The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, has announced the nominations for the RTS Student Television Awards 2018.
Chaired by Philip Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, the awards recognise the best audiovisual work created by students across the UK and Republic of Ireland at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Awards are judged in six categories – Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Feature.
In the undergraduate categories students from Kingston University, Arts University Bournemouth and The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire will battle it out for the Undergraduate Animation award; while Edinburgh College of Art University and Middlesex University will go head-to-headfor the Undergraduate Comedy & Entertainment title.
The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghairealso hopes to claim the Undergraduate Drama prize and will compete against University of Central Lancashire and the Royal Conservatoire Scotland.
University of Bolton, University of Stirling and University of Leeds have been shortlisted in the Undergraduate Factual category; while, for a second year running, University of Salford and University of Sheffield compete in the hotly contested Undergraduate News category, along with students from Nottingham Trent University.
The nominees for the Undergraduate Short Feature include: University for the Creative Arts, Staffordshire University and Kingston University.
National Film and Television School leads the way in the postgraduate awards receiving ten nominations, including all three in the Postgraduate Comedy & Entertainment category.
For the Postgraduate Animation accolade, National Film and Television School competes against the Royal College of Art. For the Postgraduate Drama award, it is up against The Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University, and will fight it out with University College London for the Postgraduate Factual award. In the Postgraduate Short Feature, National Film and Television School is up against Bangor University.
Dublin Institute of Technology and University of Central Lancashire will compete for the Postgraduate News title.
In addition, to reward excellence in craft skills, undergraduate and postgraduate awards will be presented for camerawork, editing, production design and sound. Entries are not accepted for these categories and the prizes will be awarded at the judges’ discretion. One winning student will also receive the newly introduced Judges’ Award.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday 22 June at the BFI Southbank.
For more information visit: https://www.rts.org.uk/studentawards2018
THE NOMINATIONS:
Undergraduate Animation
- Consent,Aoife Moiselle and Tara Woods, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire
- Laymun, Catherine Prowse and Hannah Quinn,Kingston University
- Liv, Sunniva Fluge Hole, Laura Perkins and Team, Arts University Bournemouth
Undergraduate Comedy & Entertainment
- Best Men, Andrew Ashworth,Edinburgh College of Art
- Potty the Plant, Aeddan Sussex and Taliah Lamont, Middlesex University
Undergraduate Drama
- Antonio, Alison Still,Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Lost in Loss, Gaius Brown, Jake River Parker, Heather Davenport and Jodie Horne, University of Central Lancashire
- Pernicio, Dave Fox, Laura Gaynor, Alfie Hollingsworth and Conor Donoghue, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, DúnLaoghaire
Undergraduate Factual
- Fallen Angels, Kathryn Berry,University of Bolton
- Hear Me Now, Maria Craig, Josefin Dahlin, Hannah McKelvie and Joel Rock,University of Stirling
- Taraash, Ishan Siddiqui, Hugh Clegg, Carlotta Grimaldi and Charlotte Field,University of Leeds
Undergraduate News
- Craig’s Story, Megan Levers,University of Sheffield
- Life in Europe, Martina Moscariello, University of Salford
- Music On Prescription, Anna Butler, Nottingham Trent University
Undergraduate Short Feature
- #JUMPFROMPAPER, Giorgia Perini, Staffordshire University
- Mm-hmm, Martha Halliday and Hannah McNally, Kingston University
- Morris by Himself, Ryan Morris, Chris Norman, Adam Waugh and David Kelly, University for the Creative Arts
Postgraduate Animation
- Hilal ‘the Crescent’, Hakim Ismail, Chourouk Zarkaoui, Sofia El Khyari, Elena Magee and Team, Royal College of Art
- Poles Apart, Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low, Jon Muschamp, Paula Gimenez and Team, National Film and Television School
- Snow White Cologne, Amanda Eliasson, Royal College of Art
Postgraduate Comedy & Entertainment
- Against All Odds, Lucy Smith, Jamie Minty and Team, National Film and Television School
- Comeback Kid, Ian Robertson, Nathan Craig, Sam Steiner and Team, National Film and Television School
- Saving Faith, Alex Dizer, John Higgins, Sorcha Bradford, Sashko Micevski and Team, National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Drama
- Come Out Of The Woods, Jonny Blair, Holly Carrington, Shane Crowley and Anna MacDonald and Team, National Film and Television School
- Leo, Julian Alexander, Pilar Cartró Benavides, Luis Zarzo Escabias, Milda Baginskaite and Team, The Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University
- Wild Horses, Rory Alexander Stewart, Rebecca Smith, Samira Oberberg, Celestria Kimmins and Team, National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Factual
- Acta Non Verba, Yvann Yagchi, Fawzia Mahmood, Aurora Vögeli and Team,National Film and Television School
- A Secrets Act: The Double Life of Ian MacKintosh, Andrew Tullis, Ross Leppard, Samira Oberberg, Sam Boulton and Team, National Film and Television School
- Love Thy Neighbour, Irene Carter, University College London
Postgraduate News
- National Maternity Hospital, Hannah Lemass, Dublin Institute of Technology
- Social Media Shaming, Kath Paddison, University of Central Lancashire
Postgraduate Short Feature
- Cabbie, Charlotte Wells, Bangor University
- Christmas Tree, Meg Campbell, Andrew Oldbury, Donna Wade, Fiona Brands and Team, National Film and Television School
- Cupid, Ian Robertson, Athena Sammy, Alex McArdle and Team, National Film and Television School