04 Student Academy Award Winners Revealed

Beverly Hills, CA - Fifteen students have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 41st Student Academy Awards competition.

They will arrive in Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 7, at 6 p.m., at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. The medal placements - gold, silver and bronze - in the five award categories will be announced at the ceremony.

The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Alternative

Oscillate, Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York

Person, Drew Brown, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida

Animation

Higher Sky, Teng Cheng, University of Southern California

Owned, Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, Brigham Young University, Utah

Yamashita, Hayley Foster, Loyola Marymount University, California

Documentary

The Apothecary, Helen Hood Scheer, Stanford University

One Child, Zijian Mu, New York University

White Earth, J. Christian Jensen, Stanford University

Narrative

Above the Sea, Keola Racela, Columbia University, New York

Door God, Yulin Liu, New York University

Interstate, Camille Stochitch, American Film Institute, California

Foreign Film

Border Patrol, Peter Baumann, The Northern Film School, United Kingdom

Nocebo, Lennart Ruff, University of Television and Film Munich, Germany

Paris on the Water, Hadas Ayalon, Tel Aviv University, Israel

This year saw first-time honors go to Tel Aviv University, Israel, and The Northern Film School, United Kingdom, in the foreign competition. Academy members voted the winners from a field of 49 finalists, announced earlier this month.

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards. They include John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker and Spike Lee.

The 41st Student Academy Awards ceremony on June 7 is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required. Tickets may be obtained online at www.oscars.org or by mail. Any remaining tickets will be made available at the door on the evening of the event. The DGA Theater is located at 7920 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

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