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Open to aspiring filmmakers with no broadcast credits from across the United Kingdom. This competition is your chance to show off your creativity and innovation, create a short film that will be judged by the television industry and showcased on the RTS YouTube Channel. The winning film will also receive a prestigious Royal Television Society Award.
You can either enter as an individual or as a team. There is no fee to enter this competition.
But what does diversity mean? Who decides who or what is or isn’t diverse? Where is diversity based? And how much money is enough to ensure that we have true diversity?
Our panel, hosted by Aaqil Ahmed, will discuss, Defining Diversity? That’s Easy to see how easy it really is.
Speakers:
This is Tim's first interview since being appointed the 17th Director-General of the BBC.
Covering areas from audiences, diversity and inclusion, to the BBC internationally and online development, this is a comprehensive and exciting exploration of Tim’s vision for the future of the BBC.
How do you manage an entirely live sports TV channel – without any live sports taking place? With no sport and no fans, this panel will investigate how the ever-resilient TV industry adapted to fill entire daily schedules which suddenly became empty overnight.
We will hear from major sporting brands in the UK to find out their initial and then longer-term approach. The panel will talk about the innovative ways broadcasters, programme makers and the wider sports industry adapted to the challenging circumstances – and the value new and existing technology delivered.
Research commissioned by environmental charity Global Action Plan this summer shows three quarters (77%) of young people in the UK want to see environmental issues included in drama programmes on TV more than they currently are.
Richard will be introducing five new film makers, finalists in Global Action Plan’s Flickers of the Future competition who are already working on visions of a positive sustainable future where people and planet thrive.
Or watch on Vimeo here.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by comedian Deborah Frances-White.
The ceremony will be made available to watch here and on the RTS YouTube channel on 3 September at 7pm.
“When there’s so much television around, there is a danger that you start to passively, even unconsciously, copy tropes. And you begin to think that that’s what’s right,” she says.
“But actually, it’s not. It’s just what’s familiar, and that doesn’t necessarily make it true or good”.
Having created her first television show at only 26, and now executive producing and writing on Succession, one of the most talked about series of the past few years, Prebble is an expert at creating compelling drama.
Hosted by Darren Altman — comedy impressionist, stand-up and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist — the RTS invites you to test your knowledge of television from our nations and regions. RTS London, Midlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire compete to see which committee can produce the most difficult questions! Are you up to the challenge? Whether playing as a team or individually, you don't want to miss this so book now and we will email you with the YouTube link.
In conversation with Jed Mercurio
