::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Thirty-eight students from 17 U.S. colleges and universities as well as nine students from foreign universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition.  Winners will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title): Alternative “Beyond the Spheres,” Meghdad Asadi Lari, Rochester Institute of Technology “Bottled Up,” Rafael Cortina, Occidental College “Bye Hyungjik,” Hyungjik Lee, Florida State University “The Compositor,” John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts “File Not Found,” Maria Sequeira, University of Southern California “The Pirate of Love,” Sara Gunnarsdottir, California Institute of the Arts “Zug,” Perry Janes, University of Michigan Animation “...