Student filmmakers from Spain, France, China, the United Kingdom and the United States won awards at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ BAFTA Student Awards, which were handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Friday evening.
The winners were selected from among more than 600 entries in film, games and immersive storytelling categories. The ceremony was hosted by Elle Osili Wood and came at the end of an Experience Week that treated the finalists to studio visits, workshops and networking opportunities.
A jury that included actor Joel Kim Booster, composer Laura Karpman, filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, comedian Nico Santos and EON Productions Creative Director Heather Callow awarded the Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli Special Jury Prize to “Rage,” a film from Fran Moreno Blanco and Santi Pujol Amat from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya in Spain.
Other film winners included “Gauze,” from Gobelins in France, “Strangers on Our Land,” from the University of California, Berkeley in the U.S. and “Whispers of the Waves” from the Beijing Film Academy.
The Games award went to “Candellum” from Isart Digital in France, while the immersive category was won by “Sonderambla” from the University of the Arts London.
BAFTA’s headline partner for the awards was e.l.f. Cosmetics.
Here is the full list of winners.
THE ALBERT R. “CUBBY” BROCCOLI SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:
“Rage”
Fran Moreno Blanco, Santi Pujol Amat
Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya, Spain
FOR ANIMATION PRESENTED BY CRUNCHYROLL:
“Gauze”
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
Gobelins, France
FOR DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED BY ESPN BOLD:
“Strangers on Our Land”
Zane Karram, Kelsey Oliver
University of California, Berkeley, United States
FOR LIVE ACTION:
“Whispers of the Waves”
Patricia Xu
Beijing Film Academy, China
FOR GAMES:
“Candellum”
Eva Martinello, Mattéo Gomez
Isart Digital, France
FOR IMMERSIVE:
“Sonderambla”
Tomis Fras
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
