BAFTA Student Film Awards Shortlists Film by NYFA MFA Documentary Filmmaking Student Drama Del Rosario.
In This Family, a short documentary film by current New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking MFA student Drama Del Rosario, has made it onto the short list for BAFTA’s Student Film Awards!
We are excited to announce the Shortlist for the 2018 BAFTA Student Film Awards! 111 film schools submitted up to 9 films each and we have selected the best 60. Congratulations to all the listed filmmakers and film schools! Read the full list here:https://t.co/yfLTfjODv5 pic.twitter.com/uEqgcAspN4
— BAFTA North America (@BAFTAUS) May 3, 2018
This year marked a great expansion in BAFTA’s student programming, with the prestigious institution inviting 111 schools worldwide to nominate the best of the best. As BAFTA explains, “this year’s shortlisted 60 films have been selected from the 469 submissions by students at film schools in 35 countries across the world.” It is an effort in cooperation with BAFTA’s Access for All campaign, “a commitment to ensuring that talented individuals are offered a clear pathway to careers in the entertainment industry, uninhibited by background, demographics or personal circumstance.”
The increased competition means that Del Rosario’s film is truly among the cream of the crop from the top film schools across the globe, achieving this recognition in the midst of BAFTA’s most competitive event, ever.
Hailing from Manila, Philippines, Drama Del Rosario is a documentarian who focuses in his work on complex themes surrounding culture, religion, commercialization, and LGBTQ+ issues.
In This Family is a 12-minute short that tells the story of one Filipino family’s reaction to finding out their son is gay, weaving in the filmmaker’s own story to offer a stunning perspective into the journey of coming out and finding acceptance in the larger fabric of a very traditionally Catholic society. He is currently completing his MFA degree in Documentary Filmmaking at NYFA Los Angeles.
The BAFTA shortlist will eventually be whittled down to a final three, and those films will be shown at a gala event at the Ace Hotel/Theater in downtown Los Angeles on June 29, where the audience will vote on the winners.
Congratulations to @DramaDelRosario for his film "In This Family" being shortlist for the @BAFTA International Student Film Awards ???? https://t.co/hLtotYdxzC
— New York Film Academy (@NYFA) May 3, 2018
Congratulations to Drama Del Rosario for competing in 2018’s BAFTA Student Film Awards!