Academy President Sid Ganis (left) with fellow presenters Zooey Deschanel (center) and John Landis.

Beverly Hills, CA – Eleven students from six colleges and universities were honored June 9, 2007, as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 34th Annual Student Academy Awards® competition.  For several days, they participated in a slate of industry-related activities and social events culminating in the awards ceremony, which featured actress Zooey Deschanel, director John Landis, and Academy President Sid Ganis as presenters, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.  A student from Germany received this year’s Honorary Foreign Film Award.

The winners are:

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Gold Medal: Fission, Kun-I Chang, School of Visual Arts, New York
* Only the gold medal was awarded in the Alternative category.
 

Gold Medal (tie):  Art’s Desire, Sarah Wickliffe, New York University and Mirage, Youngwoong Jang, School of Visual Arts, New York
Bronze Medal: A Leg Up, Bevin Carnes, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
 

Gold Medal: Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide, Ben Wu, Stanford University
Silver Medal:  Ladies of the Land, Megan Thompson, New York University
Bronze Medal:  Lumo, Bent-Jorgen S. Perlmutt and Nelson Walker III, Columbia University
 

Gold Medal:  Rundown, Patrick Alexander, Florida State University
Silver Medal:  High Maintenance, Phillip Van, New York University
Bronze Medal:  Screening, Anthony Green, New York University
 

Nevermore, Toke Constantin Hebbeln, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Front row (left to right): Sarah Wickliffe, Bevin Carnes, Megan Thompson, Bent-Jorgan S. Perlmutt. Back row (left to right): Phillip Van, Youngwoon Jang, Ben Wu, Kun-I Chang, Patrick Alexander, Nelson Walker III, Toke Constantin Hebbeln and Anthony Green.