3rd Babel Film Awards: Nominations and RSVP

Join us at the 3rd Babel Film Awards this March to celebrate some of the best student filmmaking in Hong Kong and our international schools network!

Screenings and award ceremonies for two categories will take place on March 21, 2026 at Chinese International School in Hong Kong.

After-School Category
Primary & Secondary Competitions
1:00pm-2:30pm

Main Category
Babel 48 & Open Competition
2:00pm-6:00pm

Address: 1 Hau Yuen Path, Braemar Hill Hong Kong SAR
Dress Code: Semi-formal

RSVP

RSVP is required to attend this event. Priority is reserved for nominees and their guests. For any other inquiries, please email us.

Guests aged 18+ must print and sign this form to enter school premises.

3rd Babel Film Awards Nominees

Main Category

Open Competition

Best Short Film
7 More Minutes (Isla Winter, CIS)
As You Wish (Jayne Lau & Rachell Lee, KGV)
Goodnight Patient (Alexandra Szovati Coulter, CIS)
Lava Lamp (Nicole Yu, CIS)
Leave the Noise Behind (Caleb Pang, CIS)
Life Continues (Moses Lai, CIS)
Notif (Kamini Chak, Kellett School)
Second Dance (Herman Yang, CDNIS)
Side by Side (Eva Kim, HKIS)
To Learn to Sow (Briar Ku, CIS)

Best Director
7 More Minutes (Isla Winter)
As You Wish (Jayne Lau & Rachell Lee)
Life Continues (Moses Lai)
Macbeth Street (Jayden Kwan)
Notif (Kamini Chak)

Best Screenplay
As You Wish (Jayne Lau, Rachell Lee & Sonakshi Shrivastava)
Lava Lamp (Nicole Yu)
Leave the Noise Behind (Megan Kwok)
Life Continues (Moses Lai)
Second Dance (Herman Yang)

Best Actor
Akshat Bali (Lava Lamp)
Devan Fitzpatrick (7 More Minutes)
Bryn Folpp (Macbeth Street)
Skye Gildner (To Learn to Sow)
Edgar Sage (Broken Pieces)

Best Actress
Alexandra Szovati Coulter (Goodnight Patient)
Megan Kwok (7 More Minutes)
Naysa Petoh (Second Dance)
Sonakshi Shrivastava (As You Wish)
Dora Wu (To Learn to Sow)

Best Cinematography
7 More Minutes (Caleb Pang)
As You Wish (Jayne Lau)
Leave the Noise Behind (Ian Yu)
Life Continues (Jason Lo)
To Learn to Sow (Nicholas Tanner)

Best Editing
As You Wish (Jayne Lau, Rachell Lee & Sonakshi Shrivastava)
Cortisol (Nicholas Tanner)
Life Continues (Jason Lo)
Notif (Kamini Chak)
To Learn to Sow (Kaitlyn Ip & Nicholas Tanner)

Best Sound Design
As You Wish (Rachell Lee)
Life Continues (Ridley Wong)
Macbeth Street (Jayden Kwan)
Second Dance (Herman Yang)
To Learn to Sow (Kaitlyn Ip)

Babel 48 International Competition

Finalists
Crushed (Kellett School)
Defeated (Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk)
Do You Want to Be a Millionaire (Chinese International School)
Don’t Lose Yourself (Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk)
F.P.P.S. (Canadian International School of Hong Kong)
Letting Go (West Island School)
Lucky Charm (Taipei European School)
Mr. Pong (Munich International School)
Oldmaid (Chadwick International)
One of One (Chinese International School)
Party of the Year (Kellett School)
Qiu (Canadian International School of Hong Kong)
Score! (British School Jakarta)
Stillpoint (British School Jakarta)
The Globall (West Island School)
The Ritual (Chadwick International)
The Virus (Singapore School, Pantai Indah Kapuk)
What People Mean (Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz)

After-School Category

Primary Competition
The Airplane Incident (Victoria Shanghai Academy)
Christmas Decorating (Malvern College Hong Kong)
The Dancing Kid (German Swiss International School)
Dancing on the Spot (Malvern College Hong Kong)
A Day in 80 Seconds (Christian Alliance International School)
A Day in School (Christian Alliance International School)
Dropping Stationery (International Montessori School)
Expectation vs Reality (Canadian International School of Hong Kong)
The Hacker (American School Hong Kong)
How to Professionally Fall into Deep Sleep (Victoria Shanghai Academy)
I Want to Sleep (Renaissance College Hong Kong)
The Most Important Movie (Chinese International School)
The Note (Chinese International School)
The Note (German Swiss International School)
Paper Airplane Homework (Canadian International School of Hong Kong)
Playing Clay (International Montessori School)
Sleeping in Class (Hong Kong Academy)
When You Get Into Trouble (Renaissance College Hong Kong)

Secondary Competition
1983 (American School Hong Kong)
Bottle (Canadian International School of Hong Kong)
The Lunch Chase (Christian Alliance International School)
Scary Larry (Chinese International School)
The Siren’s Song (Kellett School)
Untitled (Stamford American School)
Very Ediable (Christian Alliance International School)