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MEET THE 2026 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS SEMIFINALISTS
Alternative/Experimental
Yuchen Li, “BLACK WASTELAND,” Royal College of Art (United Kingdom)
Noga Erlich Kochavi, “Cold Hands,” Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (Israel)
Lei He, “Drifting,” Duke University (United States)
Sinned Raun, “Everyone Always Experience Everything Equally,” VIA Film and Transmedia (Denmark)
Antonina Bialobrzeska, “Exegi Monumentum,” Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Netherlands)
Eva Sajanová, “How to Listen to Fountains,” Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Slovakia)
Zsófia Pethő, “Inlands,” Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Hungary)
Amelie Carolina Dougall, “The Innocence,” University of California, Berkeley (United States)
Yupeng Hua, “The Left Hand,” Beijing Film Academy (China)
Sara Khani, “Neither Reality, Nor Fiction,” Pars University of Architecture and Art (Iran)
Dana Yoon, “nevertheless, nevertheless,” California Institute of the Arts (United States)
Lingchuan Du, “The Ringing,” University of California, Los Angeles (United States)
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
Xie Chia-Ping, “Before you gone,” Tainan National University of the Arts (Taiwan)
Tiffenn Lalloué, Youenn Bourdel & Juliette Lelogeais “BLOSSOM,” Creative Seeds (France)
Hasan Ali, “The Boy’s Fish,” Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Lebanon)
Jonathan Lally, Elio Molinaro & Nicolas Acevedo Ferrate, “COWS,” École Supérieure de Métiers Artistiques (France)
Aisha Boudjillouli, “Eyeliner,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Martha Rivière, Théo Bergougnoux & Romane Casha, “Fellow,” RUBIKA (France)
Yeonwoo Kim, “Fingerbang,” Hongik University (South Korea)
Noran Fikri Alezabi, Xinyue Ma & Yulin Yue, “Gauze,” Gobelins (France)
Roozbeh Gezerseh & Soraya Shamsi, “Growing Stones, Flying Papers,” Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (Germany)
William Burger, Odelia Laine & Mathilde Vergereau, “Le Jardin Rossini,” Gobelins (France)
Matthias Strasser, “The Panic Inside,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Anaelle Perthuis, Mathilde Le Men, Lauryne Grisin, “La Reine,” RUBIKA (France)
David Sick, “Send nudes,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Addison Fujimoto, “Serein,” School of Visual Arts (United States)
Alissar Derwiche, Costa Micheletti & Yohji Suzana, “Star Fish,” Atelier de Sèvres (France)
Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoglu & Ange Yajima, “Tears of the Mountain,” Gobelins (France)
Documentary
Kartikeya Saxena, “Amma, Do Giraffes Cry?” Filmová a Televizní Fakulta Akademie Múzických Umění v Praze (Czech Republic)
Arjun Fischer, “Artificial Love,” University of Southern California (United States)
Jenny Barruol, “Body to Heart,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Joséphine Reboh, “Chaos and cold coffee,” Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium)
Naveen Jay, “COLOURISE: Exploring the Magical World of Biofluorescence,” University of the West of England Bristol (United Kingdom)
Assaf Yona Olshansky-Gefen, “The Country Cries Wolf!” New York University (United States)
Johann Schilling, “Dreams of a Sleeping Dragon,” Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Joshua David, “Eat, Pray, Love: Lola and Me,” University of California, Los Angeles (United States)
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)
Kate Hall, “A Life with Peregrines,” University of the West of England Bristol (United Kingdom)
Nirmala Lan Hessellund, “Searching For Orchids,” National Film and Television School (United Kingdom)
Olivia Hansen & Soledad Robins, “Seeds We Bury,” Villanova University (United States)
Michael Blackshire, “Voices in the Mirror,” Ohio University (United States)
Narrative
Byron, “All or Nothing,” Beijing Film Academy (China)
Stanzin Jigmet, “The Dragon Letter,” Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (Spain)
Alistair Pulido, “Ecatepec, love of mine,” Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico)
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)
Korbinian Kalleder, “Letter to my father,” University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)
Sarah Tarekegn, “Monosemantic,” Russian State University of Cinematography (Russia)
Petch Kitwattanachai, “Of Veins and Wires,” Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
Taylor Sanghyun Lee, “Parkside East,” New York University (United States)
Antoine Boulanger, “The Pichenotte,” Concordia University (Canada)
Zhu Jianhua, “Please, praise me,” Beijing Film Academy (China)
Sarah Jiayi Wei, “Secondhand Santa,” Dongseo University (South Korea)
Daeil Kim, “Stem,” University of Southern California (United States)
Ludmila Fontana, “An unseen energy devours me endlessly,” National University of La Plata (Argentina)