Welcome to the 51st Student Academy Awards®, in partnership with Rolex @ROLEX at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in London, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Student Academy Awards, Meet our winners:
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
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.