Annie Award for Best Student Film

{{Infobox award

| name = Annie Award for Best Student Film

| awarded_for = Excellence in animated films by students

| presenter = ASIFA-Hollywood

| country = United States

| year = 2012

| year2 =

| holder = Adiós (2024)

| website = {{URL|http://annieawards.org}}

}}

The Annie Award for Best Student Film is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated films by students, the category was first presented at the 40th Annie Awards.

According to ASIFA-Hollywood, in order to be eligible for this award, "the submitted production must be entirely the work of an individual student or team of students from an accredited post-secondary, degree granting program anywhere in the world".{{cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/rules-and-categories/production-categories/best-student-film|title=Best Student Film|website=Annie Awards.org|access-date=September 13, 2021}}

Winners and nominees

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rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| 2012
(40th)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/annie-awards-2013-winners-list-animated-movies-416950/|title=Annie Awards: 'Wreck-It-Ralph' Wins 5 Including Feature, Robot Chicken 'DC Comics Special' TV, 'Paperman' Best Short|website=Deadline|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=February 2, 2013|access-date=September 11, 2021}}
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| Head Over Heels

| colspan="2"|Timothy Reckart

Can We Be Happy Now

| colspan="2"|Tahnee Gehm

Defective Detective

| colspan="2"|Avner Geller & Stevie Lewis

I Am Tom Moody

| colspan="2"|Ainslie Henderson

Ladies Knight

| colspan="2"|Joseph Rothenberg

Origin

| colspan="2"|Jessica Poon

The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete

| colspan="2"|Adam Campbell, Elizabeth McMahill, Uri Lotan

Tule Lake

| colspan="2"|Michelle Ikemoto

rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| 2013
(41st)
{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/awards/frozen-takes-top-prize-at-annie-awards-1201081607/|title='Frozen' Takes Top Prize at Annie Awards|website=Variety|first=Terry|last=Flores|date=February 1, 2014|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| Wedding Cake

| Viola Baier (Director), Iris Frisch (Producer)

| Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Chicken or the Egg

| Christine Kim, Elaine Wu

| rowspan="2"|Ringling College of Art and Design

The Final Straw

| Ricky Renna

Kellerkind

| Julia Ocker (Director), Anna Matacz (Producer)

| Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Miss Todd

| Kristina Yee

| National Film and Television School

Move Mountain

| Kirsten Lepore

| rowspan="2"|California Institute of the Arts

Trusts & Estates

| Jeanette Bonds

Semáforo

| Simón Wilches-Castro

| University of Southern California

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2014
(42nd)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-annie-awards-winner-best-animated-feature-1201363894/|title='How To Train Your Dragon 2′ Wins Annie Awards' Top Honor|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=January 31, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2021}}
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| My Big Brother

| Jason Rayner

| Savannah College of Art and Design

After School

| Junyi Xiao

| Beihang University / University of Southern California

Dead Over Heels

| Jose Matheu

| rowspan="2"|Savannah College of Art and Design

Frog's Legs

| Katie Tamboer

El Coyote

| Javier Barboza

| University of Southern California

Tiny Nomad

| Toniko Pantoja

| California Institute of the Arts

rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2015
(43rd)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/annie-award-nominations-list-2015-1201647656/|title=Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature|website=Deadline|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=December 1, 2015|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/02/07/annie-awards-2016-winners-list/|title=Annie Awards 2016 winners list: Inside Out takes top prizes|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Devan|last=Coggan|date=February 7, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| Ed

| Taha Neyestani

| Sheridan College

Can I Stay?

