RTS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF NI STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS FOR 2025

The Royal Television Society Northern Ireland (RTS NI) Student Television Awards winners were announced last night (2 April 2025) in the Black Box, Belfast at an awards ceremony hosted by Presenter Caoimhe Ní Chathail with the Joe McKinney Memorial Keynote Speech delivered by UTV’s north west reporter Jordan Moore.

 
 

Winners

Animation: Alisa Kamari

Title: Shellbound
Production Company: Ulster University, Belfast
Nominees:
Cain Henderson - LIL
Carlo Tripp and Harry Rees - The Little Feastly Fable

Drama: Annabel Harkness, Sam Press, Seán McGlone, Danny Liken, Stephen Linkens, Holly Jenkinson, Brendan Robinson and Lucy Carter-Ashmore

Title: Last Fare
Production Company: Queen’s University Belfast
Nominees:
Andrew Dornan, Louise Farmer, Hadyn Curran, Rory Kinghan, Sam Hall, Jonathan Leonard and Dana Emyei - Is Someone There?
TJ Harvey Kelly, Nathan Toland, Boróka Hegyi, Alex Monaghan, Michael Rooney and Aoife Doherty - STATIC

Entertainment and Comedy Drama: Oliver Sadlier, Tom Bewley, Rachel McAllister, Sarah McComb, Sian Alexander, Sean Conroy and Leah Watters

Title: Love From
Production Company: Queen’s University Belfast
Nominees:
Daenel Carillo, Emma Lown and Dylan Reilly - Hubert

Factual - Short Form: Susie Loane, Amy Lonergan, David King, Eimear Reavey and DaiQing Yongcuo

Title: Danseur
Production Company: Queen’s University Belfast
Nominees:
Jonathan Elder, Conor Martin, Gareth Walsh, Ruairi McGonnell and Summer Long - The LEGO Man
Luke Jervis and Owen Lavery - Home Ground
Orla Dunne, Therese Farren and Joseph Hinchcliffe - The Ball’s in Their Court

Craft: Arwen Fegan, Matthew Wilson, Georgia McPoland, Michaela Burke and Matthew Martin

Title: That’s News to Me - Production Craft Winner
Production Company: Queen’s University Belfast
Nominees:

Craft: Christopher McSherry

Title: U of A - Camera Craft Winner
Production Company: Ulster University, Derry/Londonderry
Nominees:

Craft: Jonathan Elder, Conor Martin, Gareth Walsh, Ruairi McGonnell and Summer Long

Title: The LEGO Man - Production Craft Winner
Production Company: Ulster University, Belfast
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The winners of these awards go forward to the national RTS Student Media Awards in London in June this year.