Star Students
After voting 14 students as winners of the 2025 Student Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the awards ceremony will take place in New York on October 6.
Opening Doors
The awards ceremony, which received over 3,000 submissions from various colleges and universities seeking to nominate their students for achievements in film, will announce the final top three gold, silver, and bronze-placing students. However, all 14 winners will be eligible to compete in the 98th Oscars® in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category.
List of Announced Winners by Category
Alternative/Experimental
Mati Granica, “flower_gan,” London College of Communication, United Kingdom
Xindi Zhang, “The Song of Drifters,” University of Southern California
Vega Moltke-Leth, “Without Perfection,” University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Animation
Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras, “The Shyness of Trees,” Gobelins, France
Tobias Eckerlin, “A Sparrow’s Song,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Lucas Ansel, “The 12 Inch Pianist,” Rhode Island School of Design
Documentary
Rebeka Bizubová, “Confession,” Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Jane Deng, “I Remember,” New York University
Tatiana McCabe, “Tides of Life,” University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom
Narrative
Meyer Levinson-Blount, “Butcher’s Stain,” Tel Aviv University, Israel
Jan Saczek, “Dad’s Not Home,” Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland
Zefan Wang, “Kubrick, Like I Love You,” Columbia University
Ceremony Coming Soon
The ceremony and announcement of gold, silver, and bronze placements will take place October 6 at 6PM at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
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