Američka akademija filmskih umetnosti i nauka odabrala je četdeset jednog studenta iz dvadeset tri američka koledža i univerziteta, kao i deset studenata iz inostranstva, koji su ušli u uži izbor za Oskara za najbolji studentski film. Među nominovanima je i film "Way in Rye" Gorana Stankovića, mladog reditelja iz Srbije, studenta Američkog filmskog instituta iz Kalifornije.
Posetioci festivala Cinema City bili su u prilici
da se upoznaju
sa delom mladog reditelja u okviru selekcije Up to 10 000 bucks 2011.
godine,
kada je prikazan njegov kratkometražni film "
Polazak" (Old Mountain).
Izbor za Oskara za najbolji studentski film ustanovljen je 1972. godine sa ciljem na podrži filmsko stvaralaštvo na fakultetskomnivou. Nekadašnji pobednici na ovom filmskom takmičenju danas su među najznačajnijim savremenim filmskim
autorima poput Roberta Zemekisa, Spajka Lija i mnogih drugih.
U nastavku pogledajte listu finalista prema sledećim kategorijama:
Alternative“Dreamers,” Joseph Dwyer, Boston University
“
Entropic Apogee,” Bill Manolios, Art Institute of California – San Francisco
“
Jaspa’ Jenkins,” Robert Carnilius, Columbia College Chicago
“Oscillate,” Daniel Sierra, School of Visual Arts, New York
“Passer Passer,” Louis Morton, University of Southern California
“Person,” Drew Brown and Ramona Ramdeen, The Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida
“The Private Life of Fenfen,” Leslie Tai, Stanford University
“Staircases,” Steinar Bergoy Nedrebo, School of Visual Arts, New York
Animation“Baxter,” Ty Coyle, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
“
Goodnight Boon,” Jeremy Jensen, New York University
“Higher Sky,” Teng Cheng, University of Southern California
“Marcel,” Eric Cunha and Seung Sung, School of Visual Arts, New York
“Owned,” Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, Brigham Young University, Utah
“Roadkill Redemption,” Karl Hadrika, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
“Two Ghosts,” Amy Lee Ketchum, University of Southern California
“Umbra,” Pedro Jesus Atienzar Godoy, Pratt Institute, New York
“Yamashita,” Hayley Foster, Loyola Marymount University, California
Documentary“The Apothecary,” Helen Hood Scheer, Stanford University
“
Eth“no”representation,” Ryan Metzler and Scott Kulicke, Occidental College, California
“Heel’d,” Thomas Smith and McKenna Hinkle, Villanova University, Pennsylvania
“Light Mind,” Jie Yi, School of Visual Arts, New York
“My Sister Sarah,” Elizabeth Chatelain, University of Texas at Austin
“One Child,” Zijian Mu, New York University
“Punches & Pedicures,” Ashley Brandon and Dennis Höhne, Wright State University, Ohio
“Scattered,” Lindsay Lindenbaum, School of Visual Arts, New York
“White Earth,” J. Christian Jensen, Stanford University
Narrative“AM800,” James Roe, University of New Orleans
“Above the Sea,” Keola Racela, Columbia University, New York
“
Door God,” Yulin Liu, New York University
"Interstate,” Camille Stochitch, American Film Institute, California
“
Istifa (Resignation),” Rahat Mahajan, Art Center College of Design, California
“So You’ve Grown Attached,” Kate Tsang, New York University
“Sweepstakes,” Mark
Tumas, Temple University, Pennsylvania
“Way in
Rye,” Goran Stankovic, American Film Institute, California
“What Remains,” Julie Koegl, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Foreign Film“Border Patrol,” Peter Baumann, The Northern Film School, United Kingdom
“Intruder,” Geun
Buem Park, Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea
“
Kam,” Katarina Morano, University of Ljubljana – Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Slovenia
“
Nocebo,” Lennart Ruff, University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
“North,” Philip Sheerin, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
“Paris on the Water,” Hadas Ayalon, Tel Aviv University, Israel
“Sacred Defense,” Nima Mohaghegh, Netherlands Film Academy
“Souffle Court,” Johann Dulat, ENS Louis-Lumière – The National Film, Photography & Sound Engineering School, France
“The Oasis,” Carl Marott, The National Film School of Denmark
“Wo Wir Sind,” Ilker Çatak, Hamburg Media School, Germany
