The prizes were shared around the capital’s universities at the RTS London Student Television Awards in late March, which were held at the Magic Circle and hosted by magician Harry de Cruz – who also demonstrated some nifty tricks during the evening.
Middlesex University students took home the Factual Short-form and Entertainment and Comedy Drama awards. Factual winner The Turning Point by Sanaa Hamdoun told the story of a young Lebanese woman’s determination to break into the film industry, and was “well told and crisply edited”, said the judges.
Alina Ilin and Benjamin Bogdan-Hodgson’s rom-com The Other Half, set in a “gorgeous chocolate box European village” was “very witty”.
The Factual Long-form prize went to London South Bank University’s Romina Osterling, Luke Reid, Lucy Gidley and Alison Bevon for Some Hairs Never Fall, a report on domestic violence, fuelled by alcohol, among a community of wig-makers in Peru.
London Metropolitan University students Will Hextall, Harry Norton and Ellie Wallwork took home the Drama award for the Lake District-set Picturesque, which had “strong performances” from the women playing two troubled lovers, one of whom is blind.
Ilirian Camaj from the University of Westminster won the Animation category with the “very atmospheric” Mind.
RTS London Student Television Awards 2024 winners
Animation – Mind – Ilirian Camaj, University of Westminster
Drama – Picturesque – Will Hextall, Harry Norton and Ellie Wallwork, London Metropolitan University
Entertainment and Comedy Drama – The Other Half – Alina Ilin and Benjamin Bogdan-Hodgson, Middlesex University
Factual: Long-form – Some Hairs Never Fall – Romina Osterling, Luke Reid, Lucy Gidley and Alison Bevon, London South Bank University
Factual: Short-form –The Turning Point – Sanaa Hamdoun, Middlesex University
Craft Skills: Camerawork – Simme Tutt’uno – Freddie Logan, University of Westminster
Craft Skills: Editing – 4 Soldiers – Nikita Listopad, London South Bank University
Craft Skills: Production Design – Fortune Favours the Fantabulous – Phoebe Baker and David Kmet, University of Westminster
Craft Skills: Sound Design – Crush – Ruozhang Liao, London College of Communication (University of the Arts London)
Craft Skills: Writing – Sola – Claudia Orriols, Ravensbourne University London