| Katie Knudson, Onyee Lo, Paige Carter

| Ringling College of Art and Design

Dodoba

| Yon Hui Lee

| California Institute of the Arts

Life Smartphone

| Xie Chenglin

| China Central Academy of Fine Arts

Mother

| Joan Chung, Stephanie Chiew, Ana Gomez, Dadi Wang, David Du, Rui Hao, Matthew Fazari, Nicholas Nason, Jessica Jing, Seeyun Lee

| rowspan="2"|Sheridan College

The Casebook of Nips & Porkington

| Melody Wang

Nice to Meeteor You

| Yizhou Li

| University of Southern California

Shift

| Maria Cecilia Puglesi, Yijun Liu

| School of Visual Arts

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2016
(44th)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/annie-awards-2016-nominations-zootopia-kubo-and-the-two-strings-1201860477/|title='Zootopia' Leads Annie Awards Nominations|website=Deadline|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/annie-awards-2017-winners-list-livestream-zootopia-moana-kubo-1201897556/|title=Annie Awards: 'Zootopia' Takes Best Animated Feature & 5 Others: Complete Winners List|website=Deadline|first1=Dominic|last1=Patten|date=February 4, 2017|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| Citipati

| Andreas Feix (director), Francesco Faranna (producer), Petteri Sainio (music), Michael Boeger (Sounddesign), Natalia Alencar (Texturing)

| Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Fishwitch

| Adrienne Dowling

| rowspan="2"|National Film and Television School

The Wrong End of the Stick

| Terri Matthews

The Abyss

| Liying Huang, Wu Zheng

| Communication University of China

Twiddly Things

| Adara Todd

| Middlesex University

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2017
(45th)
{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/coco-annie-awards-nominations-1202629349/|title='Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13|website=Variety|first=Terry|last=Flores|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/coco-takes-annie-award-best-animated-feature/|title='Coco' Takes Annie Award for Best Animated Feature|website=TheWrap|first1=Matt|last1=Donnelly|first2=Steve|last2=Pond|date=February 3, 2018|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| Poles Apart

| Paloma Baeza (director), Ser En Low (producer), All Student Crew

| National Film and Television School

Cradle

| Devon Manney

| rowspan="2"|University of Southern California

Elsewhere

| Junyi Xiao

Godd Night, Everybuds!

| Benedikt Hummel (director), Lena Beck (sound design & mix), Andreas Pfeiffer (music), Stefan Michel (producer)

| Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Once a Hero

| Xia Li

| USC School of Cinematic Arts

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2018
(46th)
{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-annie-award-nominations-complete-list-1165091/|title=Annie Awards: 'Incredibles 2,' 'Ralph' Lead Feature Nominees; 'Mary Poppins Returns' Also Nominated|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/spider-verse-annie-awards/|title='Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Sweeps With Seven Wins at Annie Awards|website=TheWrap|first1=Steve|last1=Pond|first2=Jeremy|last2=Fuster|date=February 2, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| Best Friend

| Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen, Juliana de Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu

| Gobelins, l'École de l'image

A Blink of an Eye

| Kiana Naghshineh

| Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Facing It

| Sam Gainsborough

| National Film and Television School

Hors Piste

| Oscar Malet, Léo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier

| École des Nouvelles Images

Sister

| Siqi Song

| California Institute of the Arts

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2019
(47th)
{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-annie-award-nominations-complete-list-1258296/|title=Annie Awards: 'Frozen 2,' 'Missing Link' Lead Year of Surprises and Snubs|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|date=December 2, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/klaus-netflix-dominate-annie-awards/|title='Klaus' and Netflix Dominate at the Annie Awards|website=TheWrap|first=Steve|last=Pond|date=January 25, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| The Fox & The Pigeon

| Michelle Chua, Aileen Dewhurst, Sharon Gabriella, Viktor Ivanovski, Sang Lee, Tyler Pacana, Sikyung Kevin Sung, Morgan Thompson, Matt Walton, Steven Wang, Chelsea van Tol

| Sheridan College

Con Fuerza

| Andrés Eduardo, Alejandro M. Siegert

| Savannah College of Art and Design

Gravedad

| Matisse Gonzalez, Toufik Abdedaim

| Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Un Diable Dans la Poche

| Antoine BONNET, Mathilde LOUBES

| Gobelins, l'École de l'image

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rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2020
(48th)
{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/soul-wolfwalkers-48th-annie-awards-nominations-1234620850/|title='Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Lead 48th Annie Awards with 10 Nominations|website=IndieWire|first=Bill|last=Desowitz|date=March 3, 2021|access-date=September 12, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/annie-awards-2021-winners-list-livestream-animation-1234734559/|title='Soul' Edges 'Wolfwalkers' For Most Trophies At Annie Awards; Three For TV's 'Hilda' Leads Field – Winners List|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=April 16, 2021|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
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| La Bestia

| Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt

| Gobelins, l'École de l'image

100,000 Acres of Pine

| Jennifer Alice Wright

| The Animation Workshop

Coffin

| Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc

| Gobelins, l'École de l'image

Latitude du Printemps

| Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny, Zijing Ye

| Rubika

O Black Hole!

