The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Ten students from nine U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as U.S. winners along with three foreign student films, selected from 51 entries representing 29 countries.
Winners will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities. The festivities will culminate in the awards ceremony on June 9, at 6 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where the placements in each category will be announced.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title in each category):
Alternative
The Reality Clock
Amanda Tasse, University of Southern California
Animation
Eyrie
David Wolter, California Institute of the Arts
The Jockstrap Raiders
Mark Nelson, University of California, Los Angeles
My Little Friend
Eric Prah, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
Dying Green
Ellen Tripler, American University
Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment
Keiko Wright, New York University
Lost Country
Heather Burky, Art Institute of Jacksonville
Narrative
Nani
Justin Tipping, American Film Institute
Narcocorrido
Ryan Prows, American Film Institute
Under
Mark Raso, Columbia University
Foreign Film
For Elsie
David Winstone, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Of Dogs and Horses
Thomas Stuber, Film Academy Baden-Wüerttemberg, Germany
The Swing of the Coffin Maker
Elmar Imanov, The International Film School Cologne, Germany
The 39th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on June 9 is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required.
For more information, visit http://www.oscars.org.
