Director Jens Kevin Georg, a graduate of the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University in Potsdam, is among this year’s winners of the Student Oscars. Georg will receive the award from the Academy of Film Arts in Los Angeles for his short film “Kruste”, the institution announced on Tuesday.
A total of twelve films by young directors won the 51st student competition. This year, 2,683 entries were received from more than 700 educational institutions from all over the world.
The trophies for the winning short films in a total of four categories will be awarded on October 14 in London.
“Kruste” made it among seven finalists in the short film category “Narrative” in mid-August. Now, in addition to the German winner, there are two other winning films in this category: “The Compatriot” by two directors from the Czech Republic
and “Neither Donkey nor Horse” by a film graduate from the US University of Southern California.
It remains exciting for the three winning films in each of the categories “Narrative”, “Animation”, “Documentary” and “Alternative/Experimental”, because the order of the awards – gold, silver or bronze – will only be announced at the awards ceremony in October. In addition to the awards now announced at the Student Oscar, all winners can also enter their films in the short film categories at the 2025 Oscar competition.
Since 1972, the Academy has been honoring foreign directors and young talents from film schools in the USA with these trophies.
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