Student Academy Awards

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, the Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition. Each year, college and university film students from all over the world compete for awards and cash grants, with films being judged in the following categories:

Animation, Documentary, Live Action Narrative and Alternative/Experimental.

Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to win 12 Oscars and receive 67 Oscar nominations. Past SAA winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Patricia Cardoso and Spike Lee.

The 50th Student Academy Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 24, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Reserve your tickets here.