The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 52nd Student Academy Awards competition. The presentation ceremony for the annual international student film awards will be held on Monday, October 6, at 6:00 pm ET. 

For most filmmakers and actors, the pinnacle of their career is in receiving an Oscar. For students, winning a Student Academy Award—at the start of their career, nevertheless—is an amazing thing.

This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 52nd Student Academy Awards competition.  Theirs were selected from among 3,127 entries coming in from 988 colleges and universities worldwide.

The winners will be celebrated during a presentation ceremony on October 6, during the New York Film Festival in New York City. Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in each category will be announced at the ceremony.

The 2025 winners are:

Alternative/Experimental
• Mati Granica, “flower_gan,” London College of Communication, United Kingdom
• Xindi Zhang, “The Song of Drifters,” University of Southern California
• Vega Moltke-Leth, “Without Perfection,” University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Animation
• Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis D’Argentré & Maud Le Bras, “The Shyness of Trees,” Gobelins, France
• Tobias Eckerlin, “A Sparrow’s Song,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Lucas Ansel, “The 12 Inch Pianist,” Rhode Island School of Design 

Documentary
• Rebeka Bizubová, “Confession,” Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Jane Deng, “I Remember,” New York University 
• Tatiana McCabe, “Tides of Life,” University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom

Narrative
• Meyer Levinson-Blount, “Butcher’s Stain,” Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Jan Saczek, “Dad’s Not Home,” Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Poland
• Zefan Wang, “Kubrick, Like I Love You,” Columbia University 

This year marks the first time that students from the University of Copenhagen, Gobelins, Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, London College of Communication, and University of the West of England Bristol are receiving this honor.

All Student Academy Award-winning films will be eligible to compete for the 98th Oscars in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, or Documentary Short Film category. Past winners have gone on to receive 69 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 15 awards. 

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work. In addition to the ceremony, winners will have a weekend of education programming, networking opportunities, and exclusive access to Academy members to support their career advancement.

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