BAFTA Announces 2025 BAFTA Student Award Winners

• Winners selected from a record breaking 1,000 submissions, spanning 154 schools across 39 countries
• Attendees Included Tracy Ifeachor (Actress, The Pitt), Luke Tennie (Actor, Shrinking), Sofia Carson (Actress, The Life List) and more
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LOS ANGELES, CA – June 13, 2025 – The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced the winners of the 2025 BAFTA Student Awards which took place on June 13th, 2025 in Los Angeles. The awards are an international celebration of the next generation of creative talent in film, games, and immersive storytelling. The winners were selected from more than 1,000 submissions representing 154 schools across 39 countries. This prestigious competition, now in its 21st year, has become a global platform for recognizing emerging voices poised to shape the future of the screen industries.

This year’s awards put a spotlight on outstanding work across six major categories: the BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation, Documentary, and Live Action, along with the BAFTA Student Award for Games, Immersive, and the Special Jury Prize.

The 2025 ceremony was hosted by Elle Osili-Wood, acclaimed journalist, broadcaster and BAFTA Breakthrough known for her work with BBC, ITV, and BAFTA, where she regularly covers the intersection of arts, gaming, and culture. Awards were presented by an exciting lineup of creative industry voices: Tracy Ifeachor, Actress, The Pitt, presented the Live Action Award, Dani Bowman, star of Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum U.S. and CEO of DaniMation Entertainment, presented the Animation Award, So Yun Um, filmmaker and director of Liquor Store Dreams (Tribeca Film Festival), presented the Documentary Award. Carmen Askerneese, producer and games advocate who leads community partnerships at Riot Games, and Jay-Ann Lopez, Founder and CEO of Black Girl Gamers, co-presented the Games Award and Ethan Shaftel, Director, presented the Immersive Award.

The Special Jury for this year’s competition includes an accomplished group of storytellers and creatives: Carlos Zaragoza, production designer of Wish and The Book of Life, Joaquim Dos Santos, director of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Kathryn Bostic, award-winning composer for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Luke Tennie, Actor, Shrinking, and Sofia Carson, Actress, The Life List.

“We are thrilled to once again celebrate some of the most promising and original work coming from student creators around the world,” said Courtney LaBarge Bell, Executive Director, BAFTA North America. “This year’s winners exemplify the global nature of storytelling today—and reflect the kind of artistry that is reshaping our industry. We’re especially excited about the expanded programming we’ve introduced for students this year, which we hope will serve as a valuable tool for learning, connection, and launching meaningful careers in the screen industries.”

The event is part of BAFTA’s year-round Learning, Inclusion and Talent program, which supports emerging talent from all backgrounds and aims to build an inclusive and representative screen industry through initiatives in mentorship, education, and community development. Through its partnership with Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic, BAFTA North America brought 30 lead creatives behind the 15 finalist projects to Los Angeles from the US, UK, Germany, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Austria for a weeklong program designed to deepen their understanding of the film and games industries. Throughout the week, participants engaged in curated sessions aimed at expanding their networks and connecting them with industry leaders—including private tours of The Walt Disney Company, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and Insomniac Games, a masterclass with BAFTA-winning sound engineer Andy Nelson, a session on color correction at Company 3, a screening of their work at Fox Studios, and a roundtable conversation with development executives from Monkeypaw Productions and Lord Miller held at Universal.

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:
EXTREMIST
Alexander Molochnikov
Columbia University, United States

FOR ANIMATION:
TRASH
Gregory Bouzid, Maxime Crançon, Robin Delaporte, Mattéo Durand, Romain Fleischer, Alexis Le Ral, Margaux Lutz, Fanny Vecchie
École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, France

The winner received a cash prize of $2,500 in honor of dedicated BAFTA board member Linda Kahn, courtesy of King Features.

FOR DOCUMENTARY:
One Last Farm
Nikki Dodd
University of the West of England, United Kingdom

FOR LIVE ACTION:
EXTREMIST
Alexander Molochnikov
Columbia University, United States

FOR GAMES (tie):
Atan
Tom Baas, Jakub Petr, Stefan Pijnacker, Ketlin Riks, Lisette Van Den Dolder
Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Free Will
Celine Tang
University of Southern California, United States

FOR IMMERSIVE:
Pieces
Noam Karutchi
The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel

This year’s program was made possible thanks to the generous support of our partners: Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic, Peroni, Backstage, Whitewall, Tanqueray, Voss, and the Maybourne Beverly Hills.

BAFTA’s mission as a charity is to champion the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games and television. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of talent initiatives and learning events that include masterclasses, lectures, scholarships, bursaries and mentoring schemes in the UK and North America, BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new screen talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration.

For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726)

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