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2026 Official selections

AMENTALIO, Hayden Perry, Chapman

BILE OF THE BEAST, Tate Slater, Emory

BLUME, Cody Bende, Georgia Gwinnett

CAMINO, Eliot Grigo, Simon Schneider, AFI

CHOY: THE MAKING OF, Maxwell Johnson, NYU

CONFESSIONS, Alejandra Perozo Borges, Rocco Shapiro, Emory

COUPLES RETREAT, Ari Shapiro, Columbia

DEAR DIARY, Cami Yanes, Emory

ECHO, Junxiong Zhu, AFI

FAMILY SUNDAY, Gerardo Del Razo, CCC Mexico

FREE FROM HUNGER, Sano Yang, Cal Arts

HANDWOVEN, Dasha Levin, Mason Cazalet, Mihika Das, Matthew Wisdom, Chapman

KAVALYE O DAM, Sacha Teboul, La Fémis France

MAX, Emilien Pichon, La Fémis France

OFF TO DIE, Jordan Brandao Rodrigues, La Fémis France

PETROL HORSE, Wangyang Liu, Columbia

PLACE, Israel Hope Irby, Amelia Mevers, Alexander Konwal, Harry Jiang, Emory

RISING STILL, Ginna Nebrig, Emory

SONG OF SILENCE, Vasilisa Kuzmina, AFI

THE CHANT OF THE WATERWAY, Célia Marie Flavie Berby Maillot, La Fémis France

THE EXAMINATION, Jason Dement, Emory

THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT, Titouan Ropert, La Fémis France

THE MAN WHO REMEMBERED, Nicholas Benning, Emory

THE TRAP, Vitalii Havura, Wajda School Poland

THE PITCH, Micah Cohen, Emory

THE WAY IT IS, LJ Henighan, Emory

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE, David Berenfeld, Emory

THREADS, Kamea Alleyne, Emory

TOP OF MY SCHOOL, Katherine Lynn-Rose, Cornell

TOXIC UNDERGROUND, Caroline Favé, La Fémis France

VAMPIRE UNDER PRESSURE, Estelle Favant, La Fémis France

WATCHED, Brianna Barros, Kennesaw State

WHATWHATLOVE, Jiajing Ling, Cal Arts

WHO'S THERE? Stella Rae Kinard, Emory

WISH PAWN SHOP, Zhiheng Zhou, Emory

2025 Winners

BEST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT FILM

BEST GRADUATE STUDENT FILM

BEST EMORY STUDENT FILM

Kid with a Camera

Directed by David Berenfeld

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Through aperture, we aim to focus on the lens of creativity, illuminating stories and shaping perspectives one frame at a time.

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