Congratulations to Ringling College of Art and Design’s Computer Animation department and to recent graduates, Anushka Nair ’22 and Lauryn Anthony ’22, for being selected as finalists for the 2022 Student Academy Awards.
This year, for the first time, international and domestic entries were combined making the selection pool even more competitive. Nair and Anthony’s animated short film, Period Drama, was the only entry from the United States to make the final cut.
Ringling College’s Computer Animation students have won 17 Student Academy Awards since 1998. Period Drama, if selected, will secure the College’s 18th award.
Watch their nominated animation, Period Drama. See all of the award finalists. The 2022 Student Academy Award ceremony will be held in October.
About the Student Academy Awards
The Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition, established in 1972. 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 win 11 Oscars, and receive 63 Oscar nominations. Past SAA winners include Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Patricia Riggen, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Patricia Cardoso and Spike Lee.
Watch the 48th Student Academy Awards Ceremony
About Ringling College of Art and Design
Since 1931, Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in students from around the globe. The private, not-for-profit, fully accredited college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in eleven disciplines and the Bachelor of Arts in two. The College’s rigorous curriculum employs the studio model of teaching and immediately engages students through a comprehensive program that is both specific to the major of study and focused on the liberal arts. The Ringling College teaching model ultimately shapes students into highly employable and globally aware artists and designers. For more information visit www.ringling.edu and follow the College on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
