37th Student Academy Awards Finalists
37 students from 21 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Finalists by School
American Film Institute, California
“Equestrian Sexual Response,” Zeke Hawkins, Narrative Category
“Patrol,” John Ford, Narrative Category
American University, Washington, D.C.
“Ecoviews: Three Stories from Chesapeake Bay,” Ted Roach and J.P. Eason, Documentary Category
Brigham Young University
“Inspector 42,” Nathan D. Lee and Lyvia Martinez, Narrative Category
California Institute of the Arts
“Lifeline,” Andres Salaff, Animation Category
“Piece of Cake,” Eliza Ivanova, Animation Category
“The Wonder Hospital,” Beomsik Shimbe Shim, Animation Category
City College of New York
“Rediscovering Pape,” Maria Royo, Documentary Category
Columbia University, New York
“The Cemetary Club,” Geoffrey Booth and Yitz Brilliant, Narrative Category
Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
“Dried Up,” Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper, Animation Category
New York University
“Down in Number 5,” Kim Spurlock, Narrative Category
“God of Love,” Luke Matheny, Narrative Category
“When I’m 64,” Caitlin Brown, Documentary Category
Parsons: The New School for Design, New York
“Surface: Film From Below,” Varathit Uthaisri, Alternative Category
Pratt Institute, New York
“Down to the Bone,” Peter Ahern, Animation Category
Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
“Departure of Love,” Jennifer Bors, Animation Category
Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
“Mashed,” Adam Fisher, Animation Category
San Diego State University, California
“Day Labor,” Lowell Frank, Narrative Category
Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
“A’Plas,” Diego Colombi, Documentary Category
“Deadline,” Bang-yao Liu, Animation Category
“The Lunch Box,” Lubomir Kocka, Narrative Category
School of Visual Arts, New York
“Prayers for Peace,” Dustin Grella, Documentary Category
Stanford University, California
“Dreams Awake (Sueña Despierto),” Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith, Documentary Category
“My Name is Sydney,” Melanie Vi Levy, Documentary Category
University of California, Berkeley
“Arresting Ana,” Lucie Schwartz, Documentary Category
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
“The Last Bogatyr,” Sarah R. Lotfi and Kevin Beechwood, Narrative Category
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
“Balance,” Debra Sea, Alternative Category
University of Southern California
“Multiply,” Emily Henricks, Alternative Category
“My Mother’s Prelude,” Imran Shafi, Alternative Category
“Water, Moon, Mirror, Flower,” Tianran Duan, Alternative Category
University of Texas at Austin
“Yizkor (Remembrance),” Ruth Fertig, Documentary Category
