Student Academy Award finalists announced
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the finalist films competing for the 2020 Student Academy Awards in animation, documentary, live fiction and alternative / experimental. The medal winners - who have a chance of consideration for the Oscar short film categories - will be announced on Thursday, October 15.
This year's animation contest sees the return of many of the ASA's frequently represented schools. In the Domestic sub-category, four of the seven films come from Ringling College of Art and Design (Florida), plus one entrance each from Brigham Young University (Utah), Rhode Island School of Design and School of Visual Arts (New York). The international result was collected by three of Europe's most popular animation alma maters: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Gobelins (France) and Supinfocom Rubika (France).
The full list of finalists is available here.
Animation (Domestic Film Schools)
Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, Suhn Young Chung, Tricked, Ringling College of Art and Design
Rodrigo Chapoy, Bear With Me, Ringling College of Art and Design
By Lu, Super Generic, Ringling College of Art and Design
Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, Red deerRhode Island School of Design
Kate Namowicz, Skyler Porras, Mime Your Manners, Ringling College of Art and Design
Kristoffer Molinari, Death and Delilah, Brigham Young University
Daniela Dwek, Chrisy Baek, Maya Mendonca, Hamsa, School of Visual Arts
Animation (International Film Schools)
Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Fabien Meyran, o28, Supinfocom Rubika - France
Pascal Schelbli, TheBeauty, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg - Germany
Han Yang and Basil Malek, The Tree, Gobelins, l'école de immagine - France
Last year, the domestic gold medal was awarded to the BYU project Grendel, by Kalee McCollaum, with Silver going to Game Changer by Aviv Mano (Ringling) and Bronze to Due by Emre Okten (USC); the international gold medal was awarded to the Oscar nominee afterwards Daughter by the Czech animator Daria Kascheeva (FAMU).
The Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition, established in 1972. Past Student Academy Award winners have won 11 Oscars and received 63 Oscar nominations. Past SAA winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Cary Fukunaga, Patricia Cardoso, and Spike Lee.
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