BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Receiving medals instead of statuettes, 13 young filmmakers were honored Saturday for their short films at the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards.

Director Kevin Smith and actress Nia Vardalos were among the presenters at the ceremony at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The awards were presented in four categories to students from nine colleges and universities by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscars every year.

Carrie Lozano of the University of California, Berkeley, won the gold medal in the documentary category for her film “Reporter Zero.”

“The Possum,” by California Institute of the Arts student Chris Choy, won for best animated film.

Winners get $5,000 for gold medals, $3,000 for silver medals and $2,000 for bronze.

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to support college and university filmmakers. Past winners who have gone on to successful careers in Hollywood include Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, John Lasseter and Trey Parker.

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A complete list of the winners in each category:

Alternative:

• Gold Medal: “Perspective,” Travis Hatfield and Samuel Day, Ball State University, Indiana.

• Silver Medal: “6 A.M.,” Carmen Vidal Balanzat, City College of New York.

Animation:

• Gold Medal: “The Possum,” Chris Choy, California Institute of the Arts.

• Silver Medal: “The Dancing Thief,” Meng Vue, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fla.

• Bronze Medal: “Turtles,” Thomas Leavitt, Brigham Young University.

Documentary:

• Gold Medal: “Reporter Zero,” Carrie Lozano, University of California, Berkeley.

• Silver Medal: “The Women’s Kingdom,” Xiaoli Zhou, University of California, Berkeley.

• Bronze Medal: “Three Beauties,” Mak Hossain, Purdue University.

Narrative:

• Gold Medal: “Christmas Wish List,” Sean Overbeeke, University of North Carolina.

• Silver Medal: “El Viaje” (“One Day Trip”), Cady Abarca-Benavides, Columbia University.

• Bronze Medal: “Pop Foul,” Moon Molson and Jennifer Handorf, Columbia University.

Honorary Foreign Student Film Award:

• “Elalini,” Tristan Holmes, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance.