Film-makers from the University of the West of England (UWE) won three of the four main prizes on offer at the RTS West of England Student Awards.

The Animation prize went to UWE student Léo Bournas Milazzo for The Happy Pig Brand, of which the judges said: “We forgot this was a student film – we couldn’t fault it. It had a sincere message but the right amount of comedy.” Peace Process was named Best Drama. The UWE film was “amazing, so professional looking – written, directed and acted very well”.

The Factual – Short Form award went to a team of UWE students for Sonder, “a very poetic film, with incredible access, well researched and professional”.

Breaking the UWE stranglehold, students from the University of Gloucestershire took home the Entertainment and Comedy Drama award for The Face, a “clever and interesting film – the writing really stood out and it was funny and unexpected”.

A number of craft awards were also made on the night.The ceremony was held at Bristol’s Watershed cinema this month, and featured an address by Five Mile Films Executive Producer Jordan Maloy, whose credits include Channel 4’s The Dog House.

RTS West of England Student Television Awards winners

Animation – The Happy Pig Brand – Léo Bournas Milazzo, University of the West of England

Drama – Peace Process – Max Bingham-Grote, Marco Suthya, Charlie Kneller, William Emmett, Stan Mountford, Rob Loud and Tom Beavis, University of the West of England

Entertainment and Comedy Drama – The Face – Alex Russell, Charlotte Davis, Quan Luong, Brandon Apps, Louis Birch and Imogen Christie, University of Gloucestershire

Factual – Short Form – Sonder – Julia Wojcik, Lucy Cox, Charlie Kneller, Esme Birch, Aaron Botelho, Toby Coles, Matthew Stenson, Nicholas Curtis-Purnell, Arlo Sullivan, Luke Coulson, Alfie Skinner and Josef Stringfellow, University of the West of England