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Announcing our 2025 BUFTA Nominees... Congratulations to this year's Top 27 shortlisted filmmakers!
The moment you’ve been waiting for is finally here! We’re thrilled to reveal the Top 27 BUFTA Nominees for 2025. Please join us in celebrating these incredible young filmmakers whose creativity, passion, and storytelling talent have truly shone through this year’s competition.
In no particular order...
ANIMATION
- Eleanor Creevey (Mansfield State High School, QLD) | The Glue Family
- Jules Leo (Pacific Pines State High School, QLD) | Captive
- Zachary Simpson (Tamborine Mountain State High School, QLD) | Reflections of a dead man
ART FILM
- Stella Hely (The Geelong College, VIC) | Your Fault
- Magenta Stafford (Brisbane State High School, QLD) | GREED
- Hannah-Rose Strutt (Marymount College, QLD) | Sonder
COMEDY
- Jessica Cross (Westside Christian College, QLD) | The story of Angelique
- Hudson Dyer (Huntingtower School, VIC) | The Venus Fly Trap
- Maya Heath (Brisbane State High School, QLD) | In The Night
DOCUMENTARY
- Jaime Del Castillo Parejo (Varsity College, QLD) | The Great Balloon in the Sky
- Jediah Knight (Emmanuel College, QLD) | Life Savers
- Sophie Lai (Huntingtower School, VIC) | Ruth
DRAMA
- Ilaria Byrden (Sacre Coeur, VIC) | Projections
- Ryan Ma (Highvale Secondary College, VIC) | THE SOLO
- Will Read (Balgowlah Boys Northern Beaches Secondary College, NSW) | The Trials
EXPERIMENTAL
- Jessica Coats-Brooks (Mary MacKillop College, QLD) | Mosaic of Souls
- Liam Ferguson (Huntingtower School, VIC) | Hashima
- Evie Philp (Miami State High School, QLD) | FOLDED
MUSIC VIDEO
- Thomas Birkett (The Hutchins School, TAS) | Walk In Your Shoes
- Boyd Edser (Tamborine Mountain State High School, QLD) | World Stood Still
- Evie Philp (Miami State High School, QLD) | Take Your Pick
SPORT FILM
- Sophie Lai (Huntingtower School, VIC) | To the Top
- Willow Moore (Emmanuel College, QLD) | 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Isabella Pagliaccio (Assisi Catholic College, QLD) | Are We Rolling?
- Ben Ward (Emmanuel College, QLD) | Queen of Wakeboarding
INTERNATIONAL
- Cole Aylaian (Menlo-Atherton High School, CA, United States) | Becoming Jeremy
- Elina Myshanych (School 200 Kyiv, Ukraine) | The City
- Alexander Salomon (The Buckley School, CA, United States) | Sunrise Falling
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BUFTA Finalists (Top 45)
ANIMATION
- Eleanor Creevey (QLD) | The Glue Family
- Ashton Hayes (QLD) | ORB-ital satellite
- Jules Leo (QLD) | Captive
- Evie Lowery-Lewis (QLD) | Punk Rocker
- Zachary Simpson (QLD) | Reflections of a dead man
ART FILM
- Lucy Begley (WA) | Sense of Being
- Finn Hing Fay (QLD) | The Vermillion Espial
- Stella Hely (VIC) | Your Fault
- Magenta Stafford (QLD) | GREED
- Hannah-Rose Strutt (QLD) | Sonder
COMEDY
- Jessica Cross (QLD) | The story of Angelique
- Hudson Dyer (VIC) | The Venus Fly Trap
- Edie Goody (WA) | Telephone
- Maya Heath (QLD) | In The Night
- Samantha Withrington (QLD) | How the Beep Do I Drive Manual?
DOCUMENTARY
- Mackenzie Guyatt (QLD) | Living in Tension
- Jaime Del Castillo Parejo (QLD) | The Great Balloon in the Sky
- Jediah Knight (QLD) | Life Savers
- Sophie Lai (VIC) | Ruth
- Olivia Wylie (QLD) | Michelina
DRAMA
- Ilaria Byrden (VIC) | Projections
- Ryan Ma (VIC) | THE SOLO
- Will Read (NSW) | The Trials
- Charlie Tran (NSW) | Eternal Summer
- Pablova Wild (QLD) | Enemies of Progress
EXPERIMENTAL
- Jessica Coats-Brooks (QLD) | Mosaic of Souls
- Prudence Dhiya (WA) | Burnout
- Jacob Dutton (QLD) | Amaranth
- Liam Ferguson (VIC) | Hashima
- Evie Philp (QLD) | FOLDED
MUSIC VIDEO
- Erin Appleby (QLD) | Insatiable
- Thomas Birkett (TAS) | Walk In Your Shoes
- Boyd Edser (QLD) | World Stood Still
- Macy Johnson (QLD) | Pictures of You
- Evie Philp (QLD) | Take Your Pick
SPORT FILM
- Sophie Lai (VIC) | To the Top
- Willow Moore (QLD) | 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Isabella Pagliaccio (QLD) | Are We Rolling?
- Malia Schroeder (QLD) | Rise Of The Spartans
- Zachary Simpson (QLD) | Tamborine Mountain Eagles: A Beautiful Game
- Ben Ward (QLD) | Queen of Wakeboarding
INTERNATIONAL
- Cole Aylaian (CA, United States) | Becoming Jeremy
- Elina Myshanych (Ukraine) | The City
- Alexander Salomon (CA, United States) | Sunrise Falling
- Thư Thanh Trần (Vietnam) | Teacher's Tears
- JM Yang (Beijing, China) | Beyond Sight
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BUFTA Nominees (Top 27)
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
ANIMATION
- Eleanor Creevey (QLD) | The Glue Family
- Jules Leo (QLD) | Captive
- Zachary Simpson (QLD) | Reflections of a dead man
ART FILM
- Stella Hely (VIC) | Your Fault
- Magenta Stafford (QLD) | GREED
- Hannah-Rose Strutt (QLD) | Sonder
COMEDY
- Jessica Cross (QLD) | The story of Angelique
- Hudson Dyer (VIC) | The Venus Fly Trap
- Maya Heath (QLD) | In The Night
DOCUMENTARY
- Jaime Del Castillo Parejo (QLD) | The Great Balloon in the Sky
- Jediah Knight (QLD) | Life Savers
- Sophie Lai (VIC) | Ruth
DRAMA
- Ilaria Byrden (VIC) | Projections
- Ryan Ma (VIC) | THE SOLO
- Will Read (NSW) | The Trials
EXPERIMENTAL
- Jessica Coats-Brooks (QLD) | Mosaic of Souls
- Liam Ferguson (VIC) | Hashima
- Evie Philp (QLD) | FOLDED
MUSIC VIDEO
- Thomas Birkett (TAS) | Walk In Your Shoes
- Boyd Edser (QLD) | World Stood Still
- Evie Philp (QLD) | Take Your Pick
SPORT FILM
- Sophie Lai (VIC) | To the Top
- Willow Moore (QLD) | 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Isabella Pagliaccio (QLD) | Are We Rolling?
- Ben Ward (QLD) | Queen of Wakeboarding
INTERNATIONAL
- Cole Aylaian (CA, United States) | Becoming Jeremy
- Elina Myshanych (Ukraine) | The City
- Alexander Salomon (CA, United States) | Sunrise Falling
People's Choice Voting
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