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MEET THE 2026 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FINALISTS
Alternative/Experimental
Lei He, “Drifting,” Duke University (United States)
Sinned Raun, “Everyone Always Experience Everything Equally,” VIA Film and Transmedia (Denmark)
Zsófia Pethő, “Inlands,” Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Hungary)
Sara Khani, “Neither Reality, Nor Fiction,” Pars University of Architecture and Art (Iran)
Raghad Albakheet, “A subconscious dive,” Jordan Cinema Academy (Jordan)
Viktorie Štěpánová, “Volklore,” Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění v Praze (Czech Republic)
Nina Broers, “Where Is My Sex Drive?” St. Joost School of Art & Design (Netherlands)
Animation
Jonathan Lally, Elio Molinaro & Nicolas Acevedo Ferrate, “COWS,” École Supérieure de Métiers Artistiques (France)
Martha Rivière, Théo Bergougnoux & Romane Casha, “Fellow,” RUBIKA (France)
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Xinyue Ma & Yulin Yue, “Gauze,” Gobelins (France)
William Burger, Odelia Laine & Mathilde Vergereau, “Le Jardin Rossini,” Gobelins (France)
Matthias Strasser, “The Panic Inside,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
David Sick, “Send nudes,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoglu & Ange Yajima, “Tears of the Mountain,” Gobelins (France)
Documentary
Arjun Fischer, “Artificial Love,” University of Southern California (United States)
Jenny Barruol, “Body to Heart,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Anna Danielle Moore, “Escape,” University of the West of England Bristol (United Kingdom)
Jason Elliott, “I Want To Live,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Lara Dihmis, “The Last People of Petra,” New York University (United States)
Olivia Hansen & Soledad Robins, “Seeds We Bury,” Villanova University (United States)
Michael Blackshire, “Voices in the Mirror,” Ohio University (United States)
Narrative
Stanzin Jigmet, “The Dragon Letter,” Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (Spain)
Lyndon Henley Hanrahan, “Every Time I See a Cock I Go Funny,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Leon Korzyński, “Kamathipura Express,” Warsaw Film School (Poland)
Dominik Mirecki, “Kanaan,” Warsaw Film School (Poland)
Antoine Boulanger, “The Pichenotte,” Concordia University (Canada)
Zhu Jianhua, “Please, praise me,” Beijing Film Academy (China)
Daeil Kim, “Stem,” University of Southern California (United States)