36th Student Academy Award Winners for 2009

We’re a few weeks late with this but thought it was important to mention.

The 36th Annual Student Academy Awards Ceremony was held on June 13, with Gary Oldman, John Landis, Andreas Deja, and Robert Rehme presenting the awards. Since 1972, the Academy has honored students’ achievements in filmmaking, with past notable award recipients including Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Bob Saget, and Oscar winners John Lasseter and Robert Zemeckis.

From the Web site:

“The Student Academy Awards is a national competition conducted by the Academy and the Academy Foundation. Each year over 500 college and university film students from all over the United States compete for awards and cash grants, with films being judged in four categories: Animation, Documentary, Narrative and Alternative. An outstanding student filmmaker from outside the U.S. is honored each year as well. The presentation ceremony is a popular event that is annually attended by a capacity audience in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.”

This year, out of the thirteen total awards given, five of the winners were women.

Alternative Film

Robyn Yannoukos, University of California, Los Angeles
Gold Medal Winner: “Alice’s Attic”

Documentary Film

Liz Chae, Columbia University
Gold Medal Winner: “The Last Mermaids”

Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia University
Silver Medal Winners: “The Wait”

Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.
Bronze Medal Winner: “A Place to Land”

Congratulations, ladies!

You can watch their acceptance speeches and clips from their films here.