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The 2023 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist

16 June 2023
Event: Yugo BAFTA Student AwardsDate: Thursday 27 July 2023Venue: Host:-Area:

On Friday June 16, BAFTA has announced the 79 projects shortlisted for the 2023 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards. A review panel of 140 BAFTA members selected the titles moving ahead to the next round of the program 

This year’s Yugo BAFTA Student Awards welcomed 754 submissions from 103 schools across 30 countries, including, Argentina, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. 

This year's shortlist will compete for nominations in Animation, Documentary, Live Action, Games, and Immersive. 

The finalists for these categories will be announced on Friday, July 7, 2023.  

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 great friends and title sponsor at Yugo, as well as our partners at Delta, and Virgin Atlantic for their ongoing support. 

The shortlisted films are (listed alphabetically in each category by film title with director names and school):   

ANIMATION

After Wind, After Rain
Yuezhu Wang
California Institute of the Arts, United States

Dede Is Dead
Philippe Kastner
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

Electra
Daria Kashcheeva
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

Ferme les Yeux
Manon Bérardengo, Audrey Defonte, Léo Depoix, Denis Koessler, Clémentine Laurent, Pierre Guislain, Chloé Boursier
Pôle 3D, France

From The Top
Rich Farris
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Funeral at Nine
Mamadou Barry, Rodrigo Veras, Ziyu Wang, Junhao Xiang, Wang Yu, Linfeng Zhou
Gobelins, France

Go Fishboy
Denise Cirone, Sebastian Doringer, Andrey Kolesov, Chia-yu Liu, Zhen Tian, Lan Zhou
Gobelins, France

Hôtel Nuit Noire (Midnight Hotel)
Vincent Albert, Neïl Dieu, Malo Doucet, May Taraud, Marie Toury
Gobelins, France

Human Resources
Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek
Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation Angoulême, France

I don’t want to go yet
Klára Fedora Homzová
Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV, Slovakia

Loose Threads
Chayanid Siripaiboolpong, Jessieca Junesha
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Midnight Garden
Sapphira Chen
California Institute of the Arts, United States

Mum’s Spaghetti
Lisa Kenney
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Priyo Ami
Suchana Saha
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India

Swallow Flying to the South
Mochi Lin
Rhode Island School of Design, United States

Synchronie Passagère
Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie, Jean Delamarre, Alexis Prost
Supinfocom Rubika, France

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

Together/Apart
David Amberg
University of Southern California, United States

The Tornado Outside
Maria Tomazou
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

The Twins
Michelle Tang
California Institute of the Arts, United States

DOCUMENTARY

Cadáver
Benjamin Kodboel
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Danceable
Kelsey McGee
University of Southern California, United States

DIAMANTI
Lauren Hunter
The University of Melbourne, Australia

El Bastón (The Baton)
Nemo Allen
City College of New York, United States

Happy
Laura Rindlisbacher
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Here To Stay
Jared Peraglia
New York University, United States

I Am More Dangerous Dead
Majiye Uchibeke
University of Southern California, United States

Interrogated
Nicole Guillen
New York University, United States

JAWAI The Land of Leopards
Katya Ignatiev
University of the West of England, United Kingdom

Listen to My Voice
Ryan Muina, Bryce Hinschberger
Florida State University, United States

Lynn
Crayton Gerst
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Mama Cheetah
Janicel Diaz, Imani Armand
Florida State University, United States

A Monolingual Nation
Bella Engala, Pierce Thomas
Florida State University, United States

My Kingdom
Luis J. Arellano
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., Mexico

Rising Above
Natálie Durchánková
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

The Road Bad & The Place Dark
Borja Larrondo, Miguel Angel Viñas
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland

Ten Days
Yerzat Meirambek
New York Film Academy, United States

True Places Never Are
Jeff Young
University of the West of England, United Kingdom

Wings of Dust
Giorgio Ghiotto
New York University, United States

With Woman
Mia Harvey
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

LIVE ACTION

Between Her
Bar Cohen
The Steve Tisch School of Film & TV Tel Aviv University, Israel

Children of Light
Minkyu Kang
Columbia University, United States

Code of Family
Kayla Sun
University of Southern California, United States

Das andere Ende der Strasse (The Other End of the Street)
Kálmán Nagy
Film Academy Vienna, Austria

Eighth Day
Petr Pylypčuk
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

The Fuse
Kevin Haefelin
Columbia University, United States

Gossip
Hannah Renton
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Granica
Joshua Neubert
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

ISTINA (Truth)
Tamara Denić
Hamburg Media School, Germany

MAGDALENA
Michael Lazovsky
American Film Institute, United States

Men in Blue
Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Mr. Bold
Aiman Mimiko
Columbia University, United States

Sammy, Without Strings
Ralph Parker III
University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking, United States

So They Say
Natalia Luque
Columbia University, United States

Sparare alle Angurie
Antonio Donato
London Film School, United Kingdom

Standing Still
Monika Mahútová
Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV, Slovakia

TASTE OF HOME
Âni Võ
University of Television and Film Munich, Germany

The Taster
Sophia Bierend
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany

Tree of Many Faces
Johannes Magnus Aule
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

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

GAMES

Alien Removal Division
Andrei Olenic
Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Beneath the Woods
Parham Sorooshian
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom

Crab Rhapsody (Vol.1)
You Liang
University of Southern California, United States

Crossing
Ava Liao
The Claremont Colleges, United States

Don't Remember
Bartosz Witek
Kristiania University College, Norway

Duckside of the Moon
Jessey Novani
Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

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

Gevaudan 1851
Olivier Carlot
Pôle 3D, France

Sleep Cycle
Marin Clark
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Somnium
Leonard Kristoffersen
Kristiania University College, Norway

IMMERSIVE

A Cocinar
Stephanie Enriquez Isais
Occidental College, United States

Computational Queries
Joaquín Madrid Larrañaga
Occidental College, United States

Dilating Boundary
Yuntian Zhao, Ziyuan Lin
New York University, United States

Gene's Place VR
Oscar Durand, Tatiana Trebisacci, Francisco Navas
New York University, United States

The In Between
Bryn Jorgensen
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

A Passage
Maximilian Villwock
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany

Reshaping Sherman
Xinlan Cynthia Ye
New York University, United States

Roses of the Rubble
Madison Phelan
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

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