Student Academy Awards
The Student Academy Awards is an annual competition for college and university filmmakers. Winners – selected by the professional filmmaker members of the Academy – receive trophies (but not Oscar statuettes) and cash prizes. Many have gone on to have successful careers in movies and television.
Past Ceremonies
36th Student Academy Awards Ceremony
Twelve students from eight U.S. colleges and universities were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze awards on June 13 in Beverly Hills. An award for Honorary Foreign Film was also given to a student from Sweden.
See list of winners and watch clips from their films
See list of all Student Academy Awards winners
About the Awards
John Lasseter on his Student Academy Awards Experiences
John Lasseter speaks about his two Student Academy Awards wins. Lasseter is a 5-time Oscar nominee whose recent projects include “WALL-E” and “Toy Story 3.”
History
The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to encourage and reward excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.
Applications
Applications
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Deadlines
Domestic Application – April 1, 2010
Foreign Application – March 25, 2010
Running Time
Please note that the maximum running time allowed for entries in all categories is 40 minutes.
