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)

Alternative/Experimental
Akshit Kumar, “bonVoyage pour monVoyage,” National Institute of Design (India)
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung, “A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers,” San Francisco State University (United States)
María Agostina Menna Galetto, “Crescendo,” Universidad Abierta Interamericana (Argentina)
Mingyu Tian, “Illusion of Ego,” Central Academy of Fine Arts (China)
Dori Walker, “In Living Memory,” Brown University (United States)
Tom Potter, “Lullaby for the Lost,” Bournemouth Film School (United Kingdom)

MEET THE 2024 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS SEMIFINALISTS

Alternative/Experimental
Lena Marie Rheinländer, “Alba,” Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland) 
Michelle Manxue Ma, “Blue Desert,” New York University (United States)
Akshit Kumar, “bonVoyage pour monVoyage,” National Institute of Design (India)
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung, “A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers,” San Francisco State University (United States)
Van Galex, “Consummation,” University of Central Florida (United States)