The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted 14 students as winners of the 49th Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,796 entries from 614 colleges and universities around the world. For the first time since 2019, students will participate in an in-person award ceremony. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in the four award categories will be announced at the ceremony.
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2022 Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by category):
Alternative / Experimental
- Olivia Peace, “Against Reality,” University of Southern California
Animation
- Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow, “Laika & Nemo,” Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, Germany
- Lachlan Pendragon, “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” Griffith Film School, Australia
- Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard and Nicolas Mayeur, “The Seine’s Tears,” Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School, France
Documentary
- Shuhao Tse, “Found,” New York University
- Jared Peraglia, “Here to Stay,” New York University
- Gabriella Canal and Michael Fearon, “Seasons,” Columbia University
Narrative
- Nils Keller, “Almost Home,” University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
- Welf Reinhart, “Rooms,” University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
- Freddy Macdonald, “Shedding Angels,” American Film Institute
First-time honors go to Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School.
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