The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June. The current name was adopted effective in 1991.
The Student Academy Awards currently offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film), animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States.
Several Student Academy Award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, and John Lasseter. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for Oscars in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I Want to Be...), The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love and The Confession.
To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide.
Animation Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena --- University of California, Los Angeles
Documentary You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan --- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dramatic Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn --- Columbia University, New York City
Special Jury (Dramatic) Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin --- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Animation Euphoria, Vincent Collins --- San Francisco Art Institute
Documentary Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts --- Antioch College
Dramatic Swag, Bruce Postman --- New York University School of the Arts
Experimental Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas --- Rice University, Houston, Texas
Special Jury (Dramatic) A Field of Honor, Robert Zemeckis --- University of Southern California
Animation Fame Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill --- Adelphi University
Dramatic The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan --- University of Southern California
Experimental After Lumiere, Joan Laine --- University of California, Los Angeles
Special Jury (Documentary) The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. --- University of Southern California
Animation The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney --- University of Texas at Austin
Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob Williams --- Western States Film Institute/Metropolitan State College, Colorado
Dramatic Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger --- New York University
Experimental TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura --- Boston University
Animation Mother Goose, David Bishop --- University of Southern California
Documentary
Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon Block --- New York University
Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas --- University of California, Berkeley
Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert Saget --- Temple University
Dramatic Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry --- University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Experimental Triptych, Matthew Patrick --- Hampshire College
Animation
Achievement: Lady and the Lamp, John Lasseter --- California Institute of the Arts
Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Documentary
Achievement: Since '45, Michael David Korolenko --- Boston University
Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott --- Temple University
Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson --- University of Texas at Austin
Dramatic The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron --- New York University
Animation Nitemare, John Lasseter --- California Institute of the Arts
Documentary
Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue --- Boston University
Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan Wacks --- University of California, Los Angeles
Dramatic
Achievement: Candy Store, Claude Kerven --- New York University
Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall Fried --- University of Southern California
Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa Gottlieb -- Columbia College
Experimental Sections, Sean Phillips --- University of Southern California
Animation "A Bird's Eye View", Deborah Jo Short --- San Francisco State University.
Documentary
Achievement: "I Remember Barbra", Kevin J. Burns --- Boston University.
Merit: "Jazz", Albert Magnoli --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: "A Man Around the House", Caroline Emmons --- New York University.
Merit: "Willie", Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Experimental "Commuter", Michael M. Patterson --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film "Maedeli-La-Breche", Jaco Van Dormael --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
Animation
Achievement: "Guess Who's for Dinner", Kathy Zielinski --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: "The Taming", Bill Jarcho --- Emerson College.
Documentary "Face Value", Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli --- New York University
Dramatic "For Heaven's Sake, Ken Kwapis --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Student Film "Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone)", Olivier Langlois --- Institut National Superieur, Belgium.
Animation "No One for Chess", Richard Rosser --- Washington and Lee University.
Documentary
Achievement: "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?", Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes --- University of California, Berkeley.
Merit: "El Matador", Arturo Ruiz Esparza—University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Where Did You Get That Woman", Loretta Smith --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Dramatic
Achievement: "American Taboo", Steve Lustgarten --- Portland State University.
Merit: " Children of the Corn", John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens --- University of Texas at Austin.
Merit: "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads", Spike Lee --- New York University.
Experimental "Somnolent Blue", Monica Kendall --- School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Over My Dead Body", Ingrid Oustrup Jensen --- National Filmschool of Denmark.
Animation
Achievement: "The White Gazelle", Anthony Laudati --- State University of New York at Purchase.
Merit: "Mr. Gloom", Williams G. Kopp --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Rodin's Balzac", Marilyn Waterman --- Stanford University.
Merit: "The Wizard of the Strings", Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Minors", Alan Kingsberg --- New York University.
Merit: "The Lottery Rose", Gregory Popp, Frank Military --- Northwestern University.
Experimental "Tuscola Moon", Dan Reed --- The University of Illinois, Chicago.
Foreign Student Film "Mother's Wedding", Jenny Wilkes --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England.
