Included in the week of activities that this year's winners enjoyed was an Alumni Dinner. Invited were all those who have been honored as Student Academy Award winners since the competition's start. Pictured are the 73 winners, including those from this year, who attended.

While the U.S.-based students knew they would each receive an award, the level of that award - gold, silver or bronze - was not revealed until the ceremony. Besides trophies, gold medal winners received $5,000; silver medal winners were awarded $3,000 and bronze medal winners took home $2,000.

Academy President Frank Pierson presented the Honorary Foreign Film Award; Academy Governor Ed Begley Jr. presented awards in the narrative category; Director Michael Apted presented awards in the documentary category and actor and former Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget presented the medals in both the alternative and animation categories.

These students first competed in one of three regional competitions. Each region was permitted to send the Academy as many as three films in each of the four categories. The finalist films were then screened and voted on by Academy members to select the winners.

Academy Governor Ed Begley Jr. presented the Gold Medal in the Narrative Category to Patricia Riggen from Columbia University.

The Honorary Foreign Film winner, who received a $1,000 cash grant, was selected from a pool of 38 entries from 25 countries. This is the first time a student from Germany's University of Hamburg has won this award.

The Student Academy Awards were established by the Academy in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.

A complete list of 2003 Student Academy Awards Winners may be found here.

Included in the week of activities that this year's winners enjoyed was an Alumni Dinner. Invited were all those who have been honored as Student Academy Award winners since the competition's start. To view the 73 winners, including those from this year, who attended click here.