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September 23, 2016
STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS 2016 MEDALISTS UNVEILED
Photo: Johnny Coffeen, winner of the bronze medal in the alternative film category for “The Swan Girl,” during the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Image Credit: Richard Harbaugh / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photo: Maya Sarfaty, winner of the gold medal in the foreign documentary film category for “The Most Beautiful Woman,” with actress Daisy Ridley during the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Image Credit: Todd Wawrychuk / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photos: Alternative film winner Yvonne Ng prior to the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards on Thursday, September 22, in Beverly Hills. Images Credit: Todd Wawrychuk / Copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored 17 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 43rd Student Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented by actors Joel Edgerton, Lucy Liu, Daisy Ridley and Parker Sawyers.
The 2016 Student Academy Award winners are:
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
Animation
- Gold: “Once upon a Line,” Alicja Jasina, University of Southern California
- Silver: “The Wishgranter,” Echo Wu, Ringling College of Art and Design
- Bronze: “Die Flucht,” Carter Boyce, DePaul University
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
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
Foreign Narrative
- Gold: “Invention of Trust,” Alex Schaad, University of Television and Film, Munich (Germany)
- Silver: “Where the Woods End,” Felix Ahrens, Film University, Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Germany)
- Bronze: “Tenants,” Klara Kochanska, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (Poland)
Foreign Animation
- Gold: “Ayny - My Second Eye,” Ahmad Saleh, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne (Germany)
Foreign Documentary
- Gold: “The Most Beautiful Woman,” Maya Sarfaty, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
New this year, the Foreign Film category was expanded to include separate awards for narrative, animation and documentary entries. All categories had three potential placements except for the Foreign Animation and Foreign Documentary categories, in which only Gold Medal awards were given.
The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 51 Oscar nominations and have won or shared nine awards.
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