Two Trojans Bring Home Student Oscar Noms

 

The USC School of Cinematic Arts has a long history of success at the Student Academy Awards and 2016 is no exception with two nominations. Halima Lucas from the Production Division was nominated for, “Amelia’s Closet,” and Alicja Jasina from the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts was nominated for, “Once Upon a Line.”

 

“I was stunned and humbled. I couldn't wait to tell the team what we had accomplished,” said Lucas. “We made the film on God's grace and gaff tape. Truly it came together with a team of people who were passionate about the story and deeply committed to the project no matter what we were facing or resources we had.”

 

For more information, please visit: https://www.oscars.org/news/2016-student-academy-awards-finalists-announced

 

 

Pengpeng Du, “Cage,” Pratt Institute

Aemilia Widodo, “Last Shot,”  Ringling College of Art and Design

Alicja Jasina, “Once Upon a Line,”  USC

Bob Yong and Kang Yung Ho, “The Controller,”  Ringling College of Art and Design

Carter Boyce, “Die Flucht ("The Escape"), DePaul University

Hannah Roman, “The Moon is Essentially Gray,”  School of Visual Arts

Echo Wu, “The Wishgranter,” Ringling College of Art and Design

 

 

David Henry Gerson, “All These Voices,” AFI 

Yvonne Ng, “Cloud Kumo,”  City College of New York

Kevin Rios, “Made of Sugar,”  NYU

Scott Thompson, “Nova Initia,” Art Institute of Colorado

Johnny Coffeen, “The Swan Girl,”  Maharishi University of Management

 

 

Daphne Matziaraki, “4.1 Miles,” UC Berkeley

Rongfei Guo, “Fairy Tales,” NYU

Elise Conklin, “FROM FLINT: Voices from a Poisoned City,”  Michigan State University

Ceylan Carhoglu and Nicole Jordan-Webber, “Gardeners of the Forest,”  Chapman University

Caroline Cuny and Bryan Campbell, “Looking for Trouble,”  Wake Forest University

Max Good, “The Assassin and Mrs. Paine,” Stanford University

Melina Tupa, “The Search,”  UC Berkeley

 

 

Shahnawaz Zali, “100 Steps,”  Northwestern University

Halima Lucas, “Amelia’s Closet,” USC

Williams Naranjo, “A New Civilization,” NYU

Brian Robau, “It's Just a Gun,” Chapman University

Chloe Aktas, “Mutt,” NYU

Jimmy Keyrouz, “Nocturne in Black,”  Columbia University

Brenna Malloy, “Rocket,”  Chapman University