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AT S T U D E N T A W A R D S Young filmmakers from China and France dominated the major honors at the 2021 BAFTA Student Awards. Despite the global pandemic, nearly 700 entries were received for the prestigious annual contest for the best emerging talents from right around the globe. But it was Chinese and French talent which came out on top in the votes cast by British Academy members and special juries. Best live action film went to Olivia Hang Zhou, an American Film Institute student, for Apart, Together. Another Chinese filmmaker, Yucong Rae Chen, studying at the University of Southern California, won both best documentary and the Special Jury Prize for Unfinished Lives. In a year which saw Nomandland’s Choloe Zhao dominate at the Oscars and BAFTAs, these victories continue a breakthrough year for Chinese female filmmaking talent The best animated film, Migrants, was made by the French team of Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte and Zoe Devise from Pole 3D in France. And the first ever GSA BAF TA Student Award for computer games was awarded to Frenchman Guillaume Roux from Isar t Digital in France for Symphonia. Presented in a digit al ceremony screened on BAF TA’s You Tube channel, the event aims to discover and champion new talents which can move the film industry forward.
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