The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today revealed 14 winners of its 2025 Student Academy Awards competition, culled from more than 3,100 entries spanning 988 colleges and universities around the world. See the list below.
Gold, silver and bronze placements in the four award categories will be announced at the 52nd awards ceremony, which is set for Monday, October 6, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom during the New York Film Festival.
Last year’s Student Academy Awards ceremony was in London, the first time it had moved after being held at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills for the past half-century.
All of the Student Academy Award-winning films will be eligible to compete for the 98th Oscars in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film or Documentary Short Film category. Winners will have exclusive access to Academy members to support their career advancement, the Academy said.
Past Student Academy Award winners include Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Pete Docter, Patricia Riggen and Patricia Cardoso.
Here are the winners of the 2025 Student Academy Awards:
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
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