Nottingham Trent University

A team of students from Nottingham Trent University took home the Sir Lenny Henry Award for best overall film with Chords of Conflict at the RTS Midlands Student Television Awards.

Henry said: “They are all great films and I congratulate you all. You are knocking it out of the park. Chords of Conflict was really nicely shot, funny, well acted and had a lot of heart.”

Chords of Conflict also triumphed in the Entertainment and Comedy Drama category, and won Tom Holden the Writing prize.

Never Die scored a hat-trick, also winning the Factual Short-form and Craft Skills: Camera awards. Sir Lenny Henry said of the winners and his pick: “What a glorious plethora of talent, some lovely heartfelt and careful work. I was really moved by Never Die. You guys are incredibly talented and should keep going.”

A team of Staffordshire University students took home the Drama award for Night Light, while Leo Wright picked up two Craft Skills prizes, Production Design and Writing, for No Man’s Land.