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.
Click here to find out what the judges had to say about all the nominated films.
The Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast television and aim to recognise the huge variety of skills and processes involved in programme production.
Awards are presented in 11 categories including: Design, Make Up Design, Costume Design, Production Design, Effects, Directors, Photography, Lighting and Multicamera, Sound, Editing and Music. In addition, there are three awards given at the discretion of the Judges: Design & Craft Innovation, Judges’ and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Entries are not accepted for these categories but the RTS welcomes suggestions.
The Award recognises excellence in broadcast technology and is intended to advance education in the science, practice, technology and art of television and its allied fields. As part of the award, Gray receives an all-expenses paid trip to the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam.
Gray was chosen to receive the award from among some of the best young engineers and technologists working in the UK today by a panel of experts, chaired by Digital Media Consultant Terry Marsh.
The RTS Wales Centre Jury panel consisted of the following members:
Zoe Rushton, (Jury Chair) Talent Manager, BBC Cymru Wales
Sian Morgan Lloyd, Lecturer, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
Gwawr Martha Lloyd, Content Commissioner, Drama, S4C
Huw Eryl Philips, Freelance Director
Huw Rossiter, Manager, Public Affairs, ITV Cymru Wales
The annual recognition of the finest student television production in Scotland, across animation, factual, comedy & entertainment and drama, with students from Edinburgh College of Art/ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and University of Stirling.
The awards were presented by Dee Forbes, RTÉ Director General.
One of our entries in the RTS Republic of Ireland Student Awards 2017 have been nominated into the Student Television Awards 2017:
Ciarán McNamara, Ashley Turbett, Phil Davin, Pierce McDonagh & team
Adolf & Eva
School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology
