Student Academy Award winners honored in LA

Jun 13, 2009 by Ian Evans

The winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 36th Annual Student Academy Awards® competition learned which level medal thy won tonight in a ceremony that wrapped up a week of industry-related activities and social events. Presenters at the ceremony included actor Gary Oldman, director John Landis, animator Andreas Deja and Academy first vice president Robert Rehme.

The 2009 winners are:

Alternative

• Gold Medal: Alice’s Attic, Robyn Yannoukos, University of California, Los Angeles
• Silver Medal: Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed, Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts, New York

Animation

• Gold Medal: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University
• Silver Medal: Sebastian’s Voodoo, Joaquin Baldwin, University of California, Los Angeles
• Bronze Medal: Kites, Jed Henry, Brigham Young University

Documentary

• Gold Medal: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae, Columbia University
• Silver Medal: The Wait, Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia University
• Bronze Medal: A Place to Land, Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.

Narrative

• Gold Medal: Kavi, Gregg Helvey, University of Southern California
• Silver Medal: The Bronx Balletomane, Jeremy Joffee, The City College of New York
• Bronze Medal: Bohemibot, Brendan Bellomo, New York University

Honorary Foreign Film

• Elkland, Per Hanefjord, Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden