October 25, 2023
AFI Conservatory Film SKIN Wins Gold Medal at Student Academy Awards
Congratulations to SKIN director, writer and cinematographer AFI Conservatory Alum Leo Behrens (AFI Class of 2023) for his Gold Medal win in the Alternative/Experimental category at the Student Academy Awards. SKIN is a visually poetic and symbolic portrayal of a transformation. Aided by her inner manifestation, the main character sheds her old skin and embraces...
October 21, 2022
AFI Thesis Film Wins Bronze at 2022 Student Academy Awards
At the Student Academy Awards® ceremony Thursday night in Los Angeles, the AFI Conservatory thesis film SHEDDING ANGELS was awarded the Bronze medal in the Narrative category. The creative team behind SHEDDING ANGELS features the following AFI Class of 2021 filmmakers: director/co-writer Freddy Macdonald, co-writer Rafael Diez, cinematographer Rui Arichika, producer Alexandre Oger and editor...
June 10, 2020
AFI Conservatory Films to be Featured on ShortsTV
AFI films will join the world’s largest catalog of short form video entertainment and soon be available in over 100 million households across all ShortsTV channels, including ShortsTV India and TVCortos in Latin America. The newly signed deal grants ShortsTV the rights to 100 short films from the AFI Conservatory, including the Academy Award®-winning MY…
October 18, 2019
Congratulations to AFI’s Student Academy Award Winners
Last night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored 16 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 46th Student Academy Awards® ceremony. “You are the future of film: a future that is diverse, international and very bright,” said David Rubin, the…
September 12, 2019
AFI Sweeps the Student Academy Awards Narrative Category
Today the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 46th Student Academy Awards with AFI filmmakers from the Class of 2018, including Asher Jelinsky for MILLER & SON, Hao Zheng for THE CHEF and Omer Ben-Shachar for TREE #3, sweeping the Narrative category for second time in history. Also this…
August 25, 2015
AFI Conservatory Sweeps The 2015 Student Academy Awards Narrative Category
AFI Conservatory alumni won all three spots in the Narrative category of the 42nd Student Academy Awards competition with thesis films created during their time at AFI.The sweep is unprecedented. AFI has the most wins of any film school this year. The winning films by graduates of the Class of 2014 are: DAY ONE, STEALTH…
July 31, 2015
AFI Conservatory Films Nominated For 2015 Student Academy Awards
The AFI Conservatory swept the 2015 Student Academy Awards with the most nominations of any film school in all of this year’s categories, dominating the Narrative category with the four of the seven nominees: DAY ONE directed by Henry Hughes (AFI Class of 2014) The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Henry…
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