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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced their winners of the 49th Student Academy Awards competition!
A total of 1,796 entries from 614 colleges and universities around the world were submitted.
Congratulations to the student winners below! 

Students Winners For Animation

Laika & Nemo

Names: Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow
School: Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
Location: Germany
About:
Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut.

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,

Name: Lachlan Pendragon 
School: Griffith Film School
Location: Australia
About:
A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.

The Seine’s Tears

Names:Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard and Nicolas Mayeur
School: Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School
Location: France
About:
Algerian workers take to the streets in October of 1961 to protest the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture.

For the better part of a century, Superman has been one of the most recognizable fictional characters in any form of media. After Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster brought the Man of Steel to life in the pages of Action Comics#1, it wasn't long before his popularity skyrocketed. Within a decade, the character had been adapted to live action, headlined a popular radio program, and could be found in not just the pages of comic books, but newspaper strips as well. With all that being said, arguably the best take on DC Comics' famed "Champion of the Oppressed" came in the form of an Academy Award-nominated short film that first brought Superman to the big screen.