Student Academy Awards

{{Short description|Competition for college and university filmmakers}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox award | name = Student Academy Awards | current_awards = | image = | alt = | caption = | awarded_for = Excellence in student cinematic achievements | presenter = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | country = United States | year = {{start date and age|1973|12|20}} (as Student Film Awards) | website = {{URL|oscars.org/saa}} }}

The '''Student Academy Awards''' are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is an annual awards program for college and university filmmakers.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/07/us/ap-us-student-academy-awards.html?_r=0 The New York Times]</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-student-academy-awards-oscars-20130608-story.html Los Angeles Times]</ref>

==Description== The awards were originally named the '''Student Film Awards''' and were first presented in 1973. The current name was adopted in 1991. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually. The event has been held in October since 2017, and in most years has been presented at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

The awards offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film), animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards are given in each category. From 1981 until 2021, separate awards were given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States, starting in the 49th Student Academy Awards in 2022, the Academy merged its domestic and international categories. This reduced the seven categories (four domestic and three international) into four categories for narrative, animation, alternative/experimental, and documentary.

Several award winners would have significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and John Lasseter.<ref>[https://vimeo.com/68111475 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD 40TH ANNIVERSARY FILM posted by Gary Tellalian on Vimeo]</ref> Some of the student films that won the awards have themselves been nominated for or won the Academy Award 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...)'', ''Gang Cops'',<ref name="Oscars1989">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996 |title=The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners|access-date=October 27, 2011|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref> ''The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 78th Academy Awards {{!}} 2006|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|access-date=2021-01-04|website=Oscars.org|date=December 4, 2015 }}</ref> ''The Red Jacket'', ''On the Line (Auf der Strecke)'', ''God of Love'', ''The Confession,'' ''4.1 Miles''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: View the Complete List of Nominees – Oscars 2017 News – 89th Academy Awards|url=https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/oscar-nominations-2017-view-the-complete-list-of-nominees|access-date=2021-01-04|website=oscar.go.com}}</ref> ''An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, Butcher's Stain'' and ''Dcera (Daughter).''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 92nd Academy Awards {{!}} 2020|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2020|access-date=2021-01-04|website=Oscars.org}}</ref>

Copies (and some elements) for over 90% of films honored with Student Academy Awards, along with recordings of many of the awards ceremonies, are held by the Academy Film Archive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Academy Awards Collection|url=https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/student-academy-awards-collection|website=Academy Film Archive|date=September 5, 2014}}</ref>

In 2024, the 51st Student Academy Awards were held in London, and in 2025, the 52nd ceremony was held in New York City in the Ziegfeld Ballroom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2025-08-27 |title=AMPAS Crowns 2025 Student Academy Award Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-student-academy-award-winners-1236354806/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The 2026 edition will be held in Toronto as part of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>Scott Feinberg, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2026-student-academy-awards-toronto-film-festival-1236594917/ "Student Academy Awards Will Be Held at Toronto International Film Festival"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', May 13, 2026.</ref>

The Student Academy Awards are sponsored by Rolex.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=2024-08-29 |title=Student Academy Awards Moving To London In Partnership With BFI Film Fest |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/student-academy-awards-moving-london-partnership-bfi-film-fest-1236073308/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==List of winners== ===1970s=== ====1st Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} December 20, 1973==== * '''Animation''': ''Anti-matter'', Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) **Nominees: ''Cosmic Cartoon'', Steven Lisberger, Eric Ladd{{spaced ndash}} Boston University (Boston)<ref>''Tron'' Bonus Disc</ref> * '''Documentary''': ''You See, I've Had a Life'', Ben Levin, Mort Jordan{{spaced ndash}} Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) * '''Dramatic''': ''Manhattan Melody'', Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn{{spaced ndash}}Columbia University (New York City) * '''Special Jury (Dramatic)''': ''Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock'', Bob Dahlin{{spaced ndash}}Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)

====2nd Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} July 1, 1975==== * '''Animation''': ''Euphoria'', Vincent Collins{{spaced ndash}} San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco) * '''Documentary''': ''Men's Lives'', Josh Hanig, Will Roberts{{spaced ndash}} Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio) * '''Dramatic''': ''Swag'', Bruce Postman{{spaced ndash}} New York University School of the Arts (New York City) * '''Experimental''': ''Architecture of the Petroleum Age'', Scott Thomas{{spaced ndash}} Rice University (Houston, Texas) * '''Special Jury (Dramatic)''': ''A Field of Honor'', Robert Zemeckis<ref>[https://www.criterion.com/films/29000-i-wanna-hold-your-hand I Wanna Hold Your Hold (1978)|The Criterion Collection]</ref>{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

====3rd Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 23, 1976==== * '''Animation''': ''Fame'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aQr9H3lb27A|title = David Bowie – Fame – Animated Video (Midnight Special)|website = YouTube| date=October 31, 2016 }}</ref> Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) * '''Documentary''': ''What the Notes Say Karen Grossman'', Richard O'Neill{{spaced ndash}} Adelphi University (Garden City, New York) * '''Dramatic''': ''The Preparatory'', Terence Cahalan{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California (Los Angeles) * '''Experimental''': ''After Lumiere'', Joan Laine{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) * '''Special Jury (Documentary)''': ''The American Love Affair'', Lee M. Rhoads, Jr.{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

====4th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} May 22, 1977==== * '''Animation''': ''The Muse'', Paul W. Demeyer{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) * '''Documentary''': ** Achievement: ''The Last of the Little Breweries'', Frank H. Binney{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) ** Merit: ''Guitar Craft'', Rob Williams{{spaced ndash}} Western States Film Institute and Metropolitan State College of Denver (both in Denver, Colorado) *'''Dramatic''': ''Sixteen Down'', Carol L. Dysinger{{spaced ndash}} New York University (New York City) *'''Experimental''': ''TRANSCENdance'', Philip W. Pura{{spaced ndash}} Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)

====5th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} May 21, 1978==== *'''Animation''': ''Mother Goose'', David Bishop{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California (Los Angeles) *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''The Sixth Week'', John Simeon Block{{spaced ndash}} New York University (New York City) **Merit: ''Like Any Child, Only More So'', Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California) **Merit: ''Through Adam's Eyes'', Robert Saget{{spaced ndash}} Temple University, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) *'''Dramatic''': ''Button, Button'', Burton Lee Harry{{spaced ndash}} University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut) *'''Experimental''': ''Triptych'', Matthew Patrick{{spaced ndash}} Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts)

====6th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 3, 1979==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''Lady and the Lamp'' John Lasseter{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) **Merit: ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'', Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull{{spaced ndash}} Rochester Institute of Technology (Henrietta, New York) *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Since '45'', Michael David Korolenko{{spaced ndash}} Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) **Merit: ''Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff'', Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott{{spaced ndash}} Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) **Merit: ''Everybody Needs a Forever Home'', Mike Simpson{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) *'''Dramatic''': ''The Writers'', Harriotte H. Aaron{{spaced ndash}} New York University (New York City)

===1980s=== ====7th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 8, 1980==== *'''Animation''': ''Nitemare'', John Lasseter{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Karl Hess: Toward Liberty'', Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue{{spaced ndash}} Boston University **Merit: ''Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues'', Jonathan Wacks{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''Candy Store'', Claude Kerven{{spaced ndash}} New York University **Honorary: ''Happy Birthday'', Randall Fried{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California **Merit: ''Murder in a Mist'', Lisa Gottlieb{{spaced ndash}} Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) *'''Experimental''': ''Sections'', Sean Phillips{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California

====8th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 7, 1981==== *'''Animation''': ''A Bird's Eye View'', Deborah Jo Short{{spaced ndash}} San Francisco State University *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''I Remember Barbra'', Kevin Burns{{spaced ndash}} Boston University **Merit: ''Jazz'', Albert Magnoli{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''A Man Around the House'', Caroline Emmons{{spaced ndash}} New York University **Merit: ''Willie'', Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian{{spaced ndash}} State University of New York at Purchase *'''Experimental''': ''Commuter'', Michael M. Patterson{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Maedeli la brèche'', Jaco Van Dormael{{spaced ndash}} Institut National Superieur, Belgium

====9th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 6, 1982==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''Guess Who's for Dinner'', Kathy Zielinski{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts **Merit: ''The Taming'', Bill Jarcho{{spaced ndash}} Emerson College *'''Documentary''': ''Face Value'', Michael Kriegsman, Dan Montopoli{{spaced ndash}} New York University *'''Dramatic''': ''For Heaven's Sake'', Ken Kwapis{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Zone Surveillee (Monitored Zone)'', Olivier Langlois{{spaced ndash}} Institut National Superieur, Belgium

