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ESMA Short ‘Cows’ Takes Gold At Student Academy Awards
Silver went to Matthias Strasser’s ‘The Panic Inside’ while Noran Fikri Alezabi, Xinyue Ma, and Yulin Yue’s ‘Gauze’ took bronze. All three are Oscar-qualified.
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Academy-Honored Shorts ‘Butterfly’ And ‘Gauze’ Use Water, Memory, And Animation To Confront Genocide
Each acclaimed film follows a young swimming champion whose life is shattered by genocide, connecting historical memory with the present.
Academy Unveils 2026 Student Academy Award Winners
Student films from ESMA, Gobelins, and Film Academy Baden-Württemberg are among this year’s winners, who will receive their awards at TIFF.