The Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition. Each year, college and university film students from all over the world compete for awards and cash grants, with films being judged in the following categories:
Animation, Documentary, Live Action Narrative and Alternative/Experimental.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 69 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 15 awards. Past SAA winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Patricia Cardoso and Spike Lee.
In partnership with Rolex, the 52nd annual Student Academy Awards will be held in New York during the New York Film Festival at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Monday, October 6, 2025. Last year's ceremony was held in London. Watch the livestream here.
