Eight animated films are among the 31 finalists for the 2010 Student Academy Awards.
The winners will be determined by a vote of Academy members who view the films at special screenings. Gold, silver and bronze level awards will be presented in each of four categories, with winners receiving cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively.
Winners also will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related events that will culminate in an awards ceremony set for June 12 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The finalists are:
Animation
‘ Deadline, Bang Lao Yir, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
‘ Departure of Love, Jennifer Bors, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
‘ Down to the Bone, Peter Ahern, Pratt Institute, New York
‘ Dried Up, Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper, Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
‘ Lifeline, Andres Salaff, California Institute of the Arts
‘ Mashed, Adam Fisher, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
‘ Piece of Cake, Eliza Ivanova, California Institute of the Arts
‘ The Wonder Hospital, Beomsik Shimbe Shim, California Institute of the Arts
Alternative
‘ Balance, Debra Sea, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
‘ Multiply, Emily Henricks, University of Southern California
‘ My Mother’s Prelude, Imran Shafi, University of Southern California
‘ Surface: Film from Below, Varathit Uthaisri, Parsons The New School for Design, New York
‘ Water, Moon, Mirror, Flower, Tianran Duan, University of Southern California
Documentary
‘ A’Plas, Diego Colombi, Savannah College of Art and Design
‘ Arresting Ana, Lucie Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley
‘ Dreams Awake (Suea Despierto), Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith, Stanford University, California
‘ Ecoviews: Three Stories from Chesapeake Bay, Ted Roach and J.P. Eason, American University, Washington, D.C.
‘ My Name is Sydney, Melanie Vi Levy, Stanford University
‘ Prayers for Peace, Dustin Grella, School of Visual Arts, New York
‘ Rediscovering Pape, Maria Royo, City College of New York
‘ When I’m 64, Caitlin Brown, New York University
‘ ‘Yizkor’ Remembrance, Ruth Fertig, University of Texas at Austin
Narrative
‘ The Cemetery Club, Yitz Brilliant and Geoffrey Booth, Columbia University, New York
‘ Day Labor, Lowell Frank, San Diego State University, California
‘ Down in Number 5, Kim Spurlock, New York University
‘ Equestrian Sexual Response, Zeke Hawkins, American Film Institute, California
‘ God of Love, Luke Matheny, New York University
‘ Inspector 42, Nathan Lee and Lyvia Martinez, Brigham Young University
‘ The Last Bogatyr, Sarah R. Lotfi and Kevin Beechwood, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
‘ The Lunch Box, Lubomir Kocka, Savannah College of Art and Design
‘ Patrol, John Ford, American Film Institute
The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.
The 37th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on June 12 is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required. Tickets may be obtained online at www.oscars.org, in person at the academy box office or by mail. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.
