First row (L to R) Jen Sachs, Pin Pin Tan, Grace Lee, Helen Haeyoung Lee, Kazuo Ohno. Second row (L to R) Soopum Sohn, Dan Blank, Jessica Sharzer, Eva Saks. Third row (L to R) Martin Strange-Hansen, Don Phillips, Jr., Thomas Burns.

Eleven film students from eight U.S. universities were honored on June 9, 2002 as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 29th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The winners participated in several days of industry-related activities and social events prior to the awards presentation ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. A film student from Denmark also was honored by the Academy, receiving this year's Honorary Foreign Film Award.

Gold Medal: "For Our Man," Kazuo Ohno, Columbia University, New York
Silver Medal: "Island to Island," Soopum Sohn, New York University

Gold Medal: "Passing Moments," Don Phillips Jr., Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
Silver Medal: "The Velvet Tigress," Jen Sachs, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
Bronze Medal: "Shadowplay," Dan Blank, New York University

Gold Medal: "Moving House," Pin Pin Tan, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Silver Medal: "Family Values," Eva Saks, New York University
Bronze Medal: "Revolutions Per Minute," Thomas Burns, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Gold Medal: "The Wormhole," Jessica Sharzer, New York University
Silver Medal: "Barrier Device," Grace Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Bronze Medal: "Sophie," Helen Haeyoung Lee, University of Texas at Austin

"Feeding Desire," Martin Strange-Hansen, National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen