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
