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The Student Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an annual competition for college and university filmmakers. Description The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. The current name was adopted effective in 1991. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually. The event has been held in October since 2017 and usually takes place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The awards offer prizes in four categories: alternative (experimental film), animation, documentary, and narrative. Gold, silver, and bronze awards may be given in each category, with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, as of 2005. Since 1981, a separate award has been given annually to a student filmmaker from outside the United States – however in the 49th annual SAA (2022), the academy has merged its domestic and international categories to provide everyone with an equal footing. This reduced the 7 categories (4 domestic & 3 international) into 4 = narrative, animation, alternative/ experimental and documentary. Several award winners have gone on to significant achievement as filmmakers, including Robert Zemeckis, Bob Saget, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and John Lasseter. Some of the award-winning student films have themselves been nominated for and/or won the Academy Award in the short film categories, including Chicks in White Satin, The Janitor, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, The Lunch Date, 9, Quiero ser (I want to be...), Gang Cops, The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, The Red Jacket, On the Line (Auf der Strecke), God of Love, The Confession, 4.1 Miles and Dcera (Daughter). To extend the impact and honor beyond the competition, a compilation presentation of the gold medal award-winning films is circulated each year free of charge to educational and non-profit organizations nationwide. Copies (and some elements) for over 90% of films honored with Student Academy Awards, along with recordings of many of the awards ceremonies, are held by the Academy Film Archive. List of winners 1970s 1st Annual Student Film Awards – December 20, 1973 Animation: Anti-matter, Lewis Hall, Carlos Guiterrez-Mena – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Documentary: You See, I've Had a Life, Ben Levin, Mort Jordan – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Dramatic: Manhattan Melody, Reuben Trane, Ken Wiederhorn – Columbia University (New York City) Special Jury (Dramatic): Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Dahlin – Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) 2nd Annual Student Film Awards – July 1, 1975 Animation: Euphoria, Vincent Collins – San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco) Documentary: Men's Lives, Josh Hanig, Will Roberts – Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio) Dramatic: Swag, Bruce Postman – New York University School of the Arts (New York City) Experimental: Architecture of the Petroleum Age, Scott Thomas – Rice University (Houston, Texas) Special Jury (Dramatic): A Field of Honor, Robert Zemeckis – University of Southern California (Los Angeles) 3rd Annual Student Film Awards – June 23, 1976 Animation: Fame, Mark Kirkland, Richard Jefferies – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) Documentary: What the Notes Say Karen Grossman, Richard O'Neill – Adelphi University (Garden City, New York) Dramatic: The Preparatory, Terence Cahalan – University of Southern California (Los Angeles) Experimental: After Lumiere, Joan Laine – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Special Jury (Documentary): The American Love Affair, Lee M. Rhoads, Jr. – University of Southern California (Los Angeles) 4th Annual Student Film Awards – May 22, 1977 Animation: The Muse, Paul W. Demeyer – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) Documentary: Achievement: The Last of the Little Breweries, Frank H. Binney – University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) Merit: Guitar Craft, Rob Williams – Western States Film Institute and Metropolitan State College of Denver (both in Denver, Colorado) Dramatic: Sixteen Down, Carol L. Dysinger – New York University (New York City) Experimental: TRANSCENdance, Philip W. Pura – Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) 5th Annual Student Film Awards – May 21, 1978 Animation: Mother Goose, David Bishop – University of Southern California (Los Angeles) Documentary: Achievement: The Sixth Week, John Simeon Block – New York University (New York City) Merit: Like Any Child, Only More So, Catherine Allan, Maile Ornellas – University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California) Merit: Through Adam's Eyes, Robert Saget – Temple University, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Dramatic: Button, Button, Burton Lee Harry – University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut) Experimental: Triptych, Matthew Patrick – Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts) 6th Annual Student Film Awards – June 3, 1979 Animation: Achievement: Lady and the Lamp John Lasseter – California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) Merit: The Walrus and the Carpenter, Tomas Gasek, Malcolm G. Spaull – Rochester Institute of Technology (Henrietta, New York) Documentary: Achievement: Since '45, Michael David Korolenko – Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) Merit: Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff, Jan Krawitz, Thomas Ott – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Merit: Everybody Needs a Forever Home, Mike Simpson – University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) Dramatic: The Writers, Harriotte H. Aaron – New York University (New York City) 1980s 7th Annual Student Film Awards – June 8, 1980 Animation: Nitemare, John Lasseter – California Institute of the Arts Documentary: Achievement: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty, Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue – Boston University Merit: Crossroads/South Africa: The Struggle Continues, Jonathan Wacks – University of California, Los Angeles Dramatic: Achievement: Candy Store, Claude Kerven – New York University Honorary: Happy Birthday, Randall Fried – University of Southern California Merit: Murder in a Mist, Lisa Gottlieb – Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Experimental: Sections, Sean Phillips – University of Southern California 8th Annual Student Film Awards – June 7, 1981 Animation: A Bird's Eye View, Deborah Jo Short – San Francisco State University Documentary: Achievement: I Remember Barbra, Kevin Burns – Boston University Merit: Jazz, Albert Magnoli – University of Southern California Dramatic: Achievement: A Man Around the House, Caroline Emmons – New York University Merit: Willie, Coleen Higgins, Ghasem Ebrahimian – State University of New York at Purchase Experimental: Commuter, Michael M. Patterson – California Institute of the Arts Foreign Student Film: Maedeli la brèche, Jaco Van Dormael – Institut National Superieur, Belgium 9th Annual Student Film.... Discover the Students Academy popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Students Academy books.