{"id":10826,"date":"2020-09-17T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=10826"},"modified":"2020-09-17T23:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:58:50","slug":"academy-reveals-2020-student-academy-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/09\/17\/academy-reveals-2020-student-academy-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Reveals 2020 Student Academy Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/academylogo.jpg?resize=107%2C107\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 18 students as winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards\u00ae competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,474 entries from 207 domestic and 121 international colleges and universities. The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners are (listed alphabetically by category):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternative\/Experimental (Domestic and International Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Curry Sicong Tian, \u201cSimulacra,\u201d University of Southern California<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Animation (Domestic Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, \u201cCiervo,\u201d Rhode Island School of Design<\/li><li>Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca and Chrisy Baek, \u201cHamsa,\u201d School of Visual Arts<\/li><li>Kate Namowicz and Skyler Porras, \u201cMime Your Manners,\u201d Ringling College of Art &amp; Design<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Animation (International Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pascal Schelbli, \u201cThe Beauty,\u201d Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg (Germany)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Documentary (Domestic Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Allison A. Waite, \u201cThe Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins,\u201d University of Southern California<\/li><li>Laura Z\u00e9phirin, \u201cMaking Waves,\u201d New York University<\/li><li>Yucong Chen, \u201cUnfinished Lives,\u201d University of Southern California<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Documentary (International Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maren Klakegg, \u201cDear Father\u2026,\u201d Westerdals Institute of Film and Media, Kristiania University College (Norway)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Narrative (Domestic Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Karishma Dube, \u201cBittu,\u201d New York University<\/li><li>Rommel Villa Barriga, \u201cSweet Potatoes,\u201d University of Southern California<\/li><li>Talia Smith, \u201cUmama,\u201d New York University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Narrative (International Film Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Percival Arg\u00fcero Mendoza, \u201cCrescendo,\u201d Centro de Capacitaci\u00f3n Cinematogr\u00e1fica (Mexico)<\/li><li>Marie Mc Court, \u201cI Was Still There When You Left Me,\u201d Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium)<\/li><li>German Golub, \u201cMy Dear Corpses,\u201d Baltic Film &amp; Media School, Tallinn University (Estonia)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>First-time honors go to Baltic Film &amp; Media School, Tallinn University, Estonia, and Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2020 Oscars\u00ae in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Subject category. Past winners have gone on to receive 64 Oscar\u00ae nominations and have won or shared 13 awards. The medal placements \u2013 gold, silver and bronze \u2013 in the seven award categories will be revealed in a virtual program highlighting the winners and their films on Wednesday, October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 18 students as winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards\u00ae competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,474 entries from 207 domestic and 121 international colleges and universities. The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/09\/17\/academy-reveals-2020-student-academy-award-winners\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Academy Reveals 2020 Student Academy Award Winners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-10826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","tag-academy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}