The BAFTA Student Awards

Meet our BAFTA Student Award Winners

Celebrating and rewarding the next generation of talented and innovative filmmakers and creatives from around the globe.

As one of BAFTA’s most global initiatives, the finalists of the 2026’s BAFTA Student Awards in partnership with e.l.f. cosmetics were selected from over 600 submissions by students from schools in 25 countries.

The winners were announced on Friday, 17 July, in Los Angeles at a special event hosted by Elle Osili-Wood. The ceremony featured the finalists films and projects which were selected and voted on by industry professionals from BAFTA’s membership.

The 2026 winners Number of items shown:(6)

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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation presented by Crunchyroll

    Gauze; Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou, Gobelins, France.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary presented ESPN Bold

    Strangers on Our Land; Zane Karram, Kelsey Oliver, University of California, Berkeley, United States.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

    Whispers of the Waves; Patricia Xu, Beijing Film Academy, China.
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    BAFTA Student Award for Games

    Candellum; Eva Martinello, Mattéo Gomez, Isart Digital, France.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

    Sonderambla; Tomis Fras, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom.
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    BAFTA Student Award Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli Special Jury Prize

    Rage; Fran Moreno Blanco, Santi Pujol Amat, Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya, Spain.

The 2026 finalists

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation presented by Crunchyroll

Finalists:

  • 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

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary presented by ESPN Bold

Finalists:

  • 66 Days
    Joude Bazzoun
    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Talk Straight, Duda
    Eduardo Maia
    University of Southern California, United States

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Finalists:

  • Children of yesterday
    Clara Diet Cordy
    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

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Finalists:

  • Kiloton
    Jack Morehart
    New York University, United States
  • The Wind and the Wisp
    Sammy Chuang
    University of Southern California, United States

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Finalists:

  • Lichtung
    Aria Wolf
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Room
    Leyi Zhou
    University of the Arts London, United Kingdom

The 2025 winners Number of items shown:(7)

  • The Animation winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award 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 Documentary winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

    One Last Farm; Nikki Dodd, University of the West of England, United Kingdom.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

    EXTREMIST; Alexander Molochnikov, Columbia University, United States.
  • The Games joint winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025 - Atan.
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    BAFTA Student Award for Games (Tie)

    Atan; Tom Baas, Jakub Petr, Stefan Pijnacker, Ketlin Riks, Lisette Van Den Dolder, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
  • The Games joint winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025 - Free Will.
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    BAFTA Student Award for Games (Tie)

    Free Will; Celine Tang, University of Southern California, United States.
  • The Special Jury winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025.
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    BAFTA Student Award Special Jury Prize

    EXTREMIST; Alexander Molochnikov, Columbia University, United States.
  • The Immersive winners at the BAFTA Student Awards 2025.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

    Pieces; Noam Karutchi, The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel.

The 2025 finalists

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

Finalists:

  • A Sparrow’s Song
    Tobias Eckerlin
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • The Shyness of Trees
    Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck Du Plessis D’Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu
    GOBELINS, l’école de l’image, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

Finalists:

  • Orchids: Darwin’s Conundrum
    Thomas Cassar
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
  • Where We Once Roamed
    Ruthie Weeks, Madee Sabatier
    Chapman University, United States

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Finalists:

  • Ever After
    Helen Hideko
    Film Academy Vienna, Austria
  • Passarinho
    Natalia García Agraz
    Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., Mexico

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Finalists:

  • VALFREYJA
    Julien Gautruche, Morian Mouhtaj, Typhaine Brunet, Coralie Gourjon, Léa Hinard, Alexandre Katif, Floriane Madery, Clémence Perlin, Axel Achour, Arthur Magnan, Henri Viellard, Robin Jung-Hermeline, Clément Martin, Loan Campan, Axel Gerbeaud, Abel Diarra, Antoine Froidevaux, Jarod Sengkeo
    ISART Digital, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Finalists:

  • A Perfect Day
    Cleo Yu Zhang, Lisa Jiaming Xiao
    University College London, United Kingdom
  • The Cuban Freedom Flights: A Mixed Reality Experience
    Noel Nuñez
    The University of Miami, United States

The 2024 winners Number of items shown:(7)

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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

    LE BRUIT DU SILENCE, directed by Téo Frantz, Violette Talalaeff, Dora Özal, Damien Rudeaux, Marjorie Dutriaux, École MoPA, France.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

    When The Floods Come, directed by Nyal Mueenuddin, The University of the West of England, United Kingdom.
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    BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

    La Soledad (Solitude), directed by María Conchita Díaz, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., Mexico.
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    BAFTA Student Award for Games

    There Was a Home, created by Wid Alhajjaji, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom.
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    BAFTA Student Award for Immersive

    Smell Like Home, created by Olivia (Jiaxuan) Yin, New York University, United States.
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    BAFTA Student Award Special Jury Prize

    Dragfox, created by Lisa Ott, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom.
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    Student Choice Award (Tie)

    La Soledad (Solitude), directed by María Conchita Díaz, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., Mexico and Haus am Hang (Halfway House), directed by Konstantin Münzel, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The 2024 finalists

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

Finalists:

  • APRÈS PAPI
    Juliette Michel, Axel Sence, Victoria Leviaux, Florian Gomes Freitas, Swann Valenza
    École MoPA, France
  • Dragfox
    Lisa Ott
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

Finalists:

  • Keepers Of The Kelp Forest
    Will Hollis
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
  • Milk
    Miranda Stern
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Finalists:

  • Haus am Hang (Halfway House)
    Konstantin Münzel
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Punter
    Jason Adam Maselle
    New York University, United States

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Finalists:

  • HEART OF THE ABYSS
    Brieux Caquelin, Alexis Heng, Jonas Champoiral, Romain Coutellier, Anaïs Biscaras, Corentin Habib, Mickaël Flaesch-Perreau
    École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, France
  • Ornament Express
    Fleur Jansen
    Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Finalists:

  • Soup Stories
    Raz Aron
    The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • We Become Something Else
    Michael Overton Brown
    University of Southern California, United States

The 2023 winners

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

Winner:

  • Thaba Ye
    Daria Batueva, Preetam Dhar, Merel Hamers, Hannah Judd, Mogau Kekana, Leroy Le Roux
    Gobelins, France

Finalists:

  • Electra
    Daria Kashcheeva
    Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
  • The Tornado Outside
    Maria Tomazou
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

Winner:

  • Happy
    Laura Rindlisbacher
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Finalists:

  • I Am More Dangerous Dead
    Majiye Uchibeke
    University of Southern California, United States
  • The Road Bad & The Place Dark
    Borja Larrondo, Miguel Angel Viñas
    Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Winner:

  • The Taster
    Sophia Bierend
    Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany

Finalists:

  • ISTINA (Truth)
    Tamara Denić
    Hamburg Media School, Germany
  • WE WERE MEANT TO
    Tari Wariebi
    American Film Institute, United States

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Winner:

  • Eros Xavier’s Love Solutions
    Rafif Kalantan
    National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Finalists:

  • Crab Rhapsody (Vol.1)
    Albert You Liang
    University of Southern California, United States
  • Gévaudan 1851
    Guillaume Leclercq
    Pôle 3D, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Winner:

  • Body of Mine
    Cameron Kostopoulos
    University of Southern California, United States

Finalists:

  • A Passage
    Maximilian Villwock
    Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany
  • Gene’s Place VR
    Oscar Durand, Tatiana Trebisacci, Francisco Navas
    New York University, United States

Special Jury Prize

Winner:

  • WE WERE MEANT TO
    Tari Wariebi
    American Film Institute, United States

The Special Jury Prize, was deliberated and selected live at the Awards presentation by Kathryn Busby, Jinko Gotoh, Dawn Steinberg, Jeff Negus, and Mike O’Malley.

The 2022 winners

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

Winner:

  • Les Larmes de la Seine
    Directed by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
    Pôle 3D, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

Winner:

  • Found
    Directed by Shuhao Tse
    New York University, USA

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Winner:

  • Girl No. 60427
    Shulamit Lifshitz, Oriel Berkovits
    The Ma’aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts, Israel

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Winner:

  • Fayburrow
    Marcus Keable, Hera Hallsdóttir, Urs Shea, Stine Lund
    The Animation Workshop VIA University College, Denmark

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Winner:

  • Aonar
    Austin Wolfe
    The Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom

Special Jury Prize

Winner:

  • Found
    Directed by Shuhao Tse
    New York University, USA

The Special Jury Prize, which included a $20,000 honorarium presented by Z by HP, was deliberated and selected live at the Awards presentation by Angela Sarafyan, Anthony Hemingway, Domee Shi, Lucy Alibar, and Natalie Kingston.

The 2021 winners

BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation

Winner:

  • Migrants
    Directed by Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
    Pôle 3D, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary

Winner:

  • Unfinished Lives
    Directed by Yucong Rae Chen
    University of Southern California, USA

BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Winner:

  • Apart Together
    Directed by Olivia Hang Zhou
    American Film Institute, USA

BAFTA Student Film Award for Games

Winner:

  • Symphonia
    Produced by Guillaume Roux
    ISART Digital, France

BAFTA Student Film Award for Immersive

Winner:

  • Out for Delivery
    Directed by Yuxin Gao
    New York University

Special Jury Prize

Winner:

  • Unfinished Lives
    Directed by Yucong Rae Chen
    University of Southern California, USA

BAFTA - GSA Grant Recipients

  • Clarisse Chua
  • William Martin
  • Razan Mohamed