dying Green'', Ellen Tripler American University ** Silver Medal: ''Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment'', Keiko Wright

** Bronze Medal: ''Lost Country'', Heather Burky Art Institute of Jacksonville * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: Under (short film), ''Under'', Mark Raso

** Silver Medal: ''Narcocorrido'', Ryan Prows American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Nani'', Justin Tipping American Film Institute * Foreign Film Award: ** Gold Medal: ''For Elsie (2011 film), For Elsie'', David Winstone University of Westminster, United Kingdom ** Silver Medal: ''Of Dogs and Horses'', Thomas Stuber Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany ** Bronze Medal: ''The Swing of the Coffin Maker'', Elmar Imanov Internationale Filmschule Köln, Cologne, Germany

40th Annual Student Film Awards June 8, 2013

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Bottled Up'', Raffy Cortina Occidental College ** Silver Medal: ''Zug'', Perry Janes University of Michigan ** Bronze Medal: ''The Compositor'', John Mattiuzzi School of Visual Arts * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Dias de los muertos'', Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham Ringling College of Art and Design ** Silver Medal:''Will'', Eusong Lee

** Bronze Medal: ''Peck Pocketed'', Kevin Herron Ringling College of Art and Design * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''A Second Chance'', David Aristizabal

** Silver Medal: ''Every Tuesday: A Portrait of the New Yorker Cartoonists'', Rachel Loube School of Visual Arts ** Bronze Medal: ''Win or Lose'', Daniel Koehler Elon University * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Ol' Daddy'', Brian Schwarz

** Silver Medal: ''Josephine and the Roach'', Jonathan Langager

** Bronze Medal: ''A World for Raúl, Un mundo para Raúl'', Mauro Mueller

* Foreign Film Award: ** Gold Medal: ''Miss Todd'', Kristina Yee

, United Kingdom ** Silver Medal: ''Parvaneh (film), Parvaneh'', Talkhon Hamzavi ''Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Fachrichtung Film'', Zurich, Switzerland ** Bronze Medal: ''Crossroads'' (Tweesprong), Wouter Bouvijn ''RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College'', Belgium

41st Annual Student Film Awards June 6, 2014

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Person'', Drew Brown The Art Institute of Jacksonville ** Silver Medal: ''Oscillate'', Daniel Sierra School of Visual Arts * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Owned'', Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts BYU Center for Animation ** Silver Medal:''Higher Sky'', Teng Cheng

** Bronze Medal: ''Yamashita'', Hayley Foster

* Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''The Apothecary'', Helen Hood Scheer

** Silver Medal: ''White Earth'', J. Christian Jensen

** Bronze Medal: ''One Child'', Zijian Mu

* Foreign Film Award: ** Gold Medal: ''Nocebo'', Lennart Ruff University of Television and Film Munich, Germany ** Silver Medal: ''Paris on the Water'', Hadas Ayalon Tel Aviv University, Israel ** Bronze Medal: ''Border Patrol'', Peter Baumann Northern Film School, United Kingdom * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Above the Sea'', Keola Racela

** Silver Medal: ''Door God'', Yulin Liu

** Bronze Medal: ''Interstate'', Camille Stochitch American Film Institute

42nd Annual Student Film Awards September 17, 2015

* Alternative: ** Gold Medal: ''Chiaroscuro'', Daniel Drummond Chapman University ** Silver Medal: ''Zoe'', ChiHyun Lee School of Visual Arts * Animation: ** Gold Medal: ''Soar'', Alyce Tzue Academy of Art University ** Silver Medal:''An Object at Rest'', Seth Boyden

** Bronze Medal: ''Taking the Plunge'', Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero School of Visual Arts * Documentary: ** Gold Medal: ''Looking at the Stars'', Alexandre Peralta

** Silver Medal: ''I Married My Family’s Killer'', Emily Kassie Brown University ** Bronze Medal: ''Boxeadora'', Meg Smaker

* Foreign Film Award: ** Gold Medal: ''Fidelity'', Ilker Çatak Hamburg Media School, Germany ** Silver Medal: ''The Last Will'', Dustin Loose Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany ** Bronze Medal: ''Everything Will Be Okay'', Patrick Vollrath Filmakademie Wien, Austria * Narrative: ** Gold Medal: ''Day One'', Henry Hughes, edited by Anisha AcharyaAmerican Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''This Way Up'', Jeremy Cloe American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Stealth'', Bennett Lasseter American Film InstituteAnd The 2015 Student Academy Awards Go To …-Deadline
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43rd Annual Student Film Awards September 22, 2016

44th Annual Student Film Awards October 12, 2017

45th Annual Student Film Awards October 11, 2018

46th Annual Student Film Awards October 17, 2019

47th Annual Student Film Awards October 21, 2020

48th Annual Student Film Awards October 21, 2021

References

External links

Student Academy Awards official siteStudent Academy Awards
at Internet Movie Database, The Internet Movie Database * {{Academy Awards lists Honorary Academy Awards Student media awards Awards established in 1973