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BYU animated student film ‘Grendel’ wins gold at Student Academy Awards

Salt Lake Tribune | October 18, 2019

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“I would like to thank the Academy — I never thought those words would come out of my mouth, seriously,” the Brigham Young University grad said Thursday night as the short film she directed, “Grendel,” won the Gold Medal in the animation category of the 46th annual Student Academy Awards.

Students and faculty at BYU’s Center for Animation learned last month that “Grendel,” an 8-minute animated film about a friendly dragon dealing with unfriendly new Viking neighbors, was one of three winners for the Student Academy Award in the animation category.

(Image courtesy BYU Center for Animation) Grendel gets angry at pesky Vikings in a scene from Grendel, a computer-animated short produced by students at Brigham Young University.
(Image courtesy BYU Center for Animation) A Viking captain arrives on an island where a friendly dragon lives, in a scene from Grendel, a computer-animated short produced by students at Brigham Young University.
(Image courtesy BYU Center for Animation) Grendel lives a quiet life, for now, in a scene from Grendel, a computer-animated short produced by students at Brigham Young University.

When presenters Phil Lord and Chris Miller — the guys who made “The LEGO Movie” — called her name, McCollaum invited the 13 BYU crew members in attendance to join her on the stage.

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