MEET THE 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS FINALISTS

Alternative/Experimental
Mati Granica, “flower_gan,” London College of Communication (United Kingdom) 
Amaïllia Bordet, “No Home Movies,” La Fémis (France)
Zolomon Zelko, “Photo Play XX,” Florida State University (United States)
Xindi Zhang, “The Song of Drifters,” University of Southern California (United States)
Emilie Bouet Conran & Honor West, “Synergy,” Arts University Bournemouth (United Kingdom)

MEET THE 2025 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS SEMIFINALISTS

Alternative/Experimental
Carlo Nasisse, “Animal Eye,” Stanford University (United States)
Tauan Sloboda, “Beyond the Breakers,” Higher School of Advertising and Marketing (Brazil)
Nilsu Demirel, “The Fig Tree,” Bilkent University (Turkey)
Mati Granica, “flower_gan,” London College of Communication (United Kingdom) 
Jianpeng Xiong, “I,” Beijing Film Academy (China)
Angela Wenyang Hou, “Nirvana,” University of Southern California (United States)