Animation "Observational Hazard", William G. Kopp --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Burley: Growing Tobacco in America", Robert Henson, Doron Schlair --- New York University.
Merit: "On the Rocks", Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: "Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong", Lucy Ostrander --- Stanford University.
Dramatic "Heroes", Camille Thomasson --- University of Souther California.
Foreign Student Film "The Leahys: Music Most of All", Peter Weyman --- York University, Ontario, Canada.
Animation
Achievement: “Housecats”, Peg McClure Moudy --- DeAnza College, Cupertino, California.
Merit: “Mangia!“, Sheila Sofian --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Achievement: “Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs”, Cathey Edwards --- California Institute of the Arts.
Merit: “The Flapper Story”, Lauren Lazin --- Stanford University.
Merit: “Sam”, Aaron D. Weisblatt --- New York University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “Jenny”, John Travers --- University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Merit: “Chicken Thing”, Todd Holland --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Experimental “The Three Cornered Hat”, Angel Gracia --- Miami Dade Community College.
Foreign Student Film “Come, I Have a Story To Tell You”, Frederic Roullier—Gall --- Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium.
Animation “Husband of Rat's Daughter”, Karen McCoy Fremuth --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Achievement: “Silver into Gold”, Lynn Mueller --- Stanford University.
Honorary: “Living with AIDS”, Tina DiFeliciantonio --- Stanford University.
Merit: “In the Wee Wee Hours”, Izak Ben—Meir --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Achievement: Bird in a Cage, Antonio Zarro --- CBN University.
Merit: Prelude, James Spione ---State University of New York at Purchase.
Experimental “Zebu”, William Mitchell --- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Foreign Student Film “See You At Wembley, Frankie Walsh”, Mark Herman --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Great Britain.
Animation
Achievement: Cat & Rat, James Richardson --- Columbia College of Chicago.
Merit: Artistic Vision, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: "Cat's Cradle", Temah Nelson --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Merit: "Why" Suzanne Dimant --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Achievement: "Gang Cops", Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel Marks --- University of Southern California.
Merit: "Norma Jean", John H Behnke --- Southern Illinois University.
Dramatic
Achievement: "Part VII", Thomas Wallin, Steve Wang --- New York University.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Anti-Video”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film
Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)", Wolfgang Becker --- Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie, Berlin, West Germany.
Animation
Achievement: “Sand Dance”, Richard Quade --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Merit: “All in Your Mind”, Richard C. Zimmerman --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “The Chore”, Joe Murray --- De Anza College.
Documentary
Achievement: “Leila”, Shawn Maurer --- Loyola Marymount University.
Merit: “Just Like It Was”, Dave Burkhardt --- Bob Jones University.
Merit: “No Hunger in My Home”, Nancy Brink --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Yuppie”, John H. Behnke, James M. Peterson --- Southern Illinois University.
Merit: “Summer Rain”, Howard Slavitt --- University of Southern California.
Experimental
Achievement: “The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett”, John Michael Di Jiacomo --- New York University.
Merit: “The Computer Analyst”, Gary Rosenthal --- Ithaca College.
Foreign Student Film “Ropáci (Oilgobblers)”, Jan Sverák --- Fakulta Filmova A Televizni (Famu), Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Animation
Achievement: “Watunna“, Stacey Steers --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Merit: “The Yodel Contest”, Andrew Artz --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Achievement: “Clowning Around”, Kelly Clement, Ellen Osborne --- San Francisco State University.
Merit: “Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa”, Richard Kassebaum --- University of Southern California.
Merit: “Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia”, Ellen Bruno --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Achievement: “The Lunch Date”, Adam Davidson --- Columbia University, New York City.
Merit: “The Blue Men”, Denise McKenna, Mark Squier --- American Film Institute, Los Angeles.
Merit: “Go to Hell”, Suzanne V. Johnson --- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
Foreign Student Film “Alaska”, Mike van Diem --- Nederlandse Film and Televisie Academie, Amsterdam.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Adam Davidson
Animation
Gold Medal: “Ode to G.I. Joe”, Gregory P. Grant --- Brooks Institute.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing”, Sue Marcoux --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Dog Ate It”, Steve Pearl --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Turtle Races”, Jim Lincoln, Lisa Swain --- Regent University.
