Oj Tato scores a hatrick at the RTS Scotland Student Awards 2025

Oj Tato scores a hatrick at the RTS Scotland Student Awards 2025

Thursday, 8th May 2025
Three people stand holding their RTS awards. On the left, a woman with brown hair and a black top, in the middle a woman with reddish brown hair and a navy blazer and on the right a blonde woman with glasses and a pinstripe waistcoat and trousers.
Oj Tato: Factual: Short Form and Craft: Editing winner (Credit: Jamie Simpson)
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Oj Tato was one of three films to notch up ­doubles at the RTS Scotland Student Awards at Saint Luke’s in Glasgow, winning the Factual: Short Form cate­gory and Craft: Editing prize for Screen Academy Scotland (Edinburgh Napier University) student Eva Magdić Govedarica.

The Factual: Long Form award went to the University of Stirling’s Sub Zero Salvation, with Antoaneta Ninovska taking home the Craft: Editing award for her work on the film. University of the West of Scotland film Gas & Electricity scooped the Drama award, with William Duguid Cox winning the Craft: Camerawork trophy.

RTS Scotland Chair ­Stephen O’Donnell told the nominees and winners: “We hope you’ve enjoyed an early taster of the excitement that comes with an awards night. I look forward to seeing you on stage collecting an Emmy very soon.”

STV entertainment reporter Laura Boyd, who presented the awards for the fifth time, said: “It is one of my favourite events of the year. It’s a joy to host and I’m thrilled to be part of the students’ much-deserved celebrations.”

All the nominated films will be available on streaming service STV Player.

RTS Scotland Student Television Awards winners

Animation Midnight at ­Mickey’s Vin Wolff, Megan Emmie Daly and Erin Williamson, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Drama Gas & Electricity Daniel Kelly, Grace Bisland, William Duguid Cox, Kelly Halpin, Lewis Robertson and Skye Morrison, University of the West of Scotland

Entertainment and Comedy Drama Taraspotting Leora Soibelman, Audrey Renner, Momo Eliot and Shira David, University of Edinburgh

Factual: Long Form Sub Zero Salvation Ethan Dear, Alex Lichtenauer, Meena Annamali, Ronja Putensen and Antoaneta Ninovska, University of Stirling

Factual: Short Form Oj Tato Natalia Baczynski, Beth Lindsay, Eva Magdić Govedarica and Jennifer Morrison, Screen Academy Scotland (Edinburgh Napier University)

Saving the Planet On the Red List Mathilde van Ooijen, Andrea Costa, Carla Basu and Sean Burns, University of the West of Scotland

Craft Skills: Camerawork Gas & Electricity and Lamia William Duguid Cox, University of the West of Scotland

Craft Skills: Editing Oj Tato Eva Magdić Govedarica, Screen Academy Scotland (ENU)

Craft Skills: Production Design Popper Juno Glover, Screen Academy Scotland (ENU)

Craft Skills: Sound Sub Zero Salvation Antoaneta Ninovska, University of Stirling

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