The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 11 students from 9 colleges and universities around the country in the 30th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The winning students, chosen from three regional competitions will be flown to Los Angeles to participate in a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate June 8, 2003 with the awards presentation ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Animation CategoryA WORK IN PROGRESS, Wes Ball, Florida State University, TallahasseeBERT, Moonsung Lee, Academy of Art College, San FranciscoPERPETUAL MOTION, Kimberly Miner, Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), Rochester, New York
Alternative CategoryTHE PROJECTS LUMIERE, Waleed Moursi, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
Gold Medal winners in each category receive $5,000; Silver Medal winners take home $3,000 and Bronze Medal recipients are awarded $2,000. The Student Academy Awards were established by the Academy in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. To see all the finalists and find out more about the competition go to www.oscars.org.
