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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) person announced their 15 finalists for nan 2026 BAFTA Student Awards, which were chosen from much than 600 submissions from universities astir nan globe crossed film, games, and immersive categories.
Winners will beryllium announced connected Friday, July 17, 2026, astatine nan 2026 BAFTA Student Awards held astatine nan Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists astatine SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
This year’s action spans 7 countries, features first-time practice from 4 schools—the University of Edinburgh, Beijing Film Academy, Escola Superior de Cinema one Audiovisuals de Catalunya, and Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion. The org states that women accounted for 21 of nan 31 listed students.
Ahead of nan Student Awards, BAFTA will alert nan finalists to Los Angeles and curate Experience Week from Monday, July 13 done Thursday, July 16. The weeklong programme will bring nan student finalists to movie and crippled studios, workshops pinch manufacture professionals, and networking events. The week will besides characteristic nan BAFTA Games Summit held at awards sponsor e.l.f.’s Los Angeles office on Wednesday, July 15, and livestreamed connected the elfyou Twitch channel at 3 p.m. PT.
e.l.f. will supply a $15,000 assistance to support an emerging female aliases non-binary developer successful pursuing their ambitions, helping to grow entree and opportunity successful nan gaming industry.
Courtney LaBarge Bell, executive head of BAFTA North America, said “The BAFTA Student Awards are a launchpad for nan adjacent procreation of imaginative talent, bringing students from astir nan world to Los Angeles for unparalleled entree to manufacture leaders, peers, and career-building opportunities. We’re delighted that, arsenic header partner, e.l.f. is some supporting female and non-binary crippled developers done a dedicated assistance and helping grow Experience Week pinch nan inaugural BAFTA Games Summit.”
“At e.l.f., we judge talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t,” said Patrick O’Keefe, Chief Integrated Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Brands. “That’s why we’re partnering pinch BAFTA to grant and observe nan early of film, games and immersive storytelling. What will commencement arsenic a celebration, will germinate into building a pathway done accessibility, connectivity and exposure. When we put successful nan adjacent generation, particularly women successful movie and gaming who person been historically underrepresented, we make nan full manufacture better. That’s nan work, and we’re each in.”
The Special Jury for this year’s title features a group of artists and innovators who will prime nan recipient of “The Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli Special Jury Prize astatine nan BAFTA Student Awards.” The jurors are character and writer Joel Kim Booster, Creative Director of EON Productions Heather Callow, composer Laura Karpman, documentary filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, and character and comedian Nico Santos.
The finalist projects are (listed alphabetically successful each class by movie title pinch head names and school):
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Gauze
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
Gobelins, France
Susurros
Marie Lombard, Lisa Francillon, Alice Parmentier, Alexandra Pewinski, Emma Pluchard, Florian Reignier
Supinfocom Rubika, France
The time 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
Strangers connected Our Land
Zane Karram, Kelsey Oliver
University of California, Berkeley, United States
Talk Straight, Duda
Eduardo Maia
University of Southern California, United States
Live Action
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 one Audiovisuals de Catalunya, Spain
Whispers of nan Waves
Patricia Xu
Beijing Film Academy, China
Games
Candellum
Eva Martinello, Mattéo Gomez
Isart Digital, France
Kiloton
Jack Morehart
New York University, United States
The Wind and nan Wisp
Sammy Chuang
University of Southern California, United States
Immersive
Lichtung
Aria Wolf
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Room
Leyi Zhou
University of nan Arts London, United Kingdom
Sonderambla
Tomis Fras
University of nan Arts London, United Kingdom