| Renee Zhan, Jesse Romain

| National Film and Television School

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2021
(49th)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/annie-awards-nominations-2022-raya-and-the-last-dragon-encanto-luca-flee-1234899864/|title=Annie Awards Nominations: 'Raya And The Last Dragon' & 'Encanto' Lead Field For Animation Prizes|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=December 21, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/2022-annie-awards-winners-list-movies-tv-video-games-1234974570/|title=Annie Awards: 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines', 'Arcane' Dominate; 'Flee' Takes Best Indie Film – Full Winners List|website=Deadline|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=March 12, 2022|access-date=March 12, 2022}}
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| Night of the Living Dread

| Ida Melum, director; Danielle Goff, producer

| National Film and Television School

A Film About a Pudding

| Roel Van Beek, director; Jack Pollington, producer

| National Film and Television School

HOPE

| Ryoma Leneuf & Gabriel Martinez, directors; Nicolas Daguin, Guillaume Uchoa, Arthur Bollia, Benjamin Autour; producers

| New3dge

I Am a Pebble

| Yasmine Bresson and Maxime Le Chapelain, directors; Coline Moire, producer

| ESMA

Slouch

| Michael Bohnenstingl, director and producer

| Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2022
(50th)
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/annie-awards-nominations-2023-list-1235224045/|title=Annie Awards Nominations: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' & 'Marcel The Shell' Lead Field|website=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 17, 2023}}
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| The Soloists

| Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck, Yi Liu, directors

| Gobelins, l'école de l'image

Au revoir Jérôme !

| Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr, directors

| Gobelins, l'école de l'image

Birdsong

| Michelle Cheng, director and producer

| California Institute of the Arts

Synchronie Passagère

| Julia Le Bras-Juarez, director

| Supinfocom Rubika

The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World

| Damaris Zielke, director; Jiayan Chen, producer

| Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2023
(51st)
{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 11, 2024 |title=‘Nimona’ Leads Annie Awards Animated Feature Competition With Nine Noms; Snubs Include ‘Wish,’ Which Was Shut Out |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nimona-2024-annie-awards-animated-feature-nominations-1235785110/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112100952/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nimona-2024-annie-awards-animated-feature-nominations-1235785110/ |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-annie-awards-winners-list-1235828921/|title=Annie Awards: 'Spider-Man: Across the ‘Spider Verse' Leads With 7 Wins, Including Best Feature|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Hilary|last=Lewis|date=February 17, 2024|access-date=February 18, 2024}}
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| The Little Poet

| Justine King, director and producer

| California Institute of the Arts

From The Top

| Rich Farris, director; Martina Buendia Silva, producer

| National Film and Television School

Kolaj

| Besen Dilek, director and producer

| Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

La quête de l'humain

| Mélina Ienco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, and Claire Pellet, student team

| Gobelins, l'école de l'image

Quem Salva

| Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, and Titouan Jaouen, student team

| Supinfocom Rubika

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2024
(52nd)
{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/awards/annie-awards-2025-nominations-wild-robot-1236255475/|title='The Wild Robot' Leads 2025 Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods|website=Variety|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|date=December 20, 2024|accessdate=February 14, 2025}}{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |title=Annie Awards: 'The Wild Robot' Sweeps Its Categories With Nine Wins, Including Best Feature |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-annie-awards-winners-list-1236131218/ |date=February 8, 2025 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
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| Adiós

| José Prats, director; Bernardo Angeletti, producer

| National Film and Television School

El Ombligo de la Luna

| Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay, directors

| Gobelins

Pear Garden

| Shadab Shayegan, director and producer

| rowspan="3"| Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut

Polliwog

| Julia Skala, director; Max Pollmann, producer

Turmspringer

| Oscar Bittner, director; Andra Berila, producer

References

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