INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN LONDON
ALL WINNING FILMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR 97TH OSCARS®
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 15 students as winners of the 51st Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 2,683 entries from 738 colleges and universities worldwide. The 2024 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.
The Academy announced last month that the presentation ceremony for its annual international student film competition will be held in London this year in partnership with Rolex. Traditionally held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills since its inception, the 51st Student Academy Awards will take place at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in London on Monday, October 14, at 7:00 p.m. BST. The ceremony is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required and are available online here.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by category):
Alternative/Experimental
Akshit Kumar, “bonVoyage pour monVoyage,” National Institute of Design, India
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung, “A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers,” San Francisco State University
Dori Walker, “In Living Memory,” Brown University
Animation
Florian Maurice, Maxime Foltzer & Estelle Bonnardel, “Au Revoir Mon Monde,” MoPA 3D Animation School, France
Kei Kanamori, “Origami,” Digital Hollywood University, Japan
Spencer Baird, “Student Accomplice,” Brigham Young University
Documentary
Rishabh Raj Jain, “A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness),” New York University
Hannah Rafkin, “Keeper,” School of Visual Arts
Aaron Johnson, “The 17%,” Chapman University
Narrative
Pavel Sýkora & Viktor Horák, “The Compatriot,” Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku, Czech Republic
Jens Kevin Georg, “Crust,” Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Robin Wang, “Neither Donkey nor Horse,” University of Southern California
First-time honors go to National Institute of Design, Digital Hollywood University and Filmová Akademie Miroslava Ondříčka v Písku.
Gold, silver and bronze placements in the four award categories will be announced at the ceremony. In partnership with the BFI London Film Festival, Student Academy Award winners will have access to panels and networking opportunities. In addition, winners will have exclusive access to Academy members to support their career advancement.
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2024 Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category. Past winners have gone on to receive 67 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared 15 awards.
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.
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ABOUT ROLEX AND CINEMA
For many decades, Rolex has maintained close ties with the world of cinema. Its watches have played a role in numerous films, including Oscar®-winning masterpieces. The company promotes excellence, encourages the preservation and transmission of the cinematic arts and celebrates progress by accompanying cinema legends and budding talents: through Testimonees such as Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Jia Zhang-ke, its partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Rolex mentoring programme for talented young filmmakers. Rolex has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2017, serving as Proud Sponsor of the Oscars®, hosting the event’s Greenroom, while also supporting the Governors Awards, known for recognizing lifetime achievement and humanitarian efforts in the film industry. To assist in the preservation of film history for future generations, Rolex became a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and a partner of The Film Foundation. Through its support of the film industry, Rolex champions excellence, the perpetuation of knowledge, the conservation of the art of filmmaking and the rise of new talent.
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