The nominees for the 2020 RTS Student Television Awards, sponsored by Motion Content Group, have been announced.
Across six categories, 23 institutions’ students have received nominations, having qualified by winning at their respective regional RTS Student Awards earlier this year.
Now in its 25th year, the awards ceremony will be livestreamed on Friday 26 June at 2pm BST. Further details will be published on the RTS website in due course. The RTS Student Awards celebrates the best audiovisual work created by students with an Undergraduate and Postgraduate winner both awarded in each category across Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Form.
To reward excellence in craft skills, awards will also be presented in the following categories at the judges’ discretion: Camerawork, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing.
Siobhan Greene, Managing Director, 110% Content and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “It was inspiring to see such imagination, heart and energy, that was put out there for everyone to see by all the nominees. We need to be uplifted, now, more than ever before, and the life force of creativity we watched from the entries was fantastic. I can't wait to 'meet' the nominees via Zoom on 26 June. They deserve all the praise they're going to get.”
Click here for a full list of nominees
Animation
Undergraduate
Ctrl + Alt + Z - Holly Keating, Conor Leech, Ciara O'Shaughnessy and Kai Munoa (Ballyfermot College of Further Education)
Margin of Terror - Kieran McLister (University of Edinburgh)
You're Fit - Lydia Reid (Kingston University)
Postgraduate
Almost There - Nelly Michenaud, Tim Dees, Nathanael Baring, Kate Phibbs and Team (National Film and Television School)
Heatwave - Fokion Xenos, Priya K. Dosanjh, Brendan Freedman, Stella Heath Keir, Kevin Langhamer and Team (National Film and Television School)
In Her Boots - Kathrin Steinbacher (Royal College Of Art)
Comedy & Entertainment
Undergraduate
Biggy - Henry Oliver, Jordi Estapé Montserrat and Liam Morgan (Ravensbourne University)
FLIT - Jack Allen, Elías Nader, Ina Morken, Laurence Jenkins and Carey Melanie Osborne (University of Edinburgh)
Holiday! - Toby Matthews, Amy Lindley and Charles Power (Falmouth University)
Postgraduate
Go For Alanya - Anna Castelaz, Arianne Smith, Madeleine Quarm, Daniela Velasco, Olga Lagun and Jessica Halee (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Lucy - Menghan Zhu, Gwennaëlle Counson, Lia Monguzzi, Ziyu Qiu, Elliot Barker and Ruojing Yang (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Drama
Undergraduate
A Dead Canary - James Davis, Elle Ralph, Charlotte Murphy, Rachel Neill and David Richards (University of Gloucestershire)
Sealskin - Anna Venuto, Lara Karam and Daisy Leigh Phippard (Arts University Bournemouth)
Starry Night - Emma Smith, Caoilinn Handley, Rachel Moloney, Lori Stacey, Anna Heisterkamp and Team (IADT Dun Laoghaire)
Postgraduate
Azaar - Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring and Team (National Film and Television School)
November 1st - Charlie Manton, Teodora Shaleva, Molly Manning-Walker, Theo Boswell, Celina Øier and Team (National Film and Television School)
Ufo - Harvey Gardner, Reece Steel and Luca Michelli (University of the West of Scotland)
Factual
Undergraduate
Building Bridges - Josephine Cressy, Guillermo Quintanilla-Pinto, Maximilian Wilson, Pierre Niyongira and Luke Denton (University of the West of England, Bristol)
The Curiosity of Edward Pratt - Thomas Sandler, Oscar Godfrey and Alex Gordon (University of York)
Women Uprooted - Dominique de Villiers, Fran Brotherton-Cottrell, Ellie Price, Grace Mosley and Andrea Stensholm Klæboe (Falmouth University)
Postgraduate
Carrying Myself - Matea Petrović (University of Salford)
Green and Grey - Lucia Amoroso (UCL)
Separation - Wei Han (UCL)
News
Undergraduate
A Roof Over Our Heads - Pien Meulensteen (University of Salford)
Inked - Alex Bridgewood (University Of Derby)
It Takes All Sorts - Katya Fowler (University of Leeds)
Postgraduate
Host or Hostile? - Issa Farfour (Cardiff University)
Tarred by the Brush of Modern Slavery - Huong Nguyen (Nottingham Trent University)
The Decline of The Great British Bee - Adam Smith (University of Sheffield)
Short Form
Undergraduate
Looking For - Cian Desmond, Caoilinn Handley, Jack Desmond and Lori Stacey (IADT Dun Laoghaire)
Night Hopper - Lauren Burnham (Staffordshire University)
Tia - Jamie Walsh (University of Central Lancashire)
Postgraduate
Hungry Mobsters - Francis Corby Ceschin, Paola Gonzalez Camarero, Said Englund, Ava Isak, Fabio Mota and Team (National Film and Television School)
Rough Hands - Fabio Mota, Lily Grimes, Francesco Cibati, Beatriz Honório, Malika Ruzmetova and Team (National Film and Television School)
Timing is Everything - Michele Vicenti, Twan Peeters and Team (National Film and Television School)
Craft Skills
Sound
Undergraduate
Building Bridges - Luke Denton (University of the West of England, Bristol)
Ctrl + Alt + Z – Rose Connolly (Ballyfermot College of Further Education)
Margin of Terror – Kieran McLister and Mike Meurs (University of Edinburgh)
Postgraduate
Heatwave – Kevin Langhamer (National Film and Television School)
Almost There – Ioannis Spanos (National Film and Television School)
November 1st – Edward Guy (National Film and Television School)
Editing
Undergraduate
Women Uprooted – Grace Mosley (Falmouth University)
Biggy – Justin Grange-Bennett (Ravensbourne University)
The Curiosity of Edward Platt – Thomas Sandler (University of York)
Postgraduate
Heatwave – Stella Heath Keir (National Film and Television School)
November 1st – Celina Øier (National Film and Television School)
Separation – Wei Han (UCL)
Production Design
Undergraduate
Margin of Terror – Kieran McLister (University of Edinburgh)
A Dead Canary – Rachel Neill (University of Gloucestershire)
FLIT – Ina Morken and Jack Allen (University of Edinburgh)
Postgraduate
November 1st – Theo Boswell (National Film and Television School)
Heatwave – Antonio Niculae (National Film and Television School)
Azaar – Lauren Taylor (National Film and Television School)
Writing
Undergraduate
Building Bridges – Josephine Cressy ((University of the West of England, Bristol)
Starry Night – Rachel Moloney (IADT Dun Laoghaire)
Biggy – Henry Oliver (Ravensbourne University London)
Postgraduate
Separation – Wei Han (UCL)
Azaar – Myriam Raja (National Film and Television School)
November 1st – Charlie Manton (National Film and Television School)
Camerawork
Undergraduate
Looking For – Jack Desmond (IADT Dun Laoghaire)
Biggy – Beau PJ (Ravensbourne University London)
Starry Night – Anna Heisterkamp (IADT Dun Laoghaire)
Postgraduate
November 1st – Molly Manning-Walker (National Film and Television School)
Heatwave – Brendan Freedman (National Film and Television School)
Azaar – Michael Filocamo (National Film and Television School)