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The Student Academy Awards is an international student film awards program. Each year, college and university film students from all over the world submit films for consideration in the following categories: Animation, Documentary, Live Action Narrative and Alternative/Experimental.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 70 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 2026 Student Academy Awards was held at the Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Lightbox on Monday, September 14. Watch the 2026 livestream here.
