RTS Announces Winners Of Student Television Awards 2014

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the winners of the 20th RTS Student Television Awards.

Chaired by Stuart Murphy, Director, Sky Entertainment Channels, the Awards celebrate the best in student television.

The Undergraduate and Postgraduate Awards are judged in five categories: Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual and, new for this year, Open – for films that are a maximum of three minutes in length and of any subject matter. In addition, to reward excellence in craft skills, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Awards are presented for Camerawork, Editing and Sound.

Students from higher education institutions across the UK and Ireland picked up awards, with the winners announced at a ceremony, hosted by comedian Romesh Ranganathan, on Friday 5 June at the BFI Southbank.

This year, for the first time, the nominated films will be transmitted on Sky Arts. A highlights programme from the Awards ceremony will also air on the channel at 7pm on 19 June.

The full list of winners:

UNDERGRADUATE

Undergraduate Animation
Shoot
Rory Conway, Sammy Khalid, David Slattery and Kieran Noone, Ballyfermot College of Further Education.

Nominees:
Domestic Appliances
Lewis Firth Bolton, Edinburgh College of Art.
Fractured
Jocie Juritz, Kingston University.

Undergraduate Comedy & Entertainment
Little
Harry Jackson, Alfred Johnson and Team, The Arts University Bournemouth.

Nominees:
Bun Oven
Genia Krassnig, Christian Cerami, Matt Tume and Team, University of Westminster.
Marital Kombat
Ally Lockhart and Team, City of Glasgow College.

Undergraduate Drama
Skunky Dog
James Fitzgerald, Paddy Slattery and Team, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire.

Nominees:
Archie
Sophie Piggott, Staffordshire University.
Sunday Dinner with the Morgans
Alex Forbes, Jack Pollington and Allan Armstrong, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.

Undergraduate Factual
Thick Skin
Despina Christodoulou and Robert Dalton, University of Leeds.

Nominees:
Porters
James Dougan, Max Cutting and Dan Ridgeon, University of South Wales.
The Invisible School
Hugo Pettitt and Hannah Bush Bailey, University of the West of England.

Undergraduate Open
LA Larry
Lauren Clark, University of Central Lancashire.

Nominees:
Nan
Luke Taylor, Bath Spa University.
Vice Versa – Creation
Natasha Hawthornthwaite, Rhodri Carter and Daniel Ridgeon, University of South Wales.

UNDERGRADUATE CRAFT SKILLS

Camerawork
Skunky Dog
James Fitzgerald, Paddy Slattery and Team, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire.

Nominees:
Shoot
Rory Conway, Sammy Khalid, David Slattery and Kieran Noone, Ballyfermot College of Further Education.
Sunday Dinner with the Morgans
Alex Forbes, Jack Pollington and Allan Armstrong, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.

Editing
Porters
James Dougan, Max Cutting and Dan Ridgeon, University of South Wales.

Nominees:
Skunky Dog
James Fitzgerald, Paddy Slattery and Team, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire.
Sunday Dinner with the Morgans
Alex Forbes, Jack Pollington and Allan Armstrong, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.

Sound
Archie
Sophie Piggott, Staffordshire University.

Nominees:
Skunky Dog
James Fitzgerald, Paddy Slattery and Team, The National Film School, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire.
Thick Skin
Despina Christodoulou and Robert Dalton, University of Leeds.

POSTGRADUATE

Postgraduate Animation
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka, Chris Hees and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
Meanwhile
Stephen McNally, Royal College of Art.
Pineapple Calamari
Katarzyna Nalewajka, Daniel Negret and Team, National Film and Television School.

Postgraduate Comedy & Entertainment
Secret Studio
James Spokioni, Sipho Sondiyazi and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
Nightdare
Serafeim Ntousias, Karin Camarinha and Team, National Film and Television School.
School on Report
Lee Otway, York St John University.

Postgraduate Drama
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player
Tommaso Pitta, Christopher Hees and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
Jam Man
John Evans and Lester Hughes, Bangor University.
North
Philip Sheerin, Jacob Thomas and Team, National Film and Television School.

Postgraduate Factual
Side by Side
Jack Warrender and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
A Wee Night In
Stuart Edwards, Noe Mendelle and Emma Davie, Edinburgh College of Art, Screen Academy Scotland.
Sing Your Heart Out
Peter Akar and Team, National Film and Television School.

Postgraduate Open
Once She Was Just Like You
Dan Neeson and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
First Time
Ryan Vernava and Team, National Film and Television School.
Nereid
Charlotte Boyle, University of Salford.

POSTGRADUATE CRAFT SKILLS

Camerawork
A Wee Night In
Stuart Edwards, Noe Mendelle and Emma Davie, Edinburgh College of Art, Screen Academy Scotland.

Nominees:
North
Philip Sheerin, Jacob Thomas and Team, National Film and Television School.
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka, Chris Hees and Team, National Film and Television School.

Editing
Side by Side
Jack Warrender and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player
Tommaso Pitta, Christopher Hees and Team, National Film and Television School.
North
Philip Sheerin, Jacob Thomas and Team, National Film and Television School.

Sound
Sing Your Heart Out
Peter Akar and Team, National Film and Television School.

Nominees:
Nightdare
Serafeim Ntousias, Karin Camarinha and Team, National Film and Television School.
Side by Side
Jack Warrender and Team, National Film and Television School.

The full list of winners and nominees can be found here, as well as the judges' comments.

www.rts.org.uk

(JP)