The Royal Television Society Northern Ireland (RTS NI) is delighted to announce the nominations for this year’s Student Television Awards, supported by Northern Ireland Screen and the Department for the Communities.
This is the 11th year of the RTS NI Student Awards and the Awards Ceremony will be hosted by UTV reporter Nathan Hanna on Thursday 28 March at 6.30pm in the Black Box, Belfast with the Joe McKinney memorial keynote speech delivered by Fiona Campbell, Controller, Youth Audience, BBC Iplayer and BBC Three.
The nominees for this year’s Awards are:
Animation Category
· Pure: Michael Doherty, Matthew Kerr and Christopher McCann from Ulster University, Belfast.
· Unseen – Alone In Space: Patrick Faulkner from Ulster University, Belfast.
Drama Category
· Spring is Sure to Follow: Andrew McAllister, Lucy Johnston, Lucy Maxwell, Jon-Marc Maguire, William Penney and Dominic Small from Queen’s University Belfast.
· Saoirse: Jessica Banks, Aisling Carroll, Karl Castles and David Johnston from Queen’s University Belfast.
· When It Rains: Luke O’Grady and Marty Carlin from Ulster University, Belfast.
Entertainment and Comedy Drama Category
· Mantis Shrimp: Stella Skiadopoulou, Jiale Rui, Amy Lonergan, Harry Thompson and Dai Qingyongcuo from Queen’s University Belfast.
· Soap N’Pie: Catherine Osborne, Luke Galbraith, Matthew Ardies, Danny de Vecchis, Aaron Connolly, Jamie Edgar, Rab McPhee, Dean Wilson, James Ardis, Jamie Powell, Nathan Toland and Joel Rafferty from Belfast Metropolitan College.
Factual – Short Form Category
· Being Punk: Haoyue Hu, Shanshan Qiu and Jean Watt from Queens University Belfast.
· On The Edge: Nathan Edgar from Ulster University, Coleraine Campus.
· Above Par: Harry Thompson, Olivia Peden, Luke Darby, Owen Hogg and Emma Harrisson from Queens University Belfast.
· Baltic: Stella Skiadopoulou, Padraigin Meighan, Stephen Linkens, Jiale Rui and Dai Qingyongcuo from Queen’s University Belfast.
This event will take place at Blackbox in Belfast on the 28th of March at 19:00. This event often sells out so early booking is advised.