AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS
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AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY HELD IN NEW YORK CITY 
WITH THE SUPPORT OF LONGTIME ACADEMY PARTNER ROLEX

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 52nd Student Academy Awards® ceremony. Gold, Silver and Bronze placements were announced and trophies presented during a ceremony held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, in partnership with Rolex. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 3,127 entries from 988 colleges and universities worldwide. With remarks by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor, the night’s category presenters included Academy Actors Branch Governor Lou Diamond Phillips and filmmakers Craig Brewer, Jon M. Chu and Alex Woo.

First-time honors go to the University of Copenhagen, Gobelins, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, London College of Communication and University of the West of England Bristol.

All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for the 98th Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category. The 2025 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis. Past winners have gone on to receive 69 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.

The 2025 Student Academy Award placements are:

Alternative/Experimental

Gold: Xindi Zhang, “The Song of Drifters,” University of Southern California

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Silver: Vega Moltke-Leth, “Without Perfection,” University of Copenhagen, Denmark

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Bronze: Mati Granica, “flower_gan,” London College of Communication, United Kingdom

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Animation

Gold: Tobias Eckerlin, “A Sparrow’s Song,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Silver: Lucas Ansel, “The 12 Inch Pianist,” Rhode Island School of Design

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Bronze: Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras, “The Shyness of Trees,” Gobelins, France

Documentary

Gold: Tatiana McCabe, “Tides of Life,” University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Silver: Rebeka Bizubová, “Confession,” Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Bronze: Jane Deng, “I Remember,” New York University

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Narrative

Gold: Jan Saczek, “Dad’s Not Home,” Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Silver: Meyer Levinson-Blount, “Butcher’s Stain,” Tel Aviv University, Israel

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Bronze: ZEFAN, “Kubrick, Like I Love You,” Columbia University

AWARD PLACEMENTS REVEALED AT 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS
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