First Row ( L to R) Laura Dunn, Brooke Keesling, Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh, Marianna Yarovskaya. Second Row (L to R) Sean McBride, David Kartch, Victor Robert, Rodney Hom. Third Row (L to R) Greg Marcks, Michael Schaerer, Rodrigo Pla, Carl Pfirman.

Twelve film students from ten U.S. universities were honored on June 10, 2001 as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 28th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. They participated in several days of industry-related activities and social events prior to the awards presentation ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. A film student from Mexico also was honored by the Academy, receiving this year's Honorary Foreign Film Award.

Gold Medal - "Warmth," Michael Schaerer, School of Visual Arts, New York.
(No Silver or Bronze medals were awarded in this category.)

Gold Medal - "Boobie Girl," Brooke Keesling, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.
Silver Medal - "The Yellow Umbrella," Victor Robert and Rodney Hom, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.

Bronze Medal - "That Special Monkey," Sean McBride, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.


Gold Medal - "XXXY," Porter Gale and Laleh Soomekh, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Silver Medal - "Green," Laura Dunn, University of Texas, Austin.
Bronze Medal - "Undesirables," Marianna Yarovskaya, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.


Gold Medal - "Zen and the Art of Landscaping," David Kartch, Columbia University, New York.
Silver Medal - "The Confession," Carl Pfirman, University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal - "Lector," Greg Marcks, Florida State University, Tallahassee.

"The Eye on the Nape," Rodrigo Pla, Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica, Mexico City, Mexico.