Bronze Medal: “Andy's Got a Girlfriend!”, Dan Moran, Joel Kuchan --- Columbia College, Chicago.
Foreign Film Award “Once Upon a Time”, Zsuzsa Böszörményi --- Szinhaz-es Filmmuveszeti Foiskola, Budapest.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Steve Pearl
Animation
Gold Medal: “Next Door”, Peter H. Docter --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Five Female Persuasions”, Peter Hixson --- American University.
Bronze Medal: “Fur and Feathers”, Celia Kendrick --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review”, Wendy Weinberg --- Temple University.
Silver Medal: “Dolphins: Minds in the Water”, Christopher C. Carson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Bronze Medal: “In and Out of Time”, Elizabeth Finlayson --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Lady in Waiting”, Christian M. Taylor --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Eagle Against the Sun", John Akahoshi, Steve Foonberg --- University of Southern California
Bronze Medal: “Gold Mountain”, Rachel Saltz, Kryssa Schemmerling --- Columbia University.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “In the Aquarium”, Robert Beebe --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Foreign Film Award “This Boy's Story”, John Roberts, Michele Camarda --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Christian M. Taylor
Animation
Gold Medal: “Above Average”, Jamie Maxfield --- Rhode Island School of Design.
Silver Medal: “American History”, Chris Graves, Trey Parker --- University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bronze Medal: “The Wind”, Drew King --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Living Forward, Looking Back“, Stephanie L. Hill --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Chicks in White Satin”, Elaine Holliman --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “A Children's Story”, Graham Justice --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Silent Rain”, Martin Curland --- University of Southern California.
Experimental Award
Gold Medal: “The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite”, Ethan Spigland --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Seven Lucky Charms”, Lisa Mann --- California Institute of the Arts.
Foreign Film Award “The Last New Year”, Javier Bourges --- Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica, Mexico
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Graham Justice
Animation
Gold Medal: “The Janitor”, Vanessa Stella Schwartz --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Foodchain”, Brian P. Dowrick --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb”, Casey G. Williams --- University of Utah.
Silver Medal: “Portrait of Boy with Dog”, Robin Hessman, James Longley --- Brown University/Wesleyan University.
Bronze Medal: “Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey”, Craig McTurk --- California Institute of the Arts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Red”, Gary Nadeau --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Outside”, Matt Danciger --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.
Bronze Medal: “The Make”, Stephen James --- Columbia University.
Foreign Film Award “Abgeschminkt (Makin' Up)”, Katja von Garnier --- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Matt Danciger
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter”, Jonathan Schell --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Card Trick”, Robert Herrick Russ --- University of California, San Diego.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Their Own Vietnam”, Nancy D. Kates --- Stanford University.
Silver Medal: “Playing the Part”, Mitch McCabe --- Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “La Ciudad (The City)”, David Riker --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Scarborough Ahoy!”, Tania Diez --- The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK
Directors Guild of America Student Award: David Riker
Animation
Gold Medal: “Patronized”, Zachary Lehman --- Dartmouth College.
Silver Medal: “Return of the Sun Devil”, Steven Ayromlooi --- Rhode Island School of Design
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Independent Little Cuss”, Jeff Patterson --- Loyola Marymount University.
Silver Medal: “Just for the Ride”, Amanda Micheli --- Harvard University.
Bronze Medal: “Spirits Rising”, Ramona S. Diaz --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “The Water Carrier”, Patricia Cardoso --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal: “Short Change”, Jon Andrews --- Yale University.
Bronze Medal: “Around the Time”, Phil Bertelsen --- New York University.
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Eclipse”, Jason Ruscio --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Memories of Matthews Place”, Daniel Bova --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award: “Grænsen (Never)” Reza Parsa --- The National Film School of Denmark.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Patricia Cardoso
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Erosion”, Robert Gelber --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Divorce”, Andrea Clark --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Unborn Baby Blues”, Mark Dale Levine --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Walk This Way”, Chris Sheridan --- Scottsdale Community College.
Silver Medal: “Miriam Is Not Amused”, Kim Roberts --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “The Mirror Lied”, Jennifer Haskin-O’Reggio --- University of Southern California.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Christmas in New York”, Mark Millhone --- Columbia University.
Silver Medal: “Waiting in the Wings”, Charles R. Uy --- School of the Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Mr. October”, Chris Angel --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award' “An Ordinary Mission”, Raymond Boy --- Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany.
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Charles R. Uy
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Sombra” Robin Larsen—University of California, Los Angeles.
Animation
Gold Medal: “Jataka”, Peter Choe, Neal Nellans --- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Silver Medal: “Switchback”, Kyle Clark --- University of Southern California.
Bronze Medal: “Put On a Happy Face”, Suzanne Lee Twining --- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Fighting Grandpa”, Greg Pak --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Occidental Encounters”, Yuriko Gamo Romer --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Wayne Freedman’s Notebook”, Aaron Lubarsky --- Stanford University.
Dramatic
Gold Medal: “Bleach”, Bill Platt—New York University.
Silver Medal: “My Body” Joel Moffett, Matthias Visser --- American Film Institute.
Bronze Medal: “Intermezzo”, Dana H. Glazer --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award “Rochade”, Thorsten Schmidt --- Filmakademie Baden—Württemberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Bill Platt
Alternative
Gold Medal: “Tree Shade”, Lisa Collins --- Columbia University, New York.
Silver Medal: “The Piece”, Jordan Waid --- The New School, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Atomic Tobasco”, James Cox --- New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: “A Letter from the Western Front”, Daniel M. Kanemoto --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Between the Lines”, Jamie Maxfield --- California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: “Shadow of a Drought”, Daniel Kutner, Brian Emerson --- University of California, Santa Barbara
Documentary
Gold Medal: “Man and Dog”, Randolph Benson --- North Carolina School of the Arts.
Narrative
Gold Medal: “John”, Marni Banack, JB Sugar --- American Film Institute.
Silver Medal: “True Confessions of a Sushi Addict”, Kimberly Harwood --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Slow Dancin’ Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck”, Thomas Wade Jackson --- Florida State University.
Foreign Film Award “Kleingeld (Small Change)”, Marc-Andreas Bochert --- Hochschule für Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam—Babelsberg, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Marni Banack
American Society of Cinematographers Student Award: David A. Armstrong
Alternative
Gold Medal: Helicopter, Ari Gold --- New York University
Silver Medal: "Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier", Michael Mullan, Jessica Lakis --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Animation
Gold Medal: "Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago), Tod Polson --- California Institute of the Arts
Silver Medal (Tie): “The Bad Plant”, Amy Winfrey—University of California, Los Angeles.
Silver Medal (Tie): “Luz”, Jose Javier Martinez—University of California, Lo Angeles.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Iron Ladies, Kennedy Wheatley --- University of Southern California
Silver Medal: “Slender Existence”, Laura C. Murray --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Bronze Medal: “Between Two Fires”, Douglas Noel Smith --- Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Narrative
Gold Medal: One Day Crossing, Joan L. Stein --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Homeland”, Doug Scott --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “6 Miles of 8 Feet”, Ben Tomlin --- New York University.
Foreign Quiero ser (I want to be ...), Florian Gallenberger --- University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
Directors Guild of America Student Award: Joan L. Stein
Alternative
Gold Medal: Warmth, Michael Schaerer --- School of Visual Arts.
Animation
Gold Medal: Boobie Girl, Brooke Keesling --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “The Yellow Unbrella”, Victor Robert, Rodney Hom --- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.
Bronze Medal: “That Special Monkey”, Sean McBride --- University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Documentary
Gold Medal: XXXY, Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh --- Stanford University,
Silver Medal: “Green”, Laura Dunn --- University of Texas, Austin.
Bronze Medal: “Undesirables”, Marianna Yarovskaya --- University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Zen and the Art of Landscaping, David Kartch --- Columbia University.
Silver Medal: “The Confession”, Carl Pfirman --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Lector”, Greg Marcks—Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca), Rodrigo Pla --- Centro de Capacitación Cinematográphia
Alternative
Gold Medal: For Our Man, Kazuo Ohno --- Columbia University.
Silver Medal: “Island to Island” Soopum Sohn—New York University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Passing Moments, Don Phillips, Jr. --- Ringling School of Art and Design.
Silver Medal: “The Velvet Tigress” Jen Sachs—California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Bronze Medal: “Shadowplay” Dan Blank --- New York University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Moving House, Pin Pin Tan --- Northwestern University,
Silver Medal: “Family Values”, Eva Saks --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Revolutions Per Minute”, Thomas Burns --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: The Wormhole, Jessica Sharzer --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Barrier Device”, Grace Lee --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Sophie Helen”, Haeyoung Lee --- University of Texas at Austin.
Foreign Film Award Feeding Desire, RMartin Strange-Hansen --- National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
Alternative
Gold Medal: The Projects Lumiere, Waleed Moursi --- California Institute of the Arts
Animation
Gold Medal: Perpetual Motion, Kimberly Miner --- Rochester Institute of Technology
Silver Medal: “Bert“, Moonsung Lee --- Academy of Art College, San Francisco.
Bronze Medal: “A Work in Progress”, Wes Ball --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Left Behind, Christof Putzel --- Connecticut College
Silver Medal: “Indiana Aria”, Elizabeth Pollock --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Those Who Trespass” Renee Fischer --- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: La Milpa (The Cornfield), Patricia Riggen --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Jesus Henry Christ”, Dennis Lee --- Columbia University, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Fine.”, Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda --- American Film Institute, California.
Foreign Film Award The Red Jacket, Florian Baxmeyer --- University of Hamburg, Germany.
Alternative
Gold Medal: The Storyboard of my Life, Robert F. Castillo --- School of Visual Arts.
Silver Medal: “Focus”, Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil Lahiri --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Animation
Gold Medal: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, Alexander Woo --- New York University.
Silver Medal: “Rock The World” Sukwon Shin—School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “Lemmings”, Craig Van Dyke—Brigham Young University, Utah.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cheerleader, Kimberlee Bassford --- University of California, Berkeley
Silver Medal: “When The Storm Came”, Shilpi Gupta --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Cuba: Illogical Temple”, David Pittock, Lindsey Kealy --- University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A-Alike, Randall Dottin --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “Zeke”, Dana Buning --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Bronze Medal: “The Plunge”, Todd Schulman --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award Between Us, Laurits Much-Peterson --- The National Film School of Denmark, Denmark
Alternative
Gold Medal: Knock Knock, Jaron Henrie-McCrea --- Ball State University
Silver Medal: “Your Dark Hair Ihsan”, Tala Hadid --- Columbia University.
Animation
Gold Medal: 9, Shane Acker --- University of California
Silver Medal: “Frog”, Christopher Conforti --- School of Visual Arts, New York
Bronze Medal: “Things That Go Bump In The Night”, Joshua G. Beveridge –-- Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Life of Kevin Carter, Dan Krauss --- University of California
Silver Medal: “Unhitched”, Erin Hudso, Ben Wu --- Stanford University.
Bronze Medal: “Listen”, Kimby Caplan --- Southern Methodist University, Texas.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Wednesday Afternoon, Alfonso F. Mayo --- American Film Institute
Silver Medal: “Victoria Para Chino”, Cary Fukunaga --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Charm”, Melissa Rossi --- Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Foreign Film Award The Runaway, Ulrike Grote --- University of Hamburg, Germany
Alternative
Gold Medal: Perspective, Travis Hatfield, Samuel Day --- Ball State University
Silver Medal: “6 A.M.”, Carmen Vidal Balanzat --- City College of New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: The Possum, Chris Choy --- California Institute of the Arts
Silver Medal: “The Dancing Thief”, Meng Vue --- Ringling School of Art and Design.
Bronze Medal: “Turtles”, Thomas Leavitt --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Reporter Zero, Carrie Lzano --- University of California, Berkeley
Silver Medal: “The Women’s Kingdom”, Xiaoli Zhou --- University of California, Berkeley.
Bronze Medal: “Three Beauties” Mak Hossain—Purdue University.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Christmas Wish List, Sean Overbeeke --- University of North Carolina
Silver Medal: “El Viaje (One Day Trip)”, Cady Abarca-Benavides --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “Pop Foul”, Moon Molson, Jennifer Handorf --- Columbia University
Foreign Film Award Elalini, Tristan Holmes --- South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, South Africa
Alternative
Gold Medal: Fission, Kun-I Chang --- School of Visual Arts
Animation
Gold Medal (Tie): Arts Desire, Sarah Wickliffe --- New York University
Gold Medal (Tie): “Mirage”, Youngwoong Jang --- School of Visual Arts.
Silver Medal: “A Leg Up”, Bevin Carnes --- Ringling College of Art and Design.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide, Ben Wu --- Stanford University
Silver Medal: “Ladies of the Land” Megan Thompson --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Lumo”, Bent-Jorgen S. Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III --- Columbia University
Narrative
Gold Medal: Rundown, Patrick Alexander --- Florida State University
Silver Medal: “High”, Maintenance Phillip Van --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “Screening” Anthony Green—New York University.
Foreign Film Award Nevermore, Toke Constantin Hebbeln --- Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Alternative
Gold Medal: Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant, Shih-Ting Hung --- University of Southern California.
Silver Medal: “Circles of Confusion”, Phoebe Tooke --- San Francisco State University.
Animation
Gold Medal: Zoologic, Nicole Mitchell --- California Institute of the Arts.
Silver Medal: “Simulacra”, Tatchapon Lertwirojkul --- The School of Visual Arts, New York.
Bronze Medal: “The Visionary”, Evan Mayfield --- Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida.
Documentary
Gold Medal: As We Forgive, Laura Waters Hinson --- American University,
Silver Medal: “Unattached”, J.J. Adler --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “If a Body Meet a Body”, Brian Davis --- University of Southern California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: A Day's Work, Rajeev Dassani --- University of Southern California.
Silver Medal: “The State of Sunshine”, Z. Eric Yang --- Florida State University.
Bronze Medal: “Pitstop”, Melanie McGraw --- University of Southern California.
Foreign Film Award On the Line ("Auf der Strecke"), Reto Caffi --- Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.
Alternative
Gold Medal: Alice's Attic, Robyn Yannoukos --- University of California Los Angeles
Silver Medal: “Matter, In a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed,” Kwibum Chung --- School of Visual Arts, New York.
Animation
Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon --- Brigham Young University
Silver Medal: “Sebastian’s Voodoo”, Joaquin Baldwin --- University of California, Los Angeles.
Bronze Medal: “Kites”, Jed Henry --- Brigham Young University.
Documentary
Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae --- Columbia University
Silver Medal: “The Wait”, Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth --- Columbia University.
Bronze Medal: “A Place to Land,” Lauren DeAngelis --- American University, Washington D.C.
Narrative
Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey --- University of Southern California
Silver Medal: “The Bronx Balletomane”, Jeremy Joffee --- The City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Bohemibot”, Brendan Bellomo --- New York University.
Foreign Film Award Elkland, Per Hanefjord --- Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden
Alternative
Gold Medal: Surface: Film from Below, Varathit Uthaisri --- Parsons The New School for Design
Silver Medal: “Multiply,” Emily Henricks --- University of Southern California
Animation
Gold Medal: Departure of Love, Jennifer Bors --- Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: “Dried Up”, Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper --- Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri.
Bronze Medal: “Lifeline”, Andres Salaff --- California Institute of the Arts.
Documentary
Gold Medal: Yizkor (Remembrance), Ruth Fertig --- University of Texas at Austin
Silver Medal: “Rediscovering Pape”, Maria Royo --- City College of New York.
Bronze Medal: “Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto)”, Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith --- Stanford University, California.
Narrative
Gold Medal: God of Love, Luke Matheny --- New York University
Silver Medal: “Down in Number 5”, Kim Spurlock --- New York University.
Bronze Medal: “The Lunch Box”, Lubomir Kocka --- Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia.
Foreign Film Award The Confession, Tanel Toom --- National Film and Television School, United Kingdom