The 2025 Student Academy Awards ceremony was held in New York City.
All winning films are now eligible for the 98th Oscars®.
Front row: Jane Deng, Xindi Zhang, Tatiana McCabe, Rebeka Bizubová, Vega Moltke-Leth, Sofiia Chuikovska, Maud Le Bras, and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor.
Back row: Lucas Ansel, ZEFAN, Meyer Levinson-Blount, Mati Granica, Tobias Eckerlin, Jan Saczek, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré and Academy CEO Bill Kramer.
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 7, 2024 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored its student winners from colleges and universities worldwide at the 52nd Student Academy Awards ceremony tonight.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze placements were announced, and trophies were presented during a ceremony held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City in partnership with Rolex. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 3,127 entries from 988 colleges and universities worldwide. Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor delivered remarks during the event. The night’s category presenters included Lou Diamond Phillips, Governor of the Academy Actors Branch, as well as filmmakers Craig Brewer, Jon M. Chu, and Alex Woo.
The placements for the 2025 Student Academy Awards are as follows:
Alternative/Experimental
- Gold: Xindi Zhang, The Song of Drifters, University of Southern California
- Silver: Vega Moltke-Leth, Without Perfection, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Bronze: Mati Granica, flower_gan, London College of Communication, United Kingdom
Animation
- Gold: Tobias Eckerlin, A Sparrow’s Song, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Silver: Lucas Ansel, The 12 Inch Pianist, Rhode Island School of Design
- Bronze: Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré, & Maud Le Bras, The Shyness of Trees, Gobelins, France
Documentary
- Gold: Tatiana McCabe, Tides of Life, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Silver: Rebeka Bizubová, Confession, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Bronze: Jane Deng, I Remember, New York University
Narrative
- Gold: Jan Saczek, Dad’s Not Home, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland
- Silver: Meyer Levinson-Blount, Butcher’s Stain, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Bronze: ZEFAN, Kubrick, Like I Love You, Columbia University
First-time honors are awarded to the University of Copenhagen, Gobelins, the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, the London College of Communication, and the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Films that have won a Student Academy Award are eligible to compete for the 98th Oscars® in the categories of Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, or Documentary Short Film. The winners in 2025 will join the ranks of previous Student Academy Award recipients, including Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen, and Robert Zemeckis. Past winners have collectively received 69 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared a total of 15 awards.
The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent, creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.
Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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