Jason Elliott from the UK’s National Film and Television School is among 16 winners of the 53rd Student Academy Awards who will be honoured for the first time at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 14.
Elliott’s I Want To Live is one of the winners in the documentary section. The Student Academy Awards competition received 2,972 entries from 894 colleges and universities worldwide.
Winners will collect the awards at TIFF Lightbox in Downtown Toronto and will received gold, silver and bronze placements in each of the four categories, announced at the ceremony. Winners will go through a weekend of education programming, networking opportunities and access to Academy members to support their career advancement.
All Student Academy Award-winning films will be eligible to compete for the 99th Oscars in the animated short film, live action short film or dDocumentary short film category. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 70 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 15 awards.
Winners are listed alphabetically by film title below:
Alternative/Experimental
Lei He, “Drifting,” Duke University, USA
Viktorie Štěpánová, “Volklore,” Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění v Praze (FAMU), Czech Republic
Nina Broers, “Where Is My Sex Drive?” St. Joost School of Art & Design, Netherlands
Animation
Jonathan Lally, Elio Molinaro & Nicolás Acevedo Ferraté, “COWS,” École Supérieure de Métiers Artistiques (ESMA), France
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Xinyue Ma & Yulin Yue, “Gauze,” Gobelins, France
Matthias Strasser, “The Panic Inside,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Documentary
Arjun Fischer, “Artificial Love,” University of Southern California, United States
Jason Elliott, “I Want to Live,” National Film and Television School, UK
Lara Dihmis, “The Last People of Petra,” New York University, United States
Narrative
Stanzin Jigmet, “The Dragon Letter,” Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC), Spain
Leon Korzyński, “Kamathipura Express,” Warsaw Film School, Poland
Antoine Boulanger, “The Pichenotte,” Concordia University, Canada.
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