Leeds Arts University filmmakers took home three of the principal trophies from the RTS Yorkshire Student Awards last month.
The Animation award went to A Perfect Meal, which the judges said was “TV ready” and featured a “brilliant use of graphics”. Leeds Arts University students also won the Factual: Short Form prize for the “engaging and funny” Clucked and the Saving the Planet category for the “thought-provoking and informative” Go Fish! University of Leeds scooped two prizes: Drama for Disclosure, which had a “great script with real jeopardy and tension”, and Journalism for Grassroots Rugby, which boasted “strong journalistic instincts” and “great access to important interviewees”.
Sheffield Hallam University took home the Entertainment and Comedy Drama award for the “gloriously silly” Tandem P.I. and the University of York was awarded the Factual: Long Form prize for Hunt, “one of the best entries” the judges had ever seen.
RTS Yorkshire Student Television Awards winners
Animation A Perfect Meal Karina Young, Vikrant Dyal, Sami Alam and Gabrielle Mosquito, Leeds Arts University
Drama Disclosure Matthew Gowland, Lana Cruickshank, Alex Petch and Anna Collins, University of Leeds
Entertainment and Comedy Drama Tandem P.I. George Allen, Emma Whight, Jayne Palmer, Kaitlyn Taylor, Loui McCormac and Jess Dale, Sheffield Hallam University
Factual: Long Form Hunt Thalia Saleh, David Merritt, Ed Shaw, Charlie Ord and Alex Weir, University of York
Factual: Short Form Clucked Dean Hamami and Drin Rrahmani, Leeds Arts University
Journalism Grassroots Rugby Christian Morante, University of Leeds
Saving the Planet Go Fish! Kara Harvey-Hill, Annalena Ulvee and Sophia Vypalova-Simon, Leeds Arts University
The awards ceremony was held at York St John University and hosted by satirical comedy duo Larry & Paul. Also presented on the night were 18 Craft awards.
