They may be the country's best-known film schools, but perennial champs NYU and USC were shut out of the 2011 Student Academy Awards, whose winners were announced by the Academy on Wednesday.
Stanford University in Northern California was the only school to have two winners, both in the documentary category.
Other winners came from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles; New School, Pratt Institute and Columbia University, in New York; Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida; the Academy of Art University in San Francisco; Columbia College in Chicago; and the University of Texas in Austin.
NYU had placed three films on the list of finalists, which the Academy announced on May 2. Other schools that were on that list but not represented among the winners were CalArts and UCLA.
Three foreign winners were announced, from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in Sweden, the Hamburg Media School in Germany and the Norwegian Film School.
Winners now know that they will receive a prize at the 38th annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on June 11, but they don't know which prize they'll take home.
Awards will be given at the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels, which carry cash grants of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively.
Gold winners also qualify for the next Academy Awards in the shorts category. Last year's Live-Action Short winner, Luke Matheny (above), qualified for the Oscars by winning the Student Academy Award last June for his film "God of Love."
Past Student Oscar winners, who include Pixar founder John Lasseter, a two-time winner, have gone on to receive 43 Oscar nominations, and have won or shared eight awards.
The Student Academy Awards ceremony will take place on June 11 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The event is open to the public, and free of charge. Information on obtaining tickets can be found at www.oscars.org or by calling (310) 247-3600.
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