RTS Student Television Awards 2024

Awards Ceremony

Friday, 21 June, 2024

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The winners have been announced for the RTS Student Television Awards 2024, sponsored by 4Skills - Channel 4’s nationwide training and development strategy.

Hosted by rapper, author and broadcaster Guvna B, the winners were crowned at the prestigious awards ceremony at the IET, Savoy Place on the Friday 21st June. The RTS Student Television Awards is an annual celebration, showcasing the talent, potential and enthusiasm of students across the UK, identifying exceptional skills and craftsmanship.

The National Film and Television School took home the most wins this afternoon, receiving eight awards across the 24 categories with five of the organisation’s students winning each craft award, including Camera Work, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing for the postgraduate categories. Additionally, three projects from the National Film and Television School achieved two awards during the ceremony – Crab Day, Jellyfish and Lobster and With Woman – with each project receiving both a crafts and genre award.

The newly formed Factual categories, now divided into Factual Short Form and Factual Long Form, crowned Strongwoman for Undergraduate and Death at Sea for Postgraduate in the Factual Short Form categories. Walking the Labyrinth took home the Undergraduate Factual Long Form award, and With Woman received the Postgraduate award. The redefined Saving the Planet award, previously known as Environment and Sustainability, received a wealth of high quality submissions with Tails of Cumbrian Heritage winning Undergraduate and Cowboys vs Prairie Dogs winning for Postgraduate.

Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “The RTS Student Television Awards are a brilliant opportunity to recognise the next generation of industry entrants at the top of their games, who are creating dynamic, skilled films and soon to be transforming the screen industries. As we celebrate our winners and nominees, it is a reminder of the value of creating content and its ability to evoke conversation and change. We are now looking forward to receiving submissions for the RTS Student Television Awards 2025.”

Please see below the list of winners and nominees.

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Winners

Undergraduate Animation: Sketchbook

Title: James Watt, Nyah Deamer, Marta Smielewski & Steven Watt
Production Company: Manchester Metropolitan University
Nominees:
Doggerland - Michael Blake & Martin To
The Curse of Dracular - Jack Paterson

Undergraduate Drama: Skive

Title: Corinna Elleschild, Ellis Cate, Louis Barron-Forde, Charlie Guy-Jones & Team
Production Company: UWE Bristol
Nominees:
Care - Jagoda Tlok, Jess Kelly, Euan Farmer, Juno Glover & Team
Night Light - Oscar Bell, Thomas Ellison & Madeleine Reddy

Undergraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama: The Other Half

Title: Alina Ilin & Benjamin Bogdan-Hodgson
Production Company: Middlesex University
Nominees:
Lulu's Zoo - Sarah Baker
Worst Thing - Jayme Bartlett, Bobby Donaldson, Hayley Louise McGuire, Petra Crace & Team

Undergraduate Factual – Long Form: Walking the Labyrinth

Title: Jessica Doherty, Conor Farrelly, Megan Hughes, Kim Stewart & Team
Production Company: Dundalk Institute of Technology
Nominees:
Simme Tutt’uno - Alice Franchi, Yasmin Boxall, Freddie Logan & Alice Sacco
Thank you, Final Fantasy VII - Mark Stiles

Undergraduate Factual – Short Form: Strongwoman

Title: Kyla Miller, Ewan Patrick, Jodie McMail, Katrina McEwan & Remi Peron
Production Company: University of Stirling
Nominees:
Beyond Borders: Mo's Story - Oliver Burke, Searus Aynsley & Max Clibbon
Dragons - Tyrese Shipp, Sophie Taylor, Harry Orr & Alex Chiles

Undergraduate Journalism: I'LL JUST HAVE CATS

Title: Kay Proctor & Team
Production Company: University of Gloucestershire
Nominees:
ANGLE NEWS Final Newsday - Kaleigh Pritchard, Aoife Harkin, Meg Griffiths, Isaac Lewis & Team
Bruised - Carla Basu, Lauren Fitzpatrick & Adam Millar