====10th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 5, 1983==== *'''Animation''': ''No One for Chess'', Richard Rosser{{spaced ndash}} Washington and Lee University *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?'', Christopher McLeod, Glenn Switkes{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley **Merit: ''El Matador'', Arturo Ruiz Esparza{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin **Merit: ''Where Did You Get That Woman'', Loretta Smith{{spaced ndash}} Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois) *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''American Taboo'', Steve Lustgarten{{spaced ndash}} Portland State University **Merit: ''Children of the Corn'', John Robert Woodward, Johnny Stevens{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin **Merit: ''Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads'', Spike Lee{{spaced ndash}} New York University *'''Experimental''': ''Somnolent Blue'', Monica Kendall{{spaced ndash}} School of the Art Institute of Chicago *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Over My Dead Body'', Ingrid Oustrup Jensen{{spaced ndash}} National Film School of Denmark

====11th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 10, 1984==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''The White Gazelle'', Anthony Laudati{{spaced ndash}} State University of New York at Purchase **Merit: ''Mr. Gloom'', William G. Kopp{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Rodin's Balzac'', Marilyn Waterman{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University **Merit: ''The Wizard of the Strings'', Alan Edelstein, Peter Friedman{{spaced ndash}} New York University *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''Minors'', Alan Kingsberg{{spaced ndash}} New York University **Merit: ''The Lottery Rose'', Gregory Popp, Frank Military{{spaced ndash}} Northwestern University *'''Experimental''': ''Tuscola Moon'', Dan Reed{{spaced ndash}} University of Illinois at Chicago *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Mother's Wedding'', Jenny Wilkes{{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

====12th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 16, 1985==== *'''Animation''': ''Observational Hazard'', William G. Kopp{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Burley: Growing Tobacco in America'', Robert Henson, Doron Schlair{{spaced ndash}} New York University **Merit: ''On the Rocks'', Kathryn Johnston, Iain C. Stobie{{spaced ndash}} University of Colorado at Boulder **Merit: ''Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong'', Lucy Ostrander{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University *'''Dramatic''': ''Heroes'', Camille Thomasson{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''The Leahys: Music Most of All'', Peter Weyman{{spaced ndash}} York University, Toronto, Canada

====13th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 8, 1986==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''Housecats'', Peg McClure Moudy{{spaced ndash}} De Anza College, Cupertino, California **Merit: ''Mangia!'', Sheila Sofian{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Songs of Wool: Vena Tipton's Hooked Rugs'', Cathey Edwards{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts **Merit: ''The Flapper Story'', Lauren Lazin{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University **Merit: ''Sam'', Aaron D. Weisblatt{{spaced ndash}} New York University *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''Jenny'', John Travers{{spaced ndash}} University of Bridgeport, Connecticut **Merit: ''Chicken Thing'', Todd Holland{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles *'''Experimental''': ''The Three Cornered Hat'', Angel Gracia{{spaced ndash}} Miami Dade Community College *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Come, I Have a Story To Tell You'', Frederic Roullier-Gall{{spaced ndash}} Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium

====14th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 7, 1987==== *'''Animation''': ''Husband of Rat's Daughter'', Karen McCoy Fremuth{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Silver into Gold'', Lynn Mueller{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University **Honorary: ''Living with AIDS'', Tina DiFeliciantonio{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University **Merit: ''In the Wee Wee Hours'', Izak Ben-Meir{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''Bird in a Cage'', Antonio Zarro{{spaced ndash}} CBN University **Merit: ''Prelude'', James Spione{{spaced ndash}} State University of New York at Purchase *'''Experimental''': ''Zebu'', William Mitchell{{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''See You at Wembley, Frankie Walsh'', Mark Herman{{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England

====15th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 12, 1988==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''Cat & Rat'', James Richardson{{spaced ndash}} Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois) **Merit: ''Artistic Vision'', Richard Quade{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles **Merit: ''Cat's Cradle'', Temah Nelson{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design **Merit: ''Why'', Suzanne Dimant{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Gang Cops'', Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel Marks{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California **Merit: ''Norma Jean'', John H Behnke{{spaced ndash}} Southern Illinois University *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''Part VII'', Thomas Wallin, Steve Wang{{spaced ndash}} New York University *'''Experimental''': **Achievement: ''The Anti-Video'', Gary Rosenthal{{spaced ndash}} Ithaca College *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)'', Wolfgang Becker{{spaced ndash}} Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Berlin, West Germany

====16th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 11, 1989==== *'''Animation''': **Achievement: ''Sand Dance'', Richard Quade{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles **Merit: ''All in Your Mind'', Richard C. Zimmerman{{spaced ndash}} Southern Illinois University **Merit: ''The Chore'', Joe Murray{{spaced ndash}} De Anza College *'''Documentary''': **Achievement: ''Leila'', Shawn Maurer{{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University **Merit: ''Just Like It Was'', Dave Burkhardt{{spaced ndash}} Bob Jones University **Merit: ''No Hunger in My Home'', Nancy Brink{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University *'''Dramatic''': **Achievement: ''The Yuppie'', John H. Behnke, James M. Peterson{{spaced ndash}} Southern Illinois University **Merit: ''Summer Rain'', Howard Slavitt{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California *'''Experimental''': **Achievement: ''The Lost Treasure of Captain Cornelius "Deadeye" Tuckett'', John Michael Di Jiacomo{{spaced ndash}} New York University **Merit: ''The Computer Analyst'', Gary Rosenthal{{spaced ndash}} Ithaca College *'''Foreign Student Film''': ''Ropáci (Oilgobblers)'', Jan Sverák{{spaced ndash}} Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia

===1990s=== ====17th Annual Student Film Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 10, 1990==== * '''Animation''': ** Achievement: ''Watunna'', Stacey Steers{{spaced ndash}} University of Colorado at Boulder ** Merit: ''The Yodel Contest'', Andrew Artz{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles * '''Documentary''': ** Achievement: ''Clowning Around'', Kelly Clement, Ellen Osborne{{spaced ndash}} San Francisco State University ** Merit: ''Alf Landon: My Talk with Papa'', Richard Kassebaum{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Merit: ''Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia'', Ellen Bruno{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Dramatic''': ** Achievement: ''The Lunch Date'', Adam Davidson{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University, New York City ** Merit: ''The Blue Men'', Denise McKenna, Mark Squier{{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute, Los Angeles ** Merit: ''Go to Hell'', Suzanne V. Johnson{{spaced ndash}} Tisch School of the Arts, New York University * '''Foreign Student Film''': ''Alaska'', Mike van Diem{{spaced ndash}} Netherlands Film and Television Academy (Amsterdam, Netherlands * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Adam Davidson

====18th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 9, 1991==== * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Ode to G.I. Joe'', Gregory P. Grant<ref>[https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1992/12/the-best-of-the-international-tournee-of-animation/ The Best Of The International Tournee Of Animation|Jonathan Rosenbaum]</ref> {{spaced ndash}} Brooks Institute * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Twinsburge, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing'', Sue Marcoux{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Dog Ate It'', Steve Pearl{{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University ** Silver Medal: ''Turtle Races'', Jim Lincoln, Lisa Swain{{spaced ndash}} Regent University ** Bronze Medal: ''Andy's Got a Girlfriend!'', Dan Moran, Joel Kuchan{{spaced ndash}} Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Once Upon a Time'', Zsuzsa Böszörményi{{spaced ndash}} Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Budapest * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Steve Pearl

====19th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 14, 1992==== * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Next Door'', Peter H. Docter{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal: ''Five Female Persuasions'', Peter Hixson{{spaced ndash}} American University ** Bronze Medal: ''Fur and Feathers'', Celia Kendrick{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the Little Review'', Wendy Weinberg{{spaced ndash}} Temple University ** Silver Medal: ''Dolphins: Minds in the Water'', Christopher C. Carson{{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University ** Bronze Medal: ''In and Out of Time'', Elizabeth Finlayson{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Lady in Waiting'', Christian M. Taylor{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Eagle Against the Sun'', John Akahoshi, Steve Foonberg{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Bronze Medal: ''Gold Mountain'', Rachel Saltz, Kryssa Schemmerling{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University * '''Experimental Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''In the Aquarium'', Robert Beebe{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''This Boy's Story'', John Roberts, Michele Camarda{{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Christian M. Taylor

====20th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 13, 1993==== * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Above Average'', Jamie Maxfield{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design ** Silver Medal: ''American History'', Chris Graves, Trey Parker{{spaced ndash}} University of Colorado at Boulder ** Bronze Medal: ''The Wind'', Drew King{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Living Forward, Looking Back'', Stephanie L. Hill{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Chicks in White Satin'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJuqPL17as|title=Chicks in White Satin|website=YouTube|date=June 28, 2015 }}</ref> Elaine Holliman{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''A Children's Story'', Graham Justice{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Silent Rain'', Martin Curland{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Experimental Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite'', Ethan Spigland{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Seven Lucky Charms'', Lisa Mann{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''The Last New Year'', Javier Bourges{{spaced ndash}} Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico City, Mexico * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Graham Justice

====21st Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 12, 1994==== * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Janitor'', Vanessa Stella Schwartz{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal: ''Foodchain'', Brian P. Dowrick{{spaced ndash}} University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb'', Casey G. Williams{{spaced ndash}} University of Utah ** Silver Medal: ''Portrait of Boy with Dog'', Robin Hessman, James Longley{{spaced ndash}} Brown University, Wesleyan University ** Bronze Medal: ''Street Songs: Pittsburgh Street Singer Bill Dorsey'', Craig McTurk{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''Red'', Gary Nadeau{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Outside'', Matt Danciger{{spaced ndash}} Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California ** Bronze Medal: ''The Make'', Stephen James{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Abgeschminkt (Making Up!)'', Katja von Garnier{{spaced ndash}} University of Television and Film Munich, Munich, Germany * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Matt Danciger

====22nd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 11, 1995==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter'', Jonathan Schell{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Card Trick'', Robert Herrick Russ{{spaced ndash}} University of California, San Diego * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Their Own Vietnam'', Nancy D. Kates{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Silver Medal: ''Playing the Part'', Mitch McCabe{{spaced ndash}} Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''La Ciudad (The City)'', David Riker{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Scarborough Ahoy!'', Tania Diez{{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': David Riker

====23rd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 9, 1996==== * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Patronized'', Zachary Lehman{{spaced ndash}} Dartmouth College ** Silver Medal: ''Return of the Sun Devil'', Steven Ayromlooi{{spaced ndash}} Rhode Island School of Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Independent Little Cuss'', Jeff Patterson{{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University ** Silver Medal: ''Just for the Ride'', Amanda Micheli{{spaced ndash}} Harvard University ** Bronze Medal: ''Spirits Rising'', Ramona S. Diaz{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Dramatic''' ** Gold Medal: ''The Water Carrier'', Patricia Cardoso{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Silver Medal: ''Short Change'', Jon Andrews{{spaced ndash}} Yale University ** Bronze Medal: ''Around the Time'', Phil Bertelsen{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Eclipse'', Jason Ruscio{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Memories of Matthews Place'', Daniel Bova{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Grænsen (Never)'', Reza Parsa{{spaced ndash}} National Film School of Denmark * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Patricia Cardoso

====24th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 8, 1997==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Erosion'', Robert Gelber{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''My Divorce'', Andrea Clark{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Unborn Baby Blues'', Mark Dale Levine{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Walk This Way'', Chris Sheridan{{spaced ndash}} Scottsdale Community College ** Silver Medal: ''Miriam Is Not Amused'', Kim Roberts{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Bronze Medal: ''The Mirror Lied'', Jennifer Haskin-O'Reggio{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''Christmas in New York'', Mark Millhone{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Waiting in the Wings'', Charles R. Uy{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Mr. October'', Chris Angel{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''An Ordinary Mission'', Raymond Boy{{spaced ndash}} Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Charles R. Uy

====25th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 14, 1998==== * '''Alternative''' ** Gold Medal: ''Sombra'', Robin Larsen{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Jataka'', Peter Choe, Neal Nellans{{spaced ndash}} Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida ** Silver Medal: ''Switchback'', Kyle Clark{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Bronze Medal: ''Put On a Happy Face'', Suzanne Lee Twining{{spaced ndash}} University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Fighting Grandpa'', Greg Pak{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Occidental Encounters'', Yuriko Gamo Romer{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Bronze Medal: ''Wayne Freedman's Notebook'', Aaron Lubarsky{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University *'''Dramatic''': ** Gold Medal: ''Bleach'', Bill Platt{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''My Body'', Joel Moffett, Matthias Visser{{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Intermezzo'', Dana H. Glazer{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Rochade'', Thorsten Schmidt{{spaced ndash}} Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Bill Platt

====26th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 13, 1999==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Tree Shade'', Lisa Collins{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University, New York City ** Silver Medal: ''The Piece'', Jordan Waid{{spaced ndash}} The New School, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Atomic Tobasco'', James Cox{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Gregory'', Marston Younger{{spaced ndash}} Allan Hancock College * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''A Letter from the Western Front'', Daniel M. Kanemoto{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Between the Lines'', Jamie Maxfield{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Bronze Medal: ''Shadow of a Drought'', Daniel Kutner, Brian Emerson{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Santa Barbara * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Man and Dog'', Randolph Benson{{spaced ndash}} North Carolina School of the Arts * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''John'', Marni Banack, J. B. Sugar{{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''True Confessions of a Sushi Addict'', Kimberly Harwood{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Slow Dancin' Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck'', Thomas Wade Jackson{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Kleingeld (Small Change)'', Marc-Andreas Bochert{{spaced ndash}} Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Marni Banack * '''American Society of Cinematographers Student Award''': David A. Armstrong

===2000s=== ====27th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 11, 2000==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Helicopter'', Ari Gold{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Dear Sir: Letters to a Union Soldier'', Michael Mullan, Jessica Lakis{{spaced ndash}} University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Al Tudi Tuhak (Long, Long Ago)'', Tod Polson{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal (tie): ''The Bad Plant'', Amy Winfrey{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Silver Medal (tie): ''Luz'', Jose Javier Martinez{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Iron Ladies'', Kennedy Wheatley{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''Slender Existence'', Laura C. Murray{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University, Palo Alto, California ** Bronze Medal: ''Between Two Fires'', Douglas Noel Smith{{spaced ndash}} Regent University, Virginia, Virginia * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''One Day Crossing'', Joan L. Stein{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Homeland'', Doug Scott{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''6 Miles of 8 Feet'', Ben Tomlin{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign''': ''Quiero ser'', Florian Gallenberger{{spaced ndash}} University of Television and Film Munich, Germany * '''Directors Guild of America Student Award''': Joan L. Stein

====28th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 10, 2001==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Warmth'', Michael Schaerer{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Boobie Girl'', Brooke Keesling{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal: ''The Yellow Umbrella'', Victor Robert, Rodney Hom{{spaced ndash}} Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California ** Bronze Medal: ''That Special Monkey'', Sean McBride{{spaced ndash}} University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''XXXY'', Porter Gale, Laleh Soomekh{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University, Palo Alto, California ** Silver Medal: ''Green'', Laura Dunn{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin ** Bronze Medal: ''Undesirables'', Marianna Yarovskaya{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California, Los Angeles * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Zen and the Art of Landscaping'', David Kartch{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''The Confession'', Carl Pfirman{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Bronze Medal: ''Lector'', Greg Marcks{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University, Tallahassee * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''The Eye on the Nape (El ojo en la nuca)'', Rodrigo Pla{{spaced ndash}} Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico City, Mexico)

====29th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 9, 2002==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''For Our Man'', Kazuo Ohno{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Island to Island'', Soopum Sohn{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Passing Moments'', Don Phillips, Jr.{{spaced ndash}} Ringling School of Art and Design ** Silver Medal: ''The Velvet Tigress'', Jen Sachs{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts, Valencia ** Bronze Medal: ''Shadowplay'', Dan Blank{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Moving House'', Pin Pin Tan{{spaced ndash}} Northwestern University ** Silver Medal: ''Family Values'', Eva Saks{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Revolutions Per Minute'', Thomas Burns{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University, Palo Alto, California * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Wormhole'', Jessica Sharzer{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Barrier Device'', Grace Lee{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Bronze Medal: ''Sophie Helen'', Haeyoung Lee{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Feeding Desire'', Martin Strange-Hansen{{spaced ndash}} National Film School of Denmark, Denmark

====30th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 8, 2003==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Projects Lumiere'', Waleed Moursi{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Perpetual Motion'', Kimberly Miner{{spaced ndash}} Rochester Institute of Technology ** Silver Medal: ''Bert'', Moonsung Lee{{spaced ndash}} Academy of Art College, San Francisco. ** Bronze Medal: ''A Work in Progress'', Wes Ball{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University, Tallahassee * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Left Behind'', Christof Putzel{{spaced ndash}} Connecticut College ** Silver Medal: ''Indiana Aria'', Elizabeth Pollock{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley ** Bronze Medal: ''Those Who Trespass'', Renee Fischer{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University, Palo Alto, California * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''La Milpa (The Cornfield)'', Patricia Riggen{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Jesus Henry Christ'', Dennis Lee{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Fine.'', Michael Downing, Philip Svoboda{{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute, California * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''The Red Jacket'', Florian Baxmeyer{{spaced ndash}} University of Hamburg, Germany

====31st Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 13, 2004==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Storyboard of My Life'', Robert F. Castillo{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts ** Silver Medal: ''Focus'', Bill Ridlehoover, Nilanjan Neil Lahiri{{spaced ndash}} Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher'', Alexander Woo{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Rock the World'', Sukwon Shin{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Lemmings'', Craig Van Dyke{{spaced ndash}} BYU Center for Animation, Utah * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Cheerleader'', Kimberlee Bassford{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley ** Silver Medal: ''When the Storm Came'', Shilpi Gupta{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley ** Bronze Medal: ''Cuba: Illogical Temple'', David Pittock, Lindsey Kealy{{spaced ndash}} University of Nebraska–Lincoln * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''A-Alike'', Randall Dottin{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Zeke'', Dana Buning{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University, Tallahassee ** Bronze Medal: ''The Plunge'', Todd Schulman{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University, Tallahassee * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Between Us'', Laurits Much-Peterson{{spaced ndash}} National Film School of Denmark, Denmark

====32nd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 12, 2005==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Knock Knock'', Jaron Henrie-McCrea{{spaced ndash}} Ball State University ** Silver Medal: ''Your Dark Hair Ihsan'', Tala Hadid{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''9'', Shane Acker{{spaced ndash}} University of California ** Silver Medal: ''Frog'', Christopher Conforti{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''Things That Go Bump in the Night'', Joshua G. Beveridge{{spaced ndash}} Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Life of Kevin Carter'', Dan Krauss{{spaced ndash}} University of California ** Silver Medal: ''Unhitched'', Erin Hudso, Ben Wu{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Bronze Medal: ''Listen'', Kimby Caplan{{spaced ndash}} Southern Methodist University, Texas * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Wednesday Afternoon'', Alonso Mayo {{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''Victoria Para Chino'', Cary Fukunaga{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Charm'', Melissa Rossi{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University, Tallahassee * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''The Runaway'', Ulrike Grote{{spaced ndash}} University of Hamburg, Germany

====33rd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 10, 2006==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Perspective'', Travis Hatfield, Samuel Day{{spaced ndash}} Ball State University ** Silver Medal: ''6 A.M.'', Carmen Vidal Balanzat{{spaced ndash}} City College of New York * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Possum'', Chris Choy{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal: ''The Dancing Thief'', Meng Vue{{spaced ndash}} Ringling School of Art and Design ** Bronze Medal: ''Turtles'', Thomas Leavitt{{spaced ndash}} BYU Center for Animation * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Reporter Zero'', Carrie Lozano{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley ** Silver Medal: ''The Women's Kingdom'', Xiaoli Zhou{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Berkeley ** Bronze Medal: ''Three Beauties'', Maksud Hossain{{spaced ndash}} Purdue University * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Christmas Wish List'', Sean Overbeeke{{spaced ndash}} University of North Carolina ** Silver Medal: ''El Viaje (One Day Trip)'', Cady Abarca-Benavides{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Bronze Medal: ''Pop Foul'', Moon Molson, Jennifer Handorf{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Elalini'', Tristan Holmes{{spaced ndash}} South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, South Africa

====34th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 9, 2007==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Fission'', Kun-I Chang{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal (tie): ''Arts Desire'', Sarah Wickliffe{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Gold Medal (tie): ''Mirage'', Youngwoong Jang{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts ** Silver Medal: ''A Leg Up'', Bevin Carnes{{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide'', Ben Wu{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Silver Medal: ''Ladies of the Land'', Megan Thompson{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Lumo'', Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Rundown'', Patrick Alexander{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University ** Silver Medal: ''High Maintenance'', Phillip Van{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Screening'', Anthony Green{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Nevermore'', Toke Constantin Hebbeln{{spaced ndash}} Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany

====35th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 7, 2008==== * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant'', Shih-Ting Hung{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''Circles of Confusion'', Phoebe Tooke{{spaced ndash}} San Francisco State University * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Zoologic'', Nicole Mitchell{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal: ''Simulacra'', Tatchapon Lertwirojkul{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''The Visionary'', Evan Mayfield{{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''As We Forgive'', Laura Waters Hinson{{spaced ndash}} American University, Washington, D.C. ** Silver Medal: ''Unattached'', J.J. Adler{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Bronze Medal: ''If a Body Meet a Body'', Brian Golden Davis{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountainfilm.org/people/brian-golden-davis/|title=BRIAN GOLDEN DAVIS|website=mountainfilm.org|access-date=2024-03-19}}</ref> * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''A Day's Work'', Rajeev Dassani{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''The State of Sunshine'', Z. Eric Yang{{spaced ndash}} Florida State University ** Bronze Medal: ''Pitstop'', Melanie McGraw{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''On the Line'' (''Auf der Strecke''), Reto Caffi{{spaced ndash}} Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany

====36th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 13, 2009==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Alice's Attic'', Robyn Yannoukos{{spaced ndash}} University of California Los Angeles ** Silver Medal: ''Matter, In a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed'', Kwibum Chung{{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts, New York City * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Pajama Gladiator'', Glenn Harmon{{spaced ndash}} BYU Center for Animation ** Silver Medal: ''Sebastian’s Voodoo'', Joaquin Baldwin{{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Bronze Medal: ''Kites'', Jed Henry{{spaced ndash}} BYU Center for Animation * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Last Mermaids'', Liz Chae{{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''The Wait'', Cassandra Lizaire, Kelly Asmuth{{spaced ndash}}Columbia University, New York City ** Bronze Medal: ''A Place to Land'', Lauren DeAngelis{{spaced ndash}} American University, Washington, D.C. * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Kavi'', Gregg Helvey{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''The Bronx Balletomane'', Jeremy Joffee{{spaced ndash}} City College of New York ** Bronze Medal: ''Bohemibot'', Brendan Bellomo{{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''Elkland'', Per Hanefjord{{spaced ndash}} Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art, Sweden

===2010s=== ====37th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 12, 2010==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Surface: Film from Below'', Varathit Uthaisri{{spaced ndash}} Parsons The New School for Design ** Silver Medal: ''Multiply'', Emily Henricks{{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Departure of Love'', Jennifer Bors{{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design ** Silver Medal: ''Dried Up'', Isaiah Powers, Stuart Bury and Jeremy Casper{{spaced ndash}} Kansas City Art Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Lifeline'', Andres Salaff{{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Yizkor (Remembrance)'', Ruth Fertig{{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin ** Silver Medal: ''Rediscovering Pape'', Maria Royo{{spaced ndash}} City College of New York ** Bronze Medal: ''Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto)'', Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith{{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''God of Love'', Luke Matheny{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Silver Medal: ''Down in Number 5'', Kim Spurlock{{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''The Lunch Box'', Lubomir Kocka{{spaced ndash}} Savannah College of Art and Design * '''Foreign Film Award''': ''The Confession'', Tanel Toom{{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

====38th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 11, 2011==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Vermeers'', Tal S. Shamir {{spaced ndash}} The New School * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Dragonboy'', Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang {{spaced ndash}} Academy of Art University ** Gold Medal: ''Correspondence'', Zach Hyer {{spaced ndash}} Pratt Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Defective Detective'', Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis {{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Vera Klement: Blunt Edge'', Wonjung Bae {{spaced ndash}}Columbia College ** Silver Medal: ''Imaginary Circumstances'', Anthony Weeks {{spaced ndash}}Stanford University ** Bronze Medal: ''Sin Pais (Without Country)'', Theo Rigby {{spaced ndash}}Stanford University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''Tuba Atlantic'', Halvar Witzø {{spaced ndash}} Norwegian Film School, Norway ** Silver Medal: ''Bekas'', Karzan Kader {{spaced ndash}} Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden ** Bronze Medal: ''Raju'', Max Zähle {{spaced ndash}} Hamburg Media School, Germany * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Thief'', Julian Higgins {{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''High Maintenance'', Shawn Wines {{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Bronze Medal: ''Fatakra'', Soham Mehta {{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin

====39th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 9, 2012==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Reality Clock'', Amanda Tasse {{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Eyrie'', David Wolter {{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Silver Medal:''The Jockstrap Raiders'', Mark Nelson {{spaced ndash}} University of California, Los Angeles ** Bronze Medal:''My Little Friend'', Eric Prah {{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Dying Green'', Ellen Tripler {{spaced ndash}}American University ** Silver Medal: ''Hiro: A Story of Japanese Internment'', Keiko Wright {{spaced ndash}}New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Lost Country'', Heather Burky {{spaced ndash}}Art Institute of Jacksonville * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Under'', Mark Raso {{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Narcocorrido'', Ryan Prows {{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Nani'', Justin Tipping {{spaced ndash}}American Film Institute * '''Foreign Film Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''For Elsie'', David Winstone {{spaced ndash}} University of Westminster, United Kingdom ** Silver Medal: ''Of Dogs and Horses'', Thomas Stuber {{spaced ndash}} Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany ** Bronze Medal: ''The Swing of the Coffin Maker'', Elmar Imanov {{spaced ndash}} Internationale Filmschule Köln, Cologne, Germany

====40th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 8, 2013==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Bottled Up'', Raffy Cortina {{spaced ndash}} Occidental College ** Silver Medal: ''Zug'', Perry Janes {{spaced ndash}} University of Michigan ** Bronze Medal: ''The Compositor'', John Mattiuzzi {{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Dias de los muertos'', Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham {{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design ** Silver Medal:''Will'', Eusong Lee {{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Bronze Medal: ''Peck Pocketed'', Kevin Herron {{spaced ndash}} Ringling College of Art and Design * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''A Second Chance'', David Aristizabal {{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''Every Tuesday: A Portrait of the New Yorker Cartoonists'', Rachel Loube {{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts ** Bronze Medal: ''Win or Lose'', Daniel Koehler {{spaced ndash}} Elon University * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Ol' Daddy'', Brian Schwarz {{spaced ndash}} University of Texas at Austin ** Silver Medal: ''Josephine and the Roach'', Jonathan Langager {{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Bronze Medal: ''Un mundo para Raúl'', Mauro Mueller {{spaced ndash}}Columbia University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''Miss Todd'', Kristina Yee {{spaced ndash}} National Film and Television School, United Kingdom ** Silver Medal: ''Parvaneh'', Talkhon Hamzavi {{spaced ndash}} ''Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Fachrichtung Film'', Zürich, Switzerland ** Bronze Medal: ''Crossroads'' (Tweesprong), Wouter Bouvijn {{spaced ndash}} ''RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College'', Belgium

====41st Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} June 6, 2014==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Person'', Drew Brown {{spaced ndash}} The Art Institute of Jacksonville ** Silver Medal: ''Oscillate'', Daniel Sierra {{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Owned'', Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts {{spaced ndash}} BYU Center for Animation ** Silver Medal:''Higher Sky'', Teng Cheng {{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Bronze Medal: ''Yamashita'', Hayley Foster {{spaced ndash}} Loyola Marymount University * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''The Apothecary'', Helen Hood Scheer {{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Silver Medal: ''White Earth'', J. Christian Jensen {{spaced ndash}} Stanford University ** Bronze Medal: ''One Child'', Zijian Mu {{spaced ndash}} New York University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''Nocebo'', Lennart Ruff {{spaced ndash}} University of Television and Film Munich, Germany ** Silver Medal: ''Paris on the Water'', Hadas Ayalon {{spaced ndash}} Tel Aviv University, Israel ** Bronze Medal: ''Border Patrol'', Peter Baumann {{spaced ndash}} Northern Film School, United Kingdom * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Above the Sea'', Keola Racela {{spaced ndash}} Columbia University ** Silver Medal: ''Door God'', Yulin Liu {{spaced ndash}} New York University ** Bronze Medal: ''Interstate'', Camille Stochitch {{spaced ndash}}American Film Institute

====42nd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} September 17, 2015==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater * '''Alternative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Chiaroscuro'', Daniel Drummond {{spaced ndash}} Chapman University ** Silver Medal: ''Zoe'', ChiHyun Lee {{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts * '''Animation''': ** Gold Medal: ''Soar'', Alyce Tzue {{spaced ndash}} Academy of Art University ** Silver Medal:''An Object at Rest'', Seth Boyden {{spaced ndash}} California Institute of the Arts ** Bronze Medal: ''Taking the Plunge'', Nicholas Manfredi and Elizabeth Ku-Herrero {{spaced ndash}} School of Visual Arts * '''Documentary''': ** Gold Medal: ''Looking at the Stars'', Alexandre Peralta {{spaced ndash}} University of Southern California ** Silver Medal: ''I Married My Family’s Killer'', Emily Kassie {{spaced ndash}} Brown University ** Bronze Medal: ''Boxeadora'', Meg Smaker {{spaced ndash}} Stanford University * '''Foreign Film Award''': ** Gold Medal: ''Fidelity'', Ilker Çatak {{spaced ndash}} Hamburg Media School, Germany ** Silver Medal: ''The Last Will'', Dustin Loose {{spaced ndash}} Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany ** Bronze Medal: ''Everything Will Be Okay'', Patrick Vollrath {{spaced ndash}} Filmakademie Wien, Austria * '''Narrative''': ** Gold Medal: ''Day One'', Henry Hughes, edited by Anisha Acharya{{spaced ndash}}American Film Institute ** Silver Medal: ''This Way Up'', Jeremy Cloe {{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute ** Bronze Medal: ''Stealth'', Bennett Lasseter {{spaced ndash}} American Film Institute<ref>[https://deadline.com/2015/09/student-academy-awards-2015-winners-list-1201533243/ And The 2015 Student Academy Awards Go To …-Deadline]</ref>

====43rd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} September 22, 2016==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="15%"|Award ! width="40%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2016 |- !scope="row"| '''Alternative''' | * '''Gold''': ''All These Voices'' – David Henry Gerson (American Film Institute) * '''Silver''': ''Cloud Kumo'' – Yvonne Ng (City College of New York) * '''Bronze''': ''The Swan Girl'' – Johnny Coffeen (Maharishi University of Management) | * ''Made of Sugar'' – Kevin Rios (New York University) * ''Nova Initia'' – Scott Thompson (Art Institute of Colorado) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED – Congratulations to our new Student Academy Awards finalists! See the full list below. Keep checking back to Oscars.org to find out the winners and get more information about our awards ceremony on September 22, 2016.|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/2016-student-academy-awards-finalists-announced|publisher=Academy|date=August 1, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-reveals-2016-student-academy-award-winners|title=ACADEMY REVEALS 2016 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS|date=2016-08-29|access-date=2016-08-30}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Once Upon a Line'' – Alicja Jasina (USC) * '''Silver''': ''The Wishgranter'' – Echo Wu (Ringling College of Art and Design) * '''Bronze''': ''Die Flucht (The Escape)'' –Carter Boyce (DePaul University) | * ''Cage'' – Pengpeng Du (Pratt Institute) * ''Last Shot'' – Aemilia Widodo (Ringling College of Art and Design) * ''The Controller'' – Bob Yong and Kang Yung Ho (Ringling College of Art and Design) * ''The Moon is Essentially Gray'' – Hannah Roman (School of Visual Arts) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''4.1 Miles'' – Daphne Matziaraki (University of California, Berkeley) * '''Silver''': ''Fairy Tales'' – Rongfei Guo (New York University) * '''Bronze''': ''From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City'' – Elise Conklin (Michigan State University) | * ''Gardeners of the Forest'' – Ceylan Carhoglu and Nicole Jordan-Webber (Chapman University) * ''Looking for Trouble'' – Caroline Cuny and Bryan Campbell (Wake Forest University) * ''The Assassin and Mrs. Paine'' – Max Good (Stanford University) * ''The Search'' – Melina Tupa (UC Berkeley) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Nocturne in Black'' – Jimmy Keyrouz (Columbia University) * '''Silver''': ''It's Just a Gun'' – Brian Robau (Chapman University) * '''Bronze''': ''Rocket'' – Brenna Malloy (Chapman University) | * ''100 Steps'' – Shahnawaz Zali (Northwestern University) * ''Amelia’s Closet''  – Halima Lucas University of Southern California) * ''A New Civilization'' – Williams Naranjo (New York University) * ''Mutt'' – Chloe Aktas (New York University) |- !scope="row"| '''Foreign Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Invention of Trust'' – Alex Schaad (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) * '''Silver''': ''Where the Woods End'' – Felix Ahrens (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany) * '''Bronze''': ''Tenants'' – Klara Kochanska (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Poland) | * ''Beautiful Figure'' – Hajni Kis (Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary) * ''Flowers'' – Judita Gamulin (Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Croatia) * ''Generation Mars'' – Alexander Turpin (Norwegian Film School, Norway) * ''Peacock'' – Ondrej Hudecek (Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic) |- !scope="row"| '''Foreign Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Ayny'' – Ahmad Saleh (Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany) | * ''Eye for an Eye'' – Steve Bache and Mahyar Goudarzi (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany) * ''I Come From Prairie'' – Arisbek Nuhan (Beijing Film Academy, China) |- !scope="row"| '''Foreign Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''The Most Beautiful Woman'' – Maya Sarfaty (Tel Aviv University, Israel) | * ''Tarfala'' – Johannes Östergård (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) * ''The Mute's House'' –Tamar Kay (The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel) |}

====44th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 12, 2017==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2017 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Opera of Cruelty'' – Max R.A. Fedore (New York University) | * ''Last Dance'' – Zhaoyu Zhou (University of Southern California) * ''Mira'' – Amanda Tasse (University of Southern California) * ''The Colored Hospital: A Visual Poem'' – Terrance Daye (Morehouse College) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite web|title= 2017 Student Academy Awards finalist|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2017-student-academy-awards-finalists|publisher=Academy|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-reveals-2017-student-academy-awardr-winners|title=2017 Student Academy Award winners|date=2017-10-12|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''In a Heartbeat'' – Beth David and Esteban Bravo (Ringling College of Art and Design) * '''Silver''': ''Cradle'' – Devon Manney (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''E-delivery'' – Young Gul Cho (School of Visual Arts) | * ''Extinguished'' – Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann (Ringling College of Art and Design) * ''Once a Hero'' – Xia Li (University of Southern California) * ''Pinky Toe'' – Mathieu Libman (California Institute of the Arts) * ''Winston'' – Aram Sarkisian (California Institute of the Arts) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Hale'' – Brad Bailey (University of California, Berkeley) * '''Silver''': ''On Pointe'' – Priscilla Thompson and Joy Jihyun Jeong (Columbia University) * '''Bronze''': ''One Way Home'' – Qingzi Fan (New York University) | * ''Free The Wall'' – Darryl Shreve, (Wayne State University) * ''How To Make A Pearl'' – Jason Hanasik (University of California, Berkeley) * ''Sisterly,'' – Nina Vallado (Andrews University) * ''The Sandman'' – Lauren Knapp (Stanford University) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''My Nephew Emmett'' – Kevin Wilson, Jr. (New York University) * '''Silver''': ''Mammoth'' – Ariel Heller (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''Who's Who in Mycology'' – Marie Dvorakova (New York University) | * ''A Foreman'' – Daniel Drummond (Chapman University) * ''Guo Mie'' – Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu (New York University) * ''I Live Here'' – Shane Watson (California College of the Arts) * ''Into The Blue'' – Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Columbia University) |- !rowspan="4"| International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Life Smartphone'' – Chenglin Xie (China Central Academy of Fine Arts, China) | * ''Child'' – Iring Freytag and Viktor Stickel (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) * ''Tough'' – Jennifer Zheng (Kingston University London, UK) |- !scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Galamsey'' – Johannes Preuss (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | * ''Aurelia and Pedro'' – Omar Robles and José Permar (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico) * ''Exhibit Human'' – Arianna Vergari and Valentina Traini (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Abruzzo, Italy) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Watu Wote/All of Us'' – Katja Benrath, (Hamburg Media School, Germany) * '''Silver''': ''Facing Mecca'' – Jan-Eric Mack, (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) * '''Bronze''': ''When Grey Is a Colour'' – Marit Weerheijm (Netherlands Film Academy, Netherlands) | * ''Annunciation'' – Halit Ruhat Yildiz (Academy of Media Arts, Germany) * ''Blue Summer Symphony'' – Sinje Köhler (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) * ''Earthly People'' – Ádám Freund (Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary) * ''The French Revolution'' – Hai Afik (The Maaleh School of Television & Film, Israel) |}

====45th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 11, 2018==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2018 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Reanimated'' – Shae Demandt (Florida State University) | *''Transient Passengers (Experiment Number NÜN)'' – Natalia Hermida (Chapman University) *''Emunah'' – Sang Hyoun Han (School of Visual Arts) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2018-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2018 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date=2018-08-12|work=Oscars.org|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/saa/ceremonies/2018|title=45th Student Academy Awards {{!}} 2018|work=Oscars.org|access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Raccoon and the Light'' – Hanna Kim (California Institute of the Arts) * '''Silver''': ''Daisy'' – Yu Yu (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''Re-Gifted'' – Eaza Shukla (Ringling College of Art and Design) | *''Attack of the Potato Clock'' – Victoria Lopez and Ji young Na (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Little Bandits'' – Alex Avagimian (California Institute of the Arts) *''Rebooted'' – Sagar Arun and Rachel Kral (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Reflection'' – Hannah Park (Ringling College of Art and Design) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''An Edited Life'' – Mathieu Faure (New York University) * '''Silver''': ''Love and Loss'' – Yiying Li (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''Dust Rising'' – Lauren Schwartzman (University of California, Berkeley) | * ''1,500 Miles 23 Days'' – Veronica Wangshen (New York University) * ''Finding Yingying'' – Jiayan "Jenny" Shi (Northwestern University) * ''Forced'' – Grace Oyenubi and Nani Sahra Walker (University of California, Berkeley) * ''Mining Phosphorus'' – Alan Toth (University of California, Berkeley) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Spring Flower'' – Hua Tong (University of Southern California) * '''Silver''': ''Lalo's House'' – Kelley Kali (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''Esta Es Tu Cuba/This Is Your Cuba'' – Brian Robau (Chapman University) | * ''Bini'' – Erblin Nushi (George Mason University) * ''Empty Skies –'' Wenting Deng and Luke Fisher ''(''Ohio University'')'' * ''June'' – Huay-Bing Law (University of Texas at Austin) * ''Masks'' – Mahaliyah Ayla O (University of Southern California) * ''Mid City Blue'' – Kristopher D Wilson (University of California – Los Angeles) |- !rowspan="4"| International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''The Green Bird (MoPA – France)'' – Pierre Perveyrie, Maximilien Bougeous, Marine Goalard, Irina Nguyen-Duc, and Quentin Dubois | *''A Blink of an Eye'' – Kiana Naghshineh (Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg) *''L'Aviatrice –'' Jacques Leyreloup, Victor Tolila, Perrine Renard, Laura Viver Canal and Gael Chauvet ''(ESMA)'' *''Meli-Metro'' – Alexandre Blain, Lucas Germain, Christophe Gigot, Jade Guilbault, Andreas Muller and Simon Puculek (ESMA) |- !scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Nomadic Doctor'' – Mart Bira (University of Hertfordshire) | *''F32.2'' – Annelie Boros (University of Television and Film Munich) *''Tracing Addai –'' Esther Niemeier (Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Get Ready With Me'' – Jonatan Etzler, (Stockholm Academy of the Arts) * '''Silver''': ''Almost Everything'' – Lisa Gertsch, (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) * '''Bronze''': ''A Siege'' – Istvan Kovacs, (University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest) | *''Touch Me'' – Eileen Byrne, (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München *''August Sun'' – Franco Volpi (London Film School *''Dead Birds'' – Johnny Kenton (National Film and Television School) *''Sons of No One'' – Hans Vannetelbosch (LUCA School of Arts) |}

====46th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 17, 2019==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2019 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Patron Saint'' – Georden West (Emerson College)

| *''Rumours'' – Nicole Aebersold (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) *''Two Paper Nightingales'' – Kaylin George (Chapman University) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2019-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2019 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date=2019-08-08|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>[https://www.oscars.org/news/medalists-revealed-2019-student-academy-awards <nowiki>[14]</nowiki>]

|- ! scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''Grendell'' – Kalee McCollaum (BYU Center for Animation) *'''Silver''': ''Game Changer'' – Aviv Mano (Ringling College of Art and design) *'''Bronze''': ''Two'' – Emre Okten (University of Southern California) | *''CRUNCH'' – Liukaidi Peng (School of the Visual Arts) *''Misguided'' – Sanghyun Kim (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Push'' – Trilina Mai (California State University – Long Beach) *''why z?'' – Asher Horowitz (School of Visual Arts) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Sankofa'' '''-''' Princess Garrett (Villanova University) * '''Silver''': ''Something To Say'' – Abby Lieberman and Joshua Lucas (Columbia University) * '''Bronze''': ''All That Remains'' – Eva Rendle (University of California, Berkeley) | *''Off The Court: The Story of Kezo Brown'' – Jorden Klein and Aaron Rose (Northwestern University) *''That Was Ray'' – Jordan Gorman, Brenten Brandenburg, and Kaustubh Singh (Chapman University) *''Relentless'' – Shelby Thompson (Chapman University) *''Twinkle Dammit!'' – Chuang Xu (School of Visual Arts) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Miller & Son'' – Asher Jelinsky (American Film Institute) * '''Silver''': ''The Chef -'' Hao Zheng (American Film Institute) * '''Bronze''': ''Tree #3'' – Omer Ben-Shachar (American Film Institute) | *''Bolero'' – Sarah Gross (University of Southern California) *''Balloon'' – Jeremy Merrifield (American Film Institute) *''Marriage Material, the Musical!'' – Oran Zegman (American Film Institute) *''Under Darkness'' – Caroline Friend (University of Southern California) |- !rowspan="4"| International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Daughter -'' Daria Kashcheeva (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU) | *''Love Me, Fear Me'' – Veronica Solomon (Film University Babelsborg KNORAD WOLF) *''The Ostrich Politic'' – Mohamad Houhou (Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image) |- !scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Family2'' – Yifan Sun (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz) | *''Oro Blanco'' – Gisela Carbajal Rodriguez (University of Television and Film Munich) *''The Winds Heritage'' – Alejandra Retana, Cesar Camacho, and Cesar Hernandez (University of Guadalajara) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Bonobo -'' Zoel Aeschbacher (ECAL) * '''Silver''': ''Dog Eat Dog -'' Rikke Gregersen (Westerdals Kristiania University College) * '''Bronze''': ''November 1st'' – Charlie Manton (National Film and Television School) | *''Quiet Land Good People'' – Johannes Bachmann (Zurich University of Arts) *''The Last Romantic'' – Natalia Garcia Agraz (Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica) *''Senor'' – Masha Clark (The London Film School) *''Human'' – Korwin Quinonez (Incine) |}

===2020s=== ====47th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 21, 2020==== Site: Virtual event {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2020 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Simulacra'' – Curry Sicong Tian (University of Southern California)

| *''Out Of Ordinary'' – Luca Signoretti, Tobias Buchmann, Alicja Pahl (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland) *''To The Girl That Looks Like Me'' – Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah (New York University) *''Prisoners of the Body'' – Elisa Maria Nadal (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2020-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2020 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date=2020-08-12|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/saa/ceremonies/2020|title=47th Student Academy Awards {{!}} 2020|work=Oscars.org|access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref>

|- ! scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''Ciervo'' – Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma (Rhode Island School of Design) *'''Silver''': ''Mime Your Manners'' – Kate Namowicz, Skyler Porras (Ringling College of Art and Design) *'''Bronze''': ''Hamsa'' – Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca, Chrisy Baek (School of Visual Arts) | *''Tricked'' – Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Bear With Me'' – Rodrigo Chapoy (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Super Generic'' – Di Lu (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Death and Delilah'' – Kristoffer Molinari (BYU Center for Animation) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Unfinished Lives'' – Yucong Chen (University of Southern California) * '''Silver''': ''The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins'' – Allison A. Waite (University of Southern California) * '''Bronze''': ''Making Waves'' – Laura Zéphirin (New York University) | *''Louisiana's Missing Coast'' – James Robinson (Duke University) *''Little but Fierce'' – Sara Barger (Vermont College of Fine Arts) *''Birds without Wings'' – Rishabh Thakkar (Chapman University) *''In Their Fight'' – Orion Rose Kelly, Pedro Cota (University of California, Berkeley) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Umama'' – Talia Smith (New York University) * '''Silver''': ''Bittu'' – Karishma Dube (New York University) * '''Bronze''': ''Sweet Potatoes'' – Rommel Villa Barriga (University of Southern California) | *''Fragile Moon'' – Phyllis Tam (New York Film Academy) *''Our Side'' – Nicola Rinciari (Savannah College of Art & Design) *''Headlock'' – Damon Laguna (University of Southern California) *''Incognito'' – Jacky Song (Loyola Marymount University) |- !rowspan="4"| International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''The Beauty'' – Pascal Schelbli (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | *''o28'' – Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Fabien Meyran (Supinfocom Rubika, France) *''The Tree'' – Han Yang & Basil Malek (Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image, France) |- !scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Dear Father…'' – Maren Klakegg (Westerdals Institute of Film and Media, Kristiania University College, Norway) | *''Miss Curvy'' – Ghada Eldemellawy (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) *''Tanda'' – Teodora-Kosara Popova (National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Bulgaria) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''My Dear Corpses'' – German Golub (Baltic Film & Media School, Tallinn University, Estonia) * '''Silver''': ''Crescendo'' – Percival Argüero Mendoza (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Mexico) * '''Bronze''': ''I Was Still There When You Left Me'' – Marie McCourt (Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Belgium) | *''Da Yie'' – Anthony Nti (School of Arts, Belgium) *''We Are Dancers'' – Joe Morris (Northern Film School, United Kingdom) *''The Stamp'' – Lovro Mrdjen (Akademija Dramske Umjetnosti, Croatia) *''Porfotto'' – Edson da Conceicao (Nederlandse Filmacademie, Netherlands) *''Papapa'' – Kerren Lumer-Klabbers (Den Norske Filmskolen, Norway) |}

====48th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 21, 2021==== Site: Virtual event {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2021 |- !rowspan="1"| Domestic and International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative/ Experimental''' | * '''Gold''': ''Frozen Out'' – Hao Zhou (University of Iowa)

| *''Apocalypse Baby, We Advertise the End of the World'' – Camille Tricaud, Franziska Unger (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) *''Do You Hear Those Crows'' – Ryen Goebel (Savannah College of Art and Design) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2021-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2021 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date=2021-08-11|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2022-07-20}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/saa/ceremonies/2021|title=48th Student Academy Awards {{!}} 2021|work=Oscars.org|access-date=2022-07-20}}</ref>

|- !rowspan="3"| Domestic Film Schools !scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''Unforgotten'' – Sujin Kim (California Institute of the Arts) *'''Silver''': ''Barking Orders'' – Alexander Tullo (Ringling College of Art and Design) *'''Bronze''': ''Slumber with Snakes'' – Teagan Barrone (Cleveland Institute of Art) | *''The Exortwist'' – Loren Baskin Almazan, Laura Koval (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''Final Deathtination'' – Marika Tamura (Ringling College of Art and Design) *''RenaiDance'' – Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang (School of Visual Arts) *''Tacet'' – Zachary Simon (Rhode Island School of Design) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''When They’re Gone'' – Kristen Hwang (University of California, Berkeley) * '''Silver''': ''Eagles Rest in Liangshan'' – Bohao Liu (New York University) * '''Bronze''': ''Not Just a Name'' – De’Onna Young-Stephens (University of Southern California) | *''Anshan Diaries'' – Charles Xiuzhi Dong (New York University) *''It Takes a Circus'' – Sarah D. Collins, Zoe Ramushu (Columbia University) *''The Militiaman'' – David Peter Hansen (Columbia University) *''Translucent'' – Avery Fox, Kayla Hoeflinger (California State University Northridge) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''When the Sun Sets'' – Phumi Morare (Chapman University) * '''Silver''': ''Close Ties to Home Country'' – Akanksha Cruczynski (Columbia College Chicago) * '''Bronze''': ''No Law, No Heaven'' – Kristi Hoi (University of California, Los Angeles) | *''Le Prince Oublié'' – Chloe Aguirre (Chapman University) *''Lucia'' – Victoria Rivera (Columbia University) *''The Monkey King'' – Yingqi (Niko) Ren (American Film Institute) *''Summer Ends'' – Hailong Niu (University of California, Los Angeles) |- !rowspan="4"| International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Animation''' | * '''Gold''': ''Louis' Shoes'' – Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung and Marion Philippe (MoPA (France)) | *''Migrants'' – Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Zoé Devise (Pôle 3D (France)) *''A Tiny Tale'' – Sylvain Cuvillier, Maÿlis Mosny, Zijing Ye (Rubika (France)) |- !scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Why Didn’t You Stay for Me?'' – Milou Gevers (Nederlandse Filmacademie (The Netherlands)) | *''Haeberli'' – Moritz Mueller-Preisser (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) *''Pepedrilo'' – Victor Cartas Valdivia (Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Tala’vision'' – Murad Abu Eisheh (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)) * '''Silver''': ''Adisa'' – Simon Denda (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (Germany)) * '''Bronze''': ''Bad Omen'' – Salar Pashtoonyar (York University (Canada)) | *''Carrier'' – Max Ovaska (Aalto University (Finland)) *''Day X'' – Katharina Rivilis (Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Germany)) *''First Last Summer'' – Nastazja Gonera (Państwowa Wyższa Szkola Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna (Poland)) *''I Am'' – Jerry Hoffmann (Hamburg Media School (Germany)) |}

====49th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 20, 2022==== Site: David Geffen Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2022 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic and International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative/ Experimental''' | * '''Gold''': ''Against Reality'', Olivia Peace (University of Southern California) | *''Ask Again Later'', Chloe Evangelista (Pratt Institute) *''It Will Rain Today'', Mariana Correa González ((Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2022-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2022 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date= August 18, 2022|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-reveals-2022-student-academy-awardr-winners|title= ACADEMY REVEALS 2022 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS |website=Oscars.org|accessdate=May 21, 2023|date=September 22, 2022}}</ref>

|- !scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,'' Lachlan Pendragon (Griffith Film School (Australia)) *'''Silver''': ''Laika & Nemo'', Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (Germany)) *'''Bronze''': '' The Seine’s Tears'', Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard and Nicolas Mayeur (Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School (France)) | *''The Boot'', Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib (Payame Noor University (Iran)) *''Goodbye Jérôme!'', Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr (Gobelins, School of Images (France)) *''Little Thing'', Clara Mesplé, Chloé Viala, Camille Burles (École Georges Méliès (France)) * ''Period Drama'', Anushka Nair, Lauryn Anthony (Ringling College of Art and Design (United States)) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Found'', Shuhao Tse (New York University) * '''Silver''': “Here to Stay,” Jared Peraglia, (New York University) * '''Bronze''': ''Seasons'', Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon (Columbia University) | *''The State of Dissent'', Roshaan Khattak (University of the Arts London (United Kingdom)) *''Traded'', Simran Arora, Harshit Bawa (University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)) *''Waves Apart'', Josh Greene (University of Southern California (United States)) *''What Nobody Talks About'', Hansine Killingmoe Såstad (Kristiania University College (Norway)) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Almost Home'', Nils Keller (University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)) * '''Silver''': ''Rooms'', Welf Reinhart (University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)) * '''Bronze''': ''Shedding Angels'', Freddy Macdonald (American Film Institute) | *''L’Avversario'', Federico Russotto (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Italy)) *''Living All of Life'', Marlén Ríos-Farjat (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico)) *''Songs of a Caretaker'', Pascal Schuh (Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (Germany)) *''The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain'', Eugen Merher (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)) |}

====50th Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 24, 2023==== Site: Samuel Goldwyn Theater {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2023 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic and International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative/ Experimental''' | * '''Gold''': ''Skin'' – Leo Behrens (American Film Institute) | *''Ardent Other'' – Alice Brygo (Le Fresnoy, France) *''The Posthuman Hospita'' – Junha Kim (California Institute of the Arts) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tinoco |first1=Armando |author-link1= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |last3= |first3= |author-link3= |last4= |first4= |author-link4= |last5= |first5= |author-link5= |display-authors= |author-mask= |name-list-style= |date=25 October 2023 |orig-date= |title=Oscars: Medalists for 50th Student Academy Awards revealed |script-title= |trans-title= |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/oscars-medalists-50th-student-academy-awards-winners-1235582528/ |work=Deadline |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages= |access-date=27 October 2023 |via= |url-access= |quote=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 50th Student Academy Awards ceremony. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented during an in-person ceremony held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.oscars.org/news/meet-50th-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 50thStudent Academy Awards Finalists|date=2023-08-17|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>

|- !scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''Boom'' – Gabriel Augerai, Romain Augier & Yannick Jacquin (École des Nouvelles Images, France) *'''Silver''': ''Diplomatie de l’Éclipse'' – César Luton, Achille Pasquier & Clémence Bailly (MoPA 3D Animation School, France) *'''Bronze''': “Mum’s Spaghetti” – Lisa Kenney (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) | *''Friendly Fire'' – Tom Koryto Blumen (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel) *''The Little Poet'' – Justine King (California Institute of the Arts) *''Samara Op.4'' – Maxime Wattrelos, Jérémy Trochet & Marie Heribel (Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School, France) *''The Sun Is Bad'' – Rachel Mow (Savannah College of Art & Design) *''Tear Off'' – Clément Del Negro, Camille Souchard & Matthias Bourgeuil (Rubika, France) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Wings of Dust'' – Giorgio Ghiotto (New York University) * '''Silver''': “Duet” – Lyuwei Chen (New York University) * '''Bronze''': ''Hasta Encontrarlos (Till We Find Them)'' – Jean Chapiro (Columbia University) | *''#2276'' – Sara Sims & Samuel Barnett (California State University, Northridge) *''God Bless the Family'' – MJ Johnson (University of California, Berkeley) *''Khayelitsha (Our New Home)'' – Pieter Genee (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) *''Rising Above'' – Natálie Durchánková (Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění v Praze, Czech Republic) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Invisible Border'' – Mark Gerstorfer (Filmakademie Wien, Austria) * '''Silver''': ''Revisted'' – Iain Aigin Stronach Forbes (Den Norske Filmskolen, Norway) * '''Bronze''': ''Istina (Truth)'' – Tamara Denić (Hamburg Media School, Germany) | *''Children of Light'' – Minkyu Kang (Columbia University) *''It Will Rain'' – Amir Zaza (Nederlandse Filmacademie, Netherlands) *''On the Edge'' – María Claudia Blanco (La Fémis, France) *''Stateless'' – Tawfik Sabouni (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium) *''Those Who Follow'' – Frederic Kau (Hamburg Media School, Germany) |- |}

====51st Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 14, 2024==== Site: Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2024 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic and International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative/ Experimental''' | * '''Gold''': '' A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers '' – Birdy Wei-Ting Hung (San Francisco State University) * '''Silver''': ''In Living Memory '' – Dori Walker (Brown University) * '''Bronze''': ''bonVoyage pour monVoyage'' – Akshit Kumar (National Institute of Design, India) | *''Crescendo'' – María Agostina Menna Galetto (Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Argentina) *''Illusion of Ego'' – Mingyu Tian (Central Academy of Fine Arts, China) *''Lullaby for the Lost'' – Tom Potter (Bournemouth Film School, United Kingdom) *''Wired'' – Daniel Salas (Chapman University) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://press.oscars.org/news/award-placements-revealed-2024-student-academy-awardsr |title= AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2024 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS®|website=Oscars.org|date= October 14, 2024|accessdate=March 19, 2025}} </ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2024-student-academy-awards-finalists|title=Meet the 2024 Student Academy Awards Finalists|date=2024-08-15|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref> |- !scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''Au Revoir Mon Monde'' – Florian Maurice, Maxime Foltzer & Estelle Bonnardel (MoPA 3D Animation School, France) *'''Silver''': ''Origami'' – Kei Kanamori (Digital Hollywood University, Japan) *'''Bronze''': ''Student Accomplice'' – Spencer Baird (Brigham Young University) | *''Après Papi'' – Juliette Michel, Swann Valenza & Axel Sence (MoPA 3D Animation School, France) *''Coquille'' – Loic Girault, Grégoire Callies & Anna Danton (École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, France) *''Dragfox'' – Lisa Ott (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) *''El Ombligo de la Luna'' – Julia Grupińska, Tian Westraad & Ezequiel Garibay (Gobelins, France) |- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Keeper'' – Hannah Rafkin, (School of Visual Arts) * '''Silver''': ''The 17%'' – Aaron Johnson, (Chapman University) * '''Bronze''': ''A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)'' – Rishabh Raj Jain, (New York University) | *''Burnt Country'' – Kirsten Slemint (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) *''Jerhy'' – John Ortiz (University of California, Santa Cruz) *''Mail Order Queens'' – Luke Purdye (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) *''The Undertakers'' – Zac Lazarou (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''The Compatriot'' – Pavel Sýkora & Viktor Horák, (Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku, Czech Republic) * '''Silver''': ''Crust'' – Jens Kevin Georg, (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany) * '''Bronze''': ''Neither Donkey nor Horse'' – Robin Wang, (University of Southern California) | *''FÖA'' – Margherita Ferrari (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy) *''The Lights Above'' – Luke J. Salewski (University of Southern California) *''Take Me to Her'' – Bartłomiej Błaszczyński (Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, University of Silesia, Poland) *''Trouble'' – Sarah Blok (National Film and Television School, United Kingdom) |- |}

====52nd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} October 6, 2025==== Site: Ziegfeld Ballroom, New York {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! width="10%"|Category ! width="10%"|Award ! width="37%"|Winners ! Nominees ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="8"|2025 |- !rowspan="4"| Domestic and International Film Schools !scope="row"| '''Alternative/ Experimental''' | * '''Gold''': ''The Song of Drifters'' – Xindi Zhang (University of Southern California) * '''Silver''': ''Without Perfection'' – Vega Moltke-Leth, (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) * '''Bronze''': ''flower_gan'' – Mati Granica (London College of Communication, United Kingdom) | *''No Home Movies'' – Amaïllia Bordet (La Fémis , France) *''Photo Play XX'' – Zolomon Zelko (Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Argentina) *''Synergy'' – Emilie Bouet Conran & Honor West (Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom) *''the weight of the moon'' – Felizitas Hoffmann (University of Television and Film Munich, Germany) | rowspan="7"|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2025-student-academy-awards-finalists |title= MEET THE 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FINALISTS |website=Oscars.org|date= July 30, 2025|accessdate=October 6, 2025}} </ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.oscars.org/news/academy-reveals-2025-student-academy-awardr-winners|title=ACADEMY REVEALS 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS |date=2025-08-27|website=Oscars.org|access-date=2025-10-06}}</ref> |- !scope="row" | '''Animation''' | *'''Gold''': ''A Sparrow’s Song'' – Tobias Eckerlin (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany) *'''Silver''': ''The 12 Inch Pianist'' – Lucas Ansel (Rhode Island School of Design) *'''Bronze''': ''The Shyness of Trees'' – Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras (Gobelins, France) | *''Beautify'' – Elizaveta Makarenko (Ringling College of Art & Design) *''The Song of the Sheep'' – Jules Marcel, Juliette Bigo & Anaïs Ledoux (RUBIKA, France) *''The Undying Pain of Existence'' – Oscar Jacobson (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany) *''Wolfie'' – Philippe Kastner (Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic)

|- ! scope="row"| '''Documentary''' | * '''Gold''': ''Tides of Life'' – Tatiana McCabe University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom) * '''Silver''': ''Confession'' – Rebeka Bizubová (Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia) * '''Bronze''': ''I Remember'' – Jane Deng (New York University) | *''Accused Number 41'' – Maryam Haddadi (Edinburgh College of Art, United Kingdom) *''Against a Sharp White Background'' – Asahni Williams (University of North Carolina School of the Arts) *''Alon, My Brother the Hero'' – Omri Koren (Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Israel) *''We All Live Downwind'' – Sascha Melamed (Chapman University) |- !scope="row"| '''Narrative''' | * '''Gold''': ''Dad’s Not Home'' – Jan Saczek (Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland) * '''Silver''': ''Butcher’s Stain'' – Meyer Levinson-Blount (Tel Aviv University, Israel) * '''Bronze''': ''Kubrick, Like I Love You'' – Zefan Wang (Columbia University) | *''Bare Feet'' – Vincent Mocco (New York University) *''Dandelion'' – Fiona Obertinca (American Film Institute) *''Death Lives'' – Lukáš Vacula (Private Higher Vocational Film School in Písek, Czech Republic) *''Vasu'' – Sidharth Harikumar (MetFilm School Berlin, Germany) |- |}

====53rd Annual Student Academy Awards{{spaced ndash}} September 14, 2026==== Site: TIFF Lightbox, Toronto

==See also== {{Portal bar|Biography|Film|Lists}} * List of film awards

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.oscars.org/saa Student Academy Awards official site] *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000629/ Student Academy Awards] at The Internet Movie Database *{{cite web |title=Notable Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/notable.html |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date= |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915090001/http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/notable.html |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |title=Student Film Award Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229173821/http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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