She will be screening her film Walking the Labyrinth which took home the trophy in the Undergraduate Factual - Long Form category in this year's RTS Student Awards in May.
We will also be hearing from commissioning editors from our broadcasters on how to pitch your short film script.
Jessica Doherty's documentary tells the story of artist Susan, who was born in the Bessborough mother and baby home.
Receiving details for your film at 7.00pm on Friday 20 August, during the launch event starting at 6.30pm, you then have 48 hours to submit and enter your short film 7.00pm on Sunday 22 August.
Who?
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.
48 Hours...One Short Film
Your chance to demonstrate and celebrate your creativity to the television industry. 48 hours to create, film and edit a 3 minute short film that will be judged and awarded by the television industry. Here are the nominated 5 films from the entries received.
All nominated films can be watched here on the RTS YouTube Channel.
Who?
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.
The competition, aimed at 18-29 year olds, is looking for powerful content with humour, aspirational and feel-good storylines to depict an optimistic and sustainable future, that diverts away from the typical dystopian drama depiction of what the future holds.
Flickers of the Future patron Richard Curtis CBE commented: "This could be the most important drama of our time, a much-needed route to drive the rapid and major changes we need to avert a climate crisis and achieve the United Nations Global Goals.
The RIFA awards recognise the best short films, of up to 30 minutes in length, which will be judged by a panel of experts from academia and the film industry. The the winners will receive a trophy and £2,000 in prize money for future filmmaking projects.
This year's panel includes Richard Davidson-Houston, Head of All 4, Channel 4 Television and Matthew Reisz from Times Higher Education.
Now in its sixth year, this year the panel of judges features acclaimed writer and director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, About time, Four Weddings and a Funeral); Nadine Marsh Edwards, Company Director at Greenacre Films and philanthropist Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor CBE; with further judges to be announced.
At the early May event, producer Brian Falconer and writer/director Jonathan Beer from Belfast production company Out Of Orbit were joined by an enthusiastic group of aspiring film-makers.
During the 90-minute session, Falconer and Beer discussed how they got into film-making and showed a number of clips from films they had worked on, including their BAFTA award-winning short, Boogaloo and Graham.
