NYU, USC Lead Student Academy Award Winners

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New York University scored four winning films in the 2017 Student Academy Awards, the Academy announced on Wednesday. The University of Southern California had two winners and was the only other school with more than one winning film.

Other U.S. schools that won Student Oscars are the School of Visual Arts, the Ringing College of Art and Design, the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University.

Foreign films from schools in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and China won in the Student Oscars’ foreign categories.

All the winning films are now eligible in the short-film categories for the 2017 Oscars.

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The films were chosen from among 1,587 submissions by 356 film schools around the world.

Past Student Academy Award winners include Spike Lee, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker, Pete Docter and Cary Fukunaga.

While the Academy announcement names the winning films, it does not reveal the level of prize each wins. The gold, silver and bronze level winners will be announced on Thursday, October 12 at the Student Academy Awards ceremony at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The ceremony will cap a week-long series of events for the student filmmakers.

The winners:

Alternative (Domestic Film Schools)
“Opera of Cruelty,” Max R. A. Fedore, New York University

Animation (Domestic Film Schools)
“Cradle,” Devon Manney, University of Southern California
“E-delivery,” Young Gul Cho, School of Visual Arts
“In a Heartbeat,” Beth David and Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design

Documentary (Domestic Film Schools)
“Hale,” Brad Bailey, University of California, Berkeley
“On Pointe,” Priscilla Thompson and Joy Jihyun Jeong, Columbia University
“One Way Home,” Qingzi Fan, New York University

Narrative (Domestic Film Schools)
“Mammoth,” Ariel Heller, University of Southern California
“My Newphew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr., New York University
“Who’s Who in Mycology,” Marie Dvorakova, New York University

Narrative (International Film Schools)
“Facing Mecca,” Jan-Eric Mack, Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Hamburg Media School (Germany)
“When Grey is a Colour,” Marit Weerheijm, Netherlands Film Academy (Netherlands)

Animation (International Film Schools)
“Life Smartphone,” Chenglin Xie, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (China)

Documentary (International Film Schools)
“Galamsey,” Johannes Preuss, Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)

The Scene at ShortList 2017: TheWrap's 6th Annual Short Film Festival (Photos)

Pictured here are the 10 of the finalists in TheWrap's sixth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival, including "American Paradise" director, Joe Talbot
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Jurors at the sixth annual ShortList Film Festival
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Audience at TheWrap's sixth annual ShortList Film Festival ceremony
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Founder and CEO of TheWrap, Sharon Waxman, welcomes the crowd and introduces the ShortList juror panel.

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Waxman hosts a panel with jury members Stephen Ujlaki, Lesley Chilcott, Alec Shankman, Lisa Bunnell, Misha Green, Matt Ross and Ryan Heller.
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Juror Misha Green speaks on what makes a good short film.
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Jury members Stephen Ujlaki, Lesley Chilcott and Alec Shankman discuss monetizing short films at the ShortList Film Festival ceremony.

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Juror Stephen Ujlaki, dean of the film school at Loyola Marymount
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and ShortList finalists Ceylon Carhoglu, Daniel LaFrentz, Benoit Martin and Joe Talbot discuss budgeting short films.
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Tim Mason, director of "No Other Way to Say It"
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Ceylan Carhoglu, co-director of "Gardeners of the Forest"
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Filmmaker Garrett Bradley ("Alone") speaking.
Student finalists Ceylan Carhoglu ("Gardeners of the Forest") and Daniel LaFrentz ("Noble Creatures")
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the sixth annual ShortList Film Festival
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"The Silence" wins the 2017 ShortList Industry Prize. Co-director of the film, Ali Asgari, accepts the award from abroad
"GLOW" actresses Rebecca Johnson and Kimmy Gatewood announce winners of the ShortList Audience Prizes.
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Rebecca Johnson and Kimmy Gatewood stand with student Audience Prize winner, Uttera Singh ("Fanny Pack").
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"Fanny Pack" director Uttera Singh accepts the student Audience Prize.
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Rebecca Johnson and Kimmy Gatewood stand with Audience Prize winner, Joe Talbot ("American Paradise").
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"American Paradise" director Joe Talbot accepts the Audience Prize.
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Audience Prize winner Joe Talbot ("American Paradise") and Student Category winner Uttera Singh ("Fanny Pack") pose with TheWrap's Steve Pond.
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The crowd at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival
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The crowd at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival reception
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"The Geneva Convention" director Benoit Martin at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival reception
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2017 ShortList Film Festival reception
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Ceylan Carhoglu and Alberto De Coste Calla, co-directors of "Gardeners of the Forest"
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DJ Alex D at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival reception
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The crowd at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival
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"American Paradise" director Joe Talbot and juror Stephen Ujlaki, Dean of Loyola Marymount University's film school
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2017 ShortList Film Festival reception
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Imax CEO Greg Foster greets Stephen Ujlaki at the reception at Imax headquarters
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Juror Ryan Heller, VP of acquisitions at First Look Media
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"Curiosities of the Quiet Boy" director Quran Squire at the sixth annual ShortList Film Festival reception
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ShortList Juror Lesley Chilcott, a producer and director
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Juror Alec Shankman, SVP at Abrams Artist Agency
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Juror Lisa Bunnell, president of distribution at Focus Features
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Juror Matt Ross (also an actor-writer-director)
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The scene at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the 2017 ShortList Film Festival
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman snaps a selfie with student finalist, Quran Squire (“Curiosities of the Quiet Boy”).
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TheWrap's Steve Pond and juror Matt Ross.
TheWrap's Matt Turner snaps a photo of "GLOW" actresses Rebecca Johnson and Kimmy Gatewood.
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TheWrap's Steve Pond and student finalist, Uttera Singh ("Fanny Pack")
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Student finalist Bethany Spreadborough, director of "This Year's Angel"
Finalist Tian Xie, director of "Promise"
Lisa Bunnell and Matt Ross present an award.
Joe Talbot accepting the award for his film.
Audience at TheWrap's sixth annual ShortList Film Festival ceremony
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Student finalist Quran Squire ("Curiosities of the Quiet Boy"), and the lead actor in Joe Talbot's "American Paradise"
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