Oct 25, 2021

Winners of the 2021 Student Academy Awards have been announced

The Academy has unveiled the 17 winners of this year's Student Academy Awards, four of which are animated shorts.

Of the four winning schools, one, Cleveland Institute of Art, is a first-time honoree. The other three - Calarts, Ringling College of Art & Design, and France's MoPA - are regular winners. This is the sixth year running in which a Ringling student takes home an award in an animation category.

The four films are hereby able to qualify for the Oscars. For a student film, winning one of these statuettes is the only way to qualify without winning a designated festival award.

There were 1,404 submissions to this year's awards. The winners are judged by Academy members who opt in to vote.

Here's the list of animation winners, plus official synopses and trailers/complete films:

Gold: Unforgotten - Sujin Kim, California Institute of the Arts

Silver: Barking Orders - Alexander Tullo, Ringling College of Art & Design

Bronze: Slumber with Snakes - Teagan Barrone, Cleveland Institute of Art

Gold: Les Chaussures de Louis - Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe, MoPA (France)