Andrea Riseborough, Victoria Mahoney, Jillian Bell, Josh Cooley, Michael McDonough and Aurora Guerrero served on a special jury for the BAFTA Student Film Awards. (photo courtesy of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of the 2019 BAFTA Student Film Awards, presented by Global Student Accommodation, in a gala ceremony and presentation on July 9 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

The BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation was awarded to Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert and Oscar Malet from École des Nouvelles Images, France for “Hors Piste.” The BAFTA Student Film Award for Documentary was awarded to Ingrid Holmquist and Sana Malik from Columbia University for “Guanajuato Norte.” The BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action was awarded to Asher Jelinsky from American Film Institute for “Miller & Son.”

The Special Jury Prize was presented to Rikke Gregersen from Kristiania University College, Norway for “Dog Eat Dog.”

Additionally, the BAFTA-GSA Short Film Commissioning Grant was awarded to Drama Del Rosario from New York Film Academy for his documentary, “I’m Okay (And Neither Are You),” and Lola Blanche Higgins from AFI Conservatory for her short film project, “Kissy and the Shark.” Drama Del Rosario and Lola Blanche Higgins will share the $12,000 commissioning grant, which was launched this year to provide filmmakers with a platform to raise awareness and encourage change in how wellbeing is understood amongst 15- to 25-year-olds.

The special jury of industry luminaries included actress and writer Jillian Bell (“Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “22 Jump Street,” “Office Christmas Party”), director Josh Cooley (“Toy Story 4”), director Aurora Guerrero (“Mosquita y Mari,” “Los Valientes,” “Pandora’s”), director Victoria Mahoney (“Seven Seconds,” “Yelling to the Sky”), cinematographer Michael McDonough (“Leave No Trace,” “Winter’s Bone,” “Bosch”) and actress Andrea Riseborough (“Birdman,” “Oblivion”).

“I was very surprised at how human every single story I saw was – everything from the documentaries to the live action fiction to the animation – everything was so extremely human and personal. I cried with laughter and then I cried with tears of emotion just at how amazing they all were,” Cooley said. “I’m not worried about the future of filmmaking at all. All I know is I’m going to get stock in Kleenex because these films were so emotional in such great ways. I’m so honored to be here.”

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