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On Thursday, June 4, 2026, BAFTA announced the 44 projects longlisted for the 2026 BAFTA Student Awards with e.l.f. Cosmetics. These Awards are a celebration of the next generation of talented and innovative storytellers from across the globe and supports BAFTA’s global mission to celebrate excellence and inspire the future of film, games, and television.
This year’s BAFTA Student Awards welcomed submissions from over 600 universities globally in the film, games and immersive categories. A review group of over 300 global BAFTA members selected the 44 titles moving ahead to the next round of the program.
This year’s longlist features the first-ever inclusion of projects from the Film and Television Institute of India, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, the University of Edinburgh, and Villanova University. In addition to these new entries, women comprise 60% of the students recognized on the longlist.
This year’s longlist will be reviewed by juries made up of BAFTA members to determine the 15 finalist nominations, three per category, for Animation, Documentary, Live Action, Games, and Immersive. The finalists for these categories will be announced on Monday, June 22, 2026.
BAFTA has also announced that e.l.f. Cosmetics has become the official headline partner of the BAFTA Student Awards as part of both organizations’ continued efforts to champion and support emerging talent in film and games by working to remove barriers to opportunity so all talented people feel empowered to enter the screen arts.
As the first beauty brand to partner with the Student Awards, e.l.f. Cosmetics will be supporting a lineup of programming that includes film and game studio visits, workshops with industry professionals, and networking events with BAFTA members all in the lead up to the final ceremony. e.l.f. will leverage its gaming channels such as Twitch and Discord for these emerging creators to share their stories with a larger audience. This partnership will also introduce the first ever livestream of the awards ceremony on Friday, July 17 on the e.l.f. You Twitch channel.
Additionally, e.l.f. will provide a grant for emerging female developers to pursue their dreams, knowing that more female developers will lead to better, more inclusive gaming experiences for everyone. More details around the creative brief and who is eligible to apply will be announced Monday, June 22.
Patrick O’Keefe, Chief Integrated Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty, said:“We’re here to lift emerging creators, especially women in film and gaming, with real access, mentorship and momentum. With BAFTA, we’re launching an industry‑first summit to connect talent with leaders and opportunity, and we’re introducing the first-ever livestream of the ceremony on our e.l.f. You Twitch channel to open up access to every eye, lip and face. More voices create a stronger community and that’s the future we’re here to champion.”
Courtney LaBarge Bell, executive director of BAFTA North America, said: “We are thrilled to welcome e.l.f. Cosmetics as the headline partner of the BAFTA Student Awards. Their support will amplify the mission of the Student Awards to champion and support the next generation of talented and innovative storytellers from across the globe by providing student film and game makers to showcase their work and creating a more inclusive industry.“
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The longlisted projects are (listed alphabetically in each category by film title with director names and school):
Animation
Blooky: The Book Who Wanted to Be Read
Pablo Diaz De Leon Hicks
University of Southern California, United States
Fellow
Théo Bergougnoux, Romane Casha, Johanne Coppier, Laura Darras, Gaspard Keller de Schleitheim, Martha Rivière
Supinfocom Rubika, France
Gauze
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
Gobelins, France
Kamarade
Alice Bourget, Hubert Chauvaux, Louise Laurent, Fleuriane Le Guillou, Valentin Okoundou, Garance Valere
Supinfocom Rubika, France
Le Jardin Rossini
William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong
Gobelins, France
Marseille
Wassim Bekhtaoui, Léa Beraud, Romeo Costa, Yanis Graça, Bryan Kacioui,
Loubna Khider
École des Nouvelles Images, France
Pickled
Fanny Capu
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom Praying for Love
Sofia Tonin
Ringling College of Art and Design, United States
Susurros
Marie Lombard, Lisa Francillon, Alice Parmentier, Alexandra Pewinski, Emma Pluchard, Florian Reignier
Supinfocom Rubika, France
The day I licked a pebble
Goli Atefi, Chloé Bernuchon, Flavie Eliézer, Nathan Jauze, Maud Kolasa, Marie Pijollet
École MoPA, France
Documentary
66 Days
Joude Bazzoun
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
I Want To Live
Jason Elliott
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
La Mar
Jean Chapiro
Columbia University, United States
Overlooked: A Silent Extinction
Cathy Ellington
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Radioactive Rhinos
Max Whittard
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Rio & Nafez
Mayan Ninio
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Seeds We Bury
Olivia Hansen, Soledad Robins
Villanova University, United States
Songs They Buried
Kiki Kuhakan
University of Southern California, United States
Strangers on Our Land
Zane Karram, Kelsey Oliver
University of California, Berkeley, United States
Talk Straight, Duda
Eduardo Maia
University of Southern California, United States
YUTURI
Gabriela Pinasco Najera
New York University, United States
Live Action
Children of yesterday
Clara Diet Cordy
Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium
Empty Places
Vojtěch Novotný
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
First Patrol
Vojtěch Konečný
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
The Good Woman
Masha Mollenhauer
Hamburg Media School, Germany
Pharmacies
Martín Montellano
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., Mexico
Poisoned earth
Clément Taupin
Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium
Rage
Fran Moreno Blanco, Santi Pujol Amat
Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya, Spain
Saint Anthony
Declan Dineen
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Trance
Jona Schloßer
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Truant
Robyn Wholey
American Film Institute, United States
Viyyurinte Naadhan (Lord of Viyyur)
Amal PV
Film and Television Institute of India, India
Whispers of the Waves
Patricia Xu
Beijing Film Academy, China
Games
Candellum
Eva Martinello, Mattéo Gomez
Isart Digital, France
Kiloton
Jack Morehart
New York University, United States
OBSCURA
Sebastian Bellavia
University College London, United Kingdom
Tellyport
Alice Capron, Martin Bridenne
Isart Digital, France
The Wind and the Wisp
Sammy Chuang
University of Southern California, United States
Immersive
Home Street Home
Vaishnavi Laddha
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
lichtung
Aria Wolf
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Peace in Ruins
Yaoqing Han
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Room
Leyi Zhou
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Sonderambla
Tomis Fras
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Subsilence
Chloé Coudray, Elsa Terrier
Isart Digital, France
