The Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition, established in 1972. Each year, college and university film students from all over the world compete for awards and cash grants, with films being judged in the following categories: Animation, Documentary, Live Action Narrative and Alternative/Experimental. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to win 11 Oscars, and receive 63 Oscar nominations. Past SAA winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Cary Fukunaga, Patricia Cardoso and Spike Lee.
Complete List: https://www.oscars.org/news/meet-2020-student-academy-awards-finalists
Animation (Domestic Film Schools)
Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung, „Tricked,“ Ringling College of Art and Design
Rodrigo Chapoy, „Bear With Me,“ Ringling College of Art and Design
Di Lu, „Super Generic,“ Ringling College of Art and Design
Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, „Ciervo,“ Rhode Island School of Design
Ciervo Trailer from Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma on Vimeo.
Kate Namowicz, Skyler Porras, „Mime Your Manners,“ Ringling College of Art and Design
Kristoffer Molinari, „Death and Delilah,“ Brigham Young University
Daniela Dwek, Chrisy Baek, Maya Mendonca, „Hamsa,“ School of Visual Arts
HAMSA from Hamsa Thesis on Vimeo.
Animation (International Film Schools)
Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Fabien Meyran, „o28,“ Supinfocom Rubika – France
Pascal Schelbli, „The Beauty,“ Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg – Germany
Han Yang & Basil Malek, „The Tree,“ Gobelins, l’école de l’image – France
The Tree – Animation Short Film 2018 – GOBELINS from GOBELINS pro on Vimeo.