The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the shortlist for the 2022 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards. This year’s shortlisted 82 projects have been selected from a record-breaking 715 submissions from 134 schools in 36 countries including, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
This year's shortlist will compete for nominations for the following awards: the BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation, the BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary, the BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action, the BAFTA Student Award for Games, and the BAFTA Student Award for Immersive.
The finalists for these categories will be announced on June 15, 2022. The film nominees will additionally be considered for the Special Jury Prize, an overall winner selected by a jury of luminaries.
All students on the shortlist are given the opportunity to apply for and join BAFTA's talent development programs, which includes year-round access to in-person and online events hosted by BAFTA.
We thank our partners at Yugo for their ongoing support.
The shortlisted films are (listed alphabetically in each category by film title with director names and school):
ANIMATION
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Lachlan Pendragon
Griffith Film School, Australia
By the Book
Shreya Devarakonda, Daniela Portilla
Ringling College of Art and Design, United States
Dead Silent
Miriam Fox
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Die allerlangweiligste Oma auf der ganzen Welt (The most boring Granny in the whole world)
Damaris Zielke
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
I Was Attacked
Sara Massieu
London College of Communication, United Kingdom
In his Mercy
Christoph Büttner
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Karlchen und die Elefanten (Little Karl and the Elephants)
Friedrich Kiessling
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Laika & Nemo
Jan Gadermann, Sebastian Gadow
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Les Larmes de la Seine
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
Pôle 3D, France
Louis I. King of the Sheep
Markus Wulf
Columbia University, United States
Slouch
Michael Bohnenstingl
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spring Roll Dream
Mai Vu
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Still With You
Ryan Livesay
University of Southern California, United States
Tacet
Zachary Simon
Rhode Island School of Design, United States
Tell me a story
Sara Arzalier, Albane Brenci, Lucie Daniel, Sacha Duru, Anaëlle Gil, Alice Jacob, Laura Munos, Inès Tchirikhtchian
ESMA, France
The Soloists
Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka,Celeste Jamneck, Yi Liu
Gobelins, France
There You Are
Rui Huang
University of Southern California, United States
To Kill the Birds and the Bees
Calleen Koh Yee Lin
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Wolf and Cub
Marvin Bynoe
CalArts, United States
Yallah!
Nayla Nassar, Edouard Pitula, Renaud de Saint Albin, Cécile Adant, Anaïs Sassatelli, Candice Behague
Rubika, France
DOCUMENTARY
Bompa
Faizan Ali
LUCA School of Arts Campus Sint-Lukas Brussels, Belgium
Brown Wolfe
Megan Wolfe
University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Favorite Daughter
Dana Reilly
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Found
Shuhao Tse
New York University, United States
Geamăna
Matthäus Wörle
University of Television and Film Munich, Germany
Growing Underground
Kate Colley
University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Harvesting Our Tea
Sheida Kiran
London College of Communication, United Kingdom
In the Dark
Tom Garmeson
London College of Communication, United Kingdom
Life, Again
Anna Maite Kaplan, Orion Huang
Chapman University, United States
Our Coast
Ella Van Cleave
University of the West of England, United Kingdom
Piccolo is Black.
Ryan Joiner, Landon Watford
Florida State University, United States
Sagebrush Gold
Marcus Widger
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Silence
Arnas Pigulevičius
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
State of Dissent
Roshaan Khattak
London College of Communication, United Kingdom
The Birdcarver
Felipe Rosa
University of the West of England, United Kingdom
The Gallery
Cordula Rieger
Film Academy Vienna, Austria
The Violence Between Us
Camila Guerreiro
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
This Is Not A Sport Film
Lily Ahree Siegel
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Walk Run Strive
Emma Jackson
Edith Cowan University, Australia
What nobody talks about
Hansine Killingmoe Såstad
Kristiania University College, Norway
LIVE ACTION
A Swedish Defence
Simon Elvås
Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden
Abhagir Swargo (Heaven for the Unfortunate)
Tridev
Columbia College Chicago, United States
Fatjona
Steve Bache
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
First One Away
Zak Harney
Ravensbourne University London, United Kingdom
Flick-a-Cig
Eléna Weiss
Hamburg Media School, Germany
Fluffy Tales
Alison Kuhn
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Fragmentations
Miruna Minculescu
UNATC I.L. Caragiale, Romania
Fruits and Vegetables
Maciej Jankowski
The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz, Poland
Girl No. 60427
Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits
The Ma'aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts, Israel
Glorious Revolution
Mariia Novikova
London Film School, United Kingdom
Karla aneb tak trochu road movie
Ida Ralevská
Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic
Mehiläiskesä
Ida-Maria Olva
Aalto University, Finland
Nackte Maenner im Wald
Paul Ploberger
Film Academy Vienna, Austria
Neon Phantom
Leonardo Martinelli
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nobody’s land
Hyun-suh Cho
Korea National University of Arts, South Korea
Ordinary
Gil Fermon
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel
Rheum
Kateřina Hroníková
The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
SHEDDING ANGELS
Freddy Macdonald
American Film Institute, United States
Summer Planning
Alexandru Mironescu
UNATC I.L. Caragiale, Romania
The Weight of our Words
Inez Körnich
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Triumph des Schauspielers
Daniel Holzberg
Film Academy Vienna, Austria
GAMES
Alaska - An Endless Night
Antoine Borde, Clothilde Chopin, Gabriel Garcia, Lucas Gille, Klara Goetz, Lucie Hennet, Samuel Hoareau, Ludovic Oddi
ArtFX, France
Alma
Francesca Palamara, Reid Weston, Marshall Lee
University of Southern California, United States
ASTREIA'S GIFT
Femy Nassirou, Hervé Blanchot
ISART Digital, France
Come With Me
Xin Ye
University of Southern California, United States
Elevator
Jonas Odden, Simon Jacobsen, Charlotte Molnar, Marie Jacobsen
Kristiania University College, Norway
Fayburrow
Marcus Keable, Hera Hallsdóttir, Urs Shea, Stine Lund
The Animation Workshop VIA University College, Denmark
Harp Song
Stephen Glenister, Ástráður "Ace" Ísak Lárusson, Paul Carey, Ashkan Dabbagh, Juliana Lynch
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
LYSFANGHA
Daphné Deloffre, Baptiste Marsac
ISART Digital, France
Nainai's Recipe
Fan Fang, Mai Hou
New York University, United States
Reminiscence
Vincent Biagini, Timothé Cormier
ISART Digital, Canada
SHUTTER
Clément Cirant, Joris Doucet, Thomas Le Roux, Clara Lopez, Julian Macias, Allan Magagnosc, Vincent Medeiros
ArtFX, France
IMMERSIVE
Aonar
Austin Wolfe
The Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom
Blocks
Adam Morina, Ingram Mao
University of Southern California, United States
Cabinet of Wonder
Lifei Wang, Zeshu Zhu
New York University, United States
Cycle of Violence
Felicia Bergström
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
Detour Bus
Zach Flores, Ezra Robinson, Milo Smiley, Sully Zack, Eli Bork
University of Southern California, United States
In Between Parallel Universes
Magdalena Claro
New York University, United States
Once Upon a Dream
Ron Shalev, Guy Shefa
The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel
Penrose Station
Kathryn Yu, Jimi Stine, Seleny Xie
University of Southern California, United States
THE SLEEP
Matan Botzer, Shanti Stieglitz
The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel
Where we were
Firas El Hallak
KASK School of the Arts, Belgium