Undergraduate Saving the Planet: Tails of Cumbrian Heritage

Title: Georgia Costin & Abbey Wilkinson
Production Company: University of Cumbria
Nominees:
Fibres - The Roots of Industrial Hemp - Matthew Tyler-Howells, Vic Kolbe & Emily Hogg
Forgotten Fibre - Tristan Patrick Sherfield, Alex Stevenson, Maurice A Wren, Robert Loud & Team

Postgraduate Animation: Crab Day

Title: Ross Stringer, Aleksandra Sykulak, Bartosz Stanislawek & Donya Maguire
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:
Mum’s Spaghetti - Lisa Kenney, Emma Grazette, Martina Buendia Silva, Jack Maraghy & Team
Singularity - Conor Mullin, Alexander Leeming Froudakis, Joe Flowers, Pip Denning & Team

Postgraduate Drama: Jellyfish and Lobster

Title: Elizabeth Rufai, Yasmin Afifi, Linda Wu, Max Reynolds & Team
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:
Killing Boris Johnson - Musa Alderson-Clarke, Solomon Golding & Team
MaoMao - Siqin Qu, Yifei Yue, Xianglong Zhang & Shengshuo Hou

Postgraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama: Why Don't You Stay For Tonight

Title: Guilherme Pires, Yegor Chmilewsky, El Hakim & Gundham Onorati
Production Company: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus
Nominees:
7 Day Expert - Julia Waller, Hannah Dodge & Team
Tastes of the Past - Shu Wang, Anastasia Adruzova, Marcin Mazurek & Fleur Capocci

Postgraduate Factual – Long Form: With Woman

Title: Mia Harvey, Yu-Pu Pon, Luke Barnfather, Diana Duah & Team
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:
Cadáver - Benjamin Kodboel, Frederik Ribergaard, Itzel Gonzalez Estrada, Jack McCartney & Team
Lettre à Elie (Letter to Elie) - Alexis Grigorieff, Louise Bernard Pallas, Harry Foster, Ciara McKenna & Team

Postgraduate Factual – Short Form: Death at Sea

Title: Sara Pipernos, Mikey Sneddon & Nyal Mueenuddin
Production Company: UWE-Bristol
Nominees:
My Dad and the Volcano - Gavin Reid & Brendan Swift
My Mum Rita - Qiqi Hou

Postgraduate Journalism: Charlton Upbeats Football Fundraiser

Title: Lili Sheppard & Shivansh Gupta
Production Company: City, University of London
Nominees:
Ukranian cafe - Lili Sheppard & Tiffany Muthee
Under The Sky - The Homeless of Calcutta - Rini Ghosh

Postgraduate Saving The Planet: Cowboys vs Prairie Dogs

Title: Alexander Crisp
Production Company: University of West England
Nominees:
Forgotten Forests - Robyn Dean, Lauren Wynter, Siim Skepast, Jack McCartney & Team
Grasping the Nettle - Mairi Eyres, Leo Alexander, Mikey Sneddon, Ningjing Wang & Team

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Camerawork: Simme Tutt’uno

Title: Freddie Logan
Production Company: University of Westminster
Nominees:

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Editing: Doggerland

Title: Michael Blake
Production Company: University of the West of England, Bristol
Nominees:

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Production Design: The Curse of Dracular

Title: Jack Paterson
Production Company: Norwich University of the Arts
Nominees:

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Sound: Worst Thing

Title: Erin Williamson, Megan Daly & Jayme Bartlett
Production Company: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Nominees:

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Writing: Care

Title: Jagoda Tlok
Production Company: Screen Academy Scotland (Edinburgh Napier University)
Nominees:

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Camerawork: Cadáver

Title: Benjamin Kodboel & Toni Llobet
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Editing: With Woman

Title: Yu-Pu Pon
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Production Design: Mum’s Spaghetti

Title: Luke Stronach
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Sound: Crab Day

Title: Simon Panayi
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees:

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Writing: Jellyfish and Lobster

Title: Yasmin Afifi
Production Company: National Film and Television School
Nominees: