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2025 Student Film Showcase

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Continuing the tradition from 2022, 2023 and 2024, here’s a roundup of student films shared on NG this year!


If you’ve shared an animated film made for school, tag your entry with “student-film” and the optional “thesis-film” tag if it’s your thesis film. Additional context in the author commentary is also helpful, including details like what art school you are attending and what year of school you were in when you made the piece. Information like this helps people who are curious about schools and is useful for historical documentation.


If your student film isn’t on this list, let us know in the replies or drop me a PM and I’ll add it! You can also upload your student film and give me the heads up to add it.


Honors go to the School of Visual Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design and the College for Creative Studies, having consistently had great showings year after year.


School of Visual Arts (SVA)



Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)



College for Creative Studies (CCS)



Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MASSART)



Cleveland Institute of Art



Cal State Lost Angeles



Pratt Institute



Rochester Institute of Technology



Pennsylvania College of Art and Design



California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)



LUCA School of Arts



Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)



University of the Arts



Woodbury University



Budapest Metropolitan University



Avans University of Applied Sciences at Den Bosch



School of Cinematic Arts – University of Hawai'i at Mānoa



Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem



St. Thomas Institute



Universidad de las Américas (UDLA)



Rutgers Camden Animation



Pennwest Edinboro University



Lipscomb University



Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)



École de Création Visuelle (ECV)



Escuela Da Vinci Primera Escuela de Arte Multimedial



Ateneo de Zamboanga University



University of Tomas Bata in Zlin



Ramapo College of New Jersey



Kansas City Art Institute



University of the Arts London



Pennwest: Edinboro University



USC School of Cinematic Arts



University of Portsmouth



Unknown


The following films come from unknown schools. Contact me if you’re down to provide more details!



Thank you everyone for sharing your student films on NG! We know there are hundreds, if not thousands more films out there and we’d love to see more of them.


We’ve had long-time plans for a way to browse schools based on student film output but seeing as how long that project has been on the backburner, I think I’m going to use the playlist system to take a rough stab at the general idea.



Do you like the general direction of that collection?


Other News


Our Annual Drawing Tablet Giveaway is in progress, if you’re in the US and in need of a tablet!


Tankmas ADVENTure is now live, be sure to check in daily to collect your gift art and other surprises!



Winners of our Halloween Spooktacular have been announced!


There are lots of events on the calendar, have a look.


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 15:24:09


Big shout out to @MrPurpleMrPurple you rock!


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 15:26:23


Didn't expected @MrPurpleMrPurple here. Great job dude!

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 15:46:35


Honestly, this is just amazing. Seeing all sorts of students of animation school get shouted here is genuinely incredible, phenomenal movement on Tom.


Good luck to everyone who has a movie here who's currently going through their degree.

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 15:55:27


Great animations everyone!! :⁠-⁠)


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 16:21:43


Wow, what an amazing collection right here :D Such incredible talent on display, everyone here should be super proud and feel heckin' accomplished. A lot of hard work and dedication goes into making projects like this!


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WOO! CCS! Thanks for this!!! Love seeing the other student films as well!!!

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 17:58:14


Student films are the best.


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 18:42:15


Student films are genuinely amazing!


It's inspiring to see so much creativity.


Don't underestimate Blender!


I wish, I wasn't so lazy and was willing to learn more. It can be a good idea to ask people questions about their work.

They don’t have to respond, but if you ask, you may get a response!


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 19:47:37


People really cook for student films for december's showcase

This year is not different!


Roses are red... Violets are blue... I'm working on Flappy Parrot too...

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 19:49:38


People really cook for student films for december's showcase

This year is not different!


Roses are red... Violets are blue... I'm working on Flappy Parrot too...

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 22:14:05


TOM OH MY GOD I'M HUMBLED <333333


WELCOME TO THE FANTASY ZONE

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 22:24:25


There's been some really good ones this year! I'll have to check out the ones I missed. 😄


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 22:34:43


Oh shoot! I genuinely didn't expect this, haha! Awesome! And so many other awesome films along there too! It's such an honor.

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-05 23:11:59


great move with the playlists :)

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 04:35:45


Another year, another influx of superb student films.

Good call with that playlist, Fulp - makes it easier to check out a specific school's output.


he/they - pretty cool guy - yt channel here - Flash Controller Mapping Crew

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 07:20:24


Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 09:12:11


At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!


How do you know Piss Vampire isn't at a Christmas party?


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 10:44:53


At 12/6/25 09:12 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!

How do you know Piss Vampire isn't at a Christmas party?


cause he ain't flaming

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 10:48:41


Man, that's a lot of Student Film this year. I doubt i will be able to watch it all.

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 10:52:48


With the evergrowing slob taking over, this feels like a real remedy.


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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 11:59:00


At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!


Vampires can be year round if we want to

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 15:10:43


At 12/6/25 10:44 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:
At 12/6/25 09:12 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!

How do you know Piss Vampire isn't at a Christmas party?

cause he ain't flaming


I think vampires can go to Christmas parties as long as they are invited.


Makes me wonder, is an invitation by mail enough for a vampire to come into your house, or do you have to welcome them at the door?


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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There's actually one from my alma mater Pratt Institute that hasn't yet been added to the list!


Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 18:22:11


At 12/6/25 04:53 PM, Waynimations22 wrote:do films by students from high schools even if they don't have animation classes or subjects get included, o is this exclusive to films made by students in animation schools.


Something like that might be best for an "up and comers" showcase maybe.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 18:23:27


At 12/6/25 04:24 PM, RobC3 wrote:There's actually one from my alma mater Pratt Institute that hasn't yet been added to the list!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/992669


Nice to get Pratt on the board for this year! I made a collection page for Pratt this morning, if you know anyone else who has films here from over the years:



Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 18:34:04


At 12/6/25 06:26 PM, Waynimations22 wrote:
At 12/6/25 06:25 PM, Waynimations22 wrote:
At 12/6/25 06:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 04:53 PM, Waynimations22 wrote:do films by students from high schools even if they don't have animation classes or subjects get included, o is this exclusive to films made by students in animation schools.

Something like that might be best for an "up and comers" showcase maybe.
okay
i am currently in senior year high school, but i can't tell you my high school because my parents (mostly my mom) taught me about personal information.


It's definitely for the best to not share that info on-line!


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 18:37:36


At 12/6/25 06:23 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 04:24 PM, RobC3 wrote:There's actually one from my alma mater Pratt Institute that hasn't yet been added to the list!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/992669

Nice to get Pratt on the board for this year! I made a collection page for Pratt this morning, if you know anyone else who has films here from over the years:

https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/pratt


I'd like to think I somewhat helped student films get more presence on newgrounds. Very cool seeing your support for students continue for years since our first conversation about it (2018 after the bowling meetup)

Response to 2025 Student Film Showcase 2025-12-06 18:38:50


At 12/6/25 03:10 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 10:44 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:
At 12/6/25 09:12 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!

How do you know Piss Vampire isn't at a Christmas party?

cause he ain't flaming

I think vampires can go to Christmas parties as long as they are invited.

Makes me wonder, is an invitation by mail enough for a vampire to come into your house, or do you have to welcome them at the door?


they need to bring the paper invitation at the door if they're old school


At 12/6/25 03:10 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 10:44 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:
At 12/6/25 09:12 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/6/25 07:20 AM, Luis wrote:Kind of bored of Halloween stuff on that front page featured movie stuff. It’s Xmas time!

How do you know Piss Vampire isn't at a Christmas party?

cause he ain't flaming

I think vampires can go to Christmas parties as long as they are invited.

Makes me wonder, is an invitation by mail enough for a vampire to come into your house, or do you have to welcome them at the door?


I think the welcome thing is as they are actively at your open door, they can't cross the threshold without an invite.


IIRC vampires (maybe just Dracula) also have arithmomania, so if they did get in and cause trouble all you've got to do is throw a handful of rice on the floor and they will be overcome by the insatiable urge to compulsively count each grain... giving you ample time to find a wooden stake, or call up the Belmont clan or something.


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