Brandeis Language Oscars
The Brandeis Language Oscars is a World Languages & Cultures Committee initiative which was launched in spring 2013 to showcase language-learning at Brandeis. First-year students from the language programs at Brandeis present videos that they have created in the language that they are studying to demonstrate the knowledge they have gained and skills they have acquired in just one year of language study at Brandeis. The students in the level-20 courses of each participating language select one video to represent their language group at the festival. A jury panel consisting of faculty members from all participating languages votes to select the first-, second- and third-place winners.
Participating languages include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
For a full list of past winners, links to other videos, and more information, visit the WLC's International Video Competition webpage.
2023
German
Gemeinschaft Der Bins / Fellowship of the Bins
Joe Viola '26, Casey Shea Dinkin '26, Hana Miller '25
Professor Kathrin BreuerFrench
Le poisson mort / The Dead Fish
Jacqueline Floro '25, Caroline Hall '23, Aaron Rosendorf '26, Maya Thomas '26
Professor Sophia Niehaus
Russian
Зелёная армия / The Green Army
Thomas Musser '26, Sofia Conte '26, Anna Sewald '26
Professors and TA: Valeriya Kozlovskaya, Irina Dubinina, Mariia Makarova
Funniest Story:
Arabic
وحش الغابة العربي / Arab Monster of the Woods
Yunus Kocaman ‘26, Javi Ramirez ‘25, Sam Newman ‘24, Jason Rich ‘26
Professor Hanan Khashaba
Best Acting:
Japanese
ごみのあくま /The Trash Devil
Dong Quentin ‘26, Maxx Kipnes ‘23, Wang Cameron ‘26, Yan Steve ‘26
Professor Hisae Fujiwara
2022
Russian
Секретная история Брендайзского Оскара по языку / The Secret Story of the Brandeis Language Oscars
Noa Brudny, Felicity Hyams, Eran Zelixon
Chinese
你是我爱的人？ / Are you the one I love?
Spencer Lee, Lin Lin Hutchinson, Smiley Huynh, Kirsten Man
2020 & 2021
2019
La Felicità Sopra I Soldi / Happiness Over Money
Olivia Spelman, Max Le Blanc, Gavi Klein
我们的电影 / Our Movie
Noah Rovner-Frydman, William Robitaille, Henry Wasserman, Matt Robin
Princesse Blanche Neige En France/ Princess Snow White in France
Catherine Chen, Coco Zhang
French and Francophone Studies Video: Princess Snow White in France
Hispanic Studies Video: The Office
Italian Studies Video: Happiness Over Money
2018
Chinese Studies
It’s complicated
Kenny Sim, Vincent Lee, Youbin Ahn, Rachel Kim
Hispanic Studies
La caperucita roja
Yixuan Li, Amy Ollove, Brianna Lackwood
Japanese Studies
Beautiful 10 days/ きれいな十日
Minkyu Kim, Carmen Huang, Hongyu Li, Zifan Wang
You can view the videos from our French and Francophone, Hispanic Studies and Italian Studies finalists below.
French and Francophone Studies Video: Vacances
Hispanic Studies Video: La Caperucita Roja
Italian Studies Video: Lo Scapolo d'oro d'Italia
2017
German Studies
Bobrat
Cam Braunstein, Julia Haynes, Arianna Unger & Libby Williams
Japanese Studies
The Turtle Inside My Dream
Nancy Tran, Charlie Weld, Allison Tien & Jingyuan Huang
Italian Studies
Euro-Italia
Jade Lara, Samuel Chakmakjian & Tiffany English
You can view the videos from our French and Francophone, Hispanic Studies and Italian Studies finalists below.
French and Francophone Studies Video: Les Trois Agents du Président
Hispanic Studies Video: Spanish Project
Italian Studies Video: Euro-Italia
2016
French and Francophone Studies
Le Fabuleux destin de Brandeis
Yuntian Lu, Morgan Mayback & Naomi Soman
Japanese Studies
School Break
Alana Hodson, Maia Reyes, Amy Zou & Qianyi Gong
Hispanic Studies
Brandeis Hombre
Karekin Johnson, Nick Krebs & Andrew Lee
You can view the videos from our French and Francophone and Hispanic Studies finalists below.
French and Francophone Studies Video: Le Fabuleux Destin de Brandeis
Hispanic Studies: Brandeis Hombre
2015
French and Francophone Studies
“I love you, my weird mother.”
Amy Li, An Yan, Jing Zhao
Japanese Language Program
The Letter
Joyce Hsiao, Julie Kim, Sae Yong Lee, Amy Trankiem
German Studies
Inglourious Custards
2014
German Studies
Wilkommen zu Brandeis
Nate Britten, Yanique Seac, Fei Xu
Japanese Language Program
Oliver's Story
Christina Capshaw, Jessica Lu, Austin Luor, Jianshuo Qiu
You can view the videos from our French and Francophone and Hispanic Studies finalists below.
French and Francophone Studies Video: Kyle L'Explorateur
Hispanic Studies Video: ¿Dijeron Perú?
2013
Chinese Language Program
Dream Girl
Aya Abdelaziz and Ben Lovenheim
Russian Studies
Secret Love
Tiffany Johnson, Suzanne Rothman, Ellyn Sherman