Annie Award for Best Student Film

Annie Award for Best Student Film
Awarded forExcellence in animated films by students
CountryUnited States
Presented byASIFA-Hollywood
First awarded2012
Currently held byThe Little Poet (2023)
Websiteannieawards.org

The Annie Award for Best Student Film is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated films by students, the category was first presented at the 40th Annie Awards.

According to ASIFA-Hollywood, in order to be eligible for this award, "the submitted production must be entirely the work of an individual student or team of students from an accredited post-secondary, degree granting program anywhere in the world".[1]

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year Film Studient(s) Alma mater
2012
(40th)
[2]
Head Over Heels Timothy Reckart
Can We Be Happy Now Tahnee Gehm
Defective Detective Avner Geller & Stevie Lewis
I Am Tom Moody Ainslie Henderson
Ladies Knight Joseph Rothenberg
Origin Jessica Poon
The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete Adam Campbell, Elizabeth McMahill, Uri Lotan
Tule Lake Michelle Ikemoto
2013
(41st)
[3]
Wedding Cake Viola Baier (Director), Iris Frisch (Producer) Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Chicken or the Egg Christine Kim, Elaine Wu Ringling College of Art and Design
The Final Straw Ricky Renna
Kellerkind Julia Ocker (Director), Anna Matacz (Producer) Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Miss Todd Kristina Yee National Film and Television School
Move Mountain Kirsten Lepore California Institute of the Arts
Trusts & Estates Jeanette Bonds
Semáforo Simón Wilches-Castro University of Southern California
2014
(42nd)
[4]
My Big Brother Jason Rayner Savannah College of Art and Design
After School Junyi Xiao Beihang University / University of Southern California
Dead Over Heels Jose Matheu Savannah College of Art and Design
Frog's Legs Katie Tamboer
El Coyote Javier Barboza University of Southern California
Tiny Nomad Toniko Pantoja California Institute of the Arts
2015
(43rd)
[5][6]
Ed Taha Neyestani Sheridan College
Can I Stay? Katie Knudson, Onyee Lo, Paige Carter Ringling College of Art and Design
Dodoba Yon Hui Lee California Institute of the Arts
Life Smartphone Xie Chenglin China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Mother Joan Chung, Stephanie Chiew, Ana Gomez, Dadi Wang, David Du, Rui Hao, Matthew Fazari, Nicholas Nason, Jessica Jing, Seeyun Lee Sheridan College
The Casebook of Nips & Porkington Melody Wang
Nice to Meeteor You Yizhou Li University of Southern California
Shift Maria Cecilia Puglesi, Yijun Liu School of Visual Arts
2016
(44th)
[7][8]
Citipati Andreas Feix (director), Francesco Faranna (producer), Petteri Sainio (music), Michael Boeger (Sounddesign), Natalia Alencar (Texturing) Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Fishwitch Adrienne Dowling National Film and Television School
The Wrong End of the Stick Terri Matthews
The Abyss Liying Huang, Wu Zheng Communication University of China
Twiddly Things Adara Todd Middlesex University
2017
(45th)
[9][10]
Poles Apart Paloma Baeza (director), Ser En Low (producer), All Student Crew National Film and Television School
Cradle Devon Manney University of Southern California
Elsewhere Junyi Xiao
Godd Night, Everybuds! Benedikt Hummel (director), Lena Beck (sound design & mix), Andreas Pfeiffer (music), Stefan Michel (producer) Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Once a Hero Xia Li USC School of Cinematic Arts
2018
(46th)
[11][12]
Best Friend Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen, Juliana de Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu Gobelins, l'École de l'image
A Blink of an Eye Kiana Naghshineh Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Facing It Sam Gainsborough National Film and Television School
Hors Piste Oscar Malet, Léo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier École des Nouvelles Images
Sister Siqi Song California Institute of the Arts
2019
(47th)
[13][14]
The Fox & The Pigeon Michelle Chua, Aileen Dewhurst, Sharon Gabriella, Viktor Ivanovski, Sang Lee, Tyler Pacana, Sikyung Kevin Sung, Morgan Thompson, Matt Walton, Steven Wang, Chelsea van Tol Sheridan College
Con Fuerza Andrés Eduardo, Alejandro M. Siegert Savannah College of Art and Design
Gravedad Matisse Gonzalez, Toufik Abdedaim Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Un Diable Dans la Poche Antoine BONNET, Mathilde LOUBES Gobelins, l'École de l'image

2020s

Year Film Studient(s) Alma mater
2020
(48th)
[15][16]
La Bestia Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt Gobelins, l'École de l'image
100,000 Acres of Pine Jennifer Alice Wright The Animation Workshop
Coffin Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc Gobelins, l'École de l'image
Latitude du Printemps Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny, Zijing Ye Rubika
O Black Hole! Renee Zhan, Jesse Romain National Film and Television School
2021
(49th)
[17][18]
Night of the Living Dread Ida Melum, director; Danielle Goff, producer National Film and Television School
A Film About a Pudding Roel Van Beek, director; Jack Pollington, producer National Film and Television School
HOPE Ryoma Leneuf & Gabriel Martinez, directors; Nicolas Daguin, Guillaume Uchoa, Arthur Bollia, Benjamin Autour; producers New3dge
I Am a Pebble Yasmine Bresson and Maxime Le Chapelain, directors; Coline Moire, producer ESMA
Slouch Michael Bohnenstingl, director and producer Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
2022
(50th)
[19]
The Soloists Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck, Yi Liu, directors Gobelins, l'école de l'image
Au revoir Jérôme ! Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr, directors Gobelins, l'école de l'image
Birdsong Michelle Cheng, director and producer California Institute of the Arts
Synchronie Passagère Julia Le Bras-Juarez, director Supinfocom Rubika
The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World Damaris Zielke, director; Jiayan Chen, producer Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
2023
(51st)
[20][21]
The Little Poet Justine King, director and producer California Institute of the Arts
From The Top Rich Farris, director; Martina Buendia Silva, producer National Film and Television School
Kolaj Besen Dilek, director and producer Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
La quête de l'humain Mélina Ienco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, and Claire Pellet, student team Gobelins, l'école de l'image
Quem Salva Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, and Titouan Jaouen, student team Supinfocom Rubika

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