Anthony Weeks (left) and Theo Rigby prior to the 38th Annual Student Academy Awards® ceremony. Photo: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
For the second year in a row, films made by students in Stanford’s master’s program in documentary film production have won awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Academy Awards.
ANTHONY WEEKS’ documentary Imaginary Circumstances, about Hollywood’s treatment of actors with disabilities, took away the silver in the documentary category.
THEO RIGBY’s Sin País (Without Country), another documentary, told the story of a California family torn apart by the threat of deportation. It won the bronze.
Video clips of their films as well as their acceptance speeches are available on the Academy’s website.
The awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 11.
Tags: Anthony Weeks, Imaginary Circumstances, M.F.A. Documentary Film, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Academy Awards, Sin Pais, Stanford University, Student Academy Awards, Theo Rigby, Without Country