RTS Student Television Award winners announced
The winners of the 2009 RTS Student Television Awards have been announced.
The Awards are designed to celebrate the achievements of students nationally – the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Awards were judged in four categories including Fiction, Entertainment, Factual and Animation.
In the Undergraduate Fiction category, students from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama – Louis Paxton, Stuart Ewan and team – received the award for their humorous zombie film with a twist, Choreomania. The University ofWales’ Joe Sharp and Lauren Muchan’s documentary, Letters to Angola took the prize for Factual, while Nick White & Team, from The Arts University College at Bournemouth were awarded the Animation prize for Lullaby, a computer animation tackling the difficult and sensitive subject of child abuse.
The Entertainment award went to the University of Lincoln’s Alex Holland and his team for comedy sketch show Best Friends that Love Each Over. The judges called it “an ambitious project that was hugely impressive and revealed massive potential in both the on and off screen talent”.
In the Postgraduate categories, students from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) scooped a hat trick of Awards. Tom Green, Mahalia Rimmer and Purnima Phansalkar were honoured in the Fiction category for Brixton 85,about a young man’s actions which spark terror and violence in his local community. The judges described it as “Classy…a film which captured the era and took a big subject and made it its own with a very distinctive voice.”
Mike O’ Leary and team’s portrayal of a 10 year old boy’s journey into his own future, Not Safe for Work was victorious in the Entertainment category, while Philip Bacon, Mahalia Rimmer and Mo Bazazi made it a fantastic three for the NFTS with Yellow Belly End which scooped the Animation prize. The judges called it a “thought -provoking, truly original film that combined music, style and animation to create a world and mood of its own.”
Jennifer Fearnley received the award for best Postgraduate Factual for Stuck on the Edge, a film about a remarkable 100 year-old woman.
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The full list of winners:
Undrgraduate Fiction
Choreomania, Louis Paxton, Stuart Ewan & Team
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
“…brave, warm hearted, stylish, original and fun.”
Nominees
Aunt, Narayan van Maele
National Film School, Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire
Tears of the Son, Tom Coldrick, Emma Schofield, Dean Threadgold & Team
University of Westminster
Undergraduate Entertainment
Best Friends That Love Each Other, Alex Holland & Team
University of Lincoln
“An ambitious project that was hugely impressive and revealed massive potential in both the on and off screen talent”
Nominees
Me and My Life – 2 Years On, Victoria Weatherall & Team
University of Westminster
Commercials – Learn A Language, Michael Morgan, Abi Allsopp & Team
University of Cumbria
Undergraduate Factual
Letters to Angola, Joe Sharp & Lauren Muchan
University of Wales, Newport
“…accomplished and had clever direction…a great narrative and well tied into the personal story.”
Nominees
Reaching Albion, Jon Scorer
Bournemouth University
Jutvari, Nick Jones, James Thomson & Toby Lucas
University of the West of England, Bristol
Undergraduate Animation
Lullaby, Nick White & Team
The Arts University College At Bournemouth
“A beautifully crafted film on a difficult subject…which was subtly underplayed and confidently directed to powerful effect.”
Nominees
Old Habits Die Hard, Lief Einar Eide, Lars Ellingbo & Team
University of Teesside
Pest, Darragh Duffy
National Film School, Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire
Postgraduate Fiction
Brixton 85, Tom Green, Mahalia Rimmer & Purnima Phansalkar
National Film and Television School
“Classy…a film which captured the era and took a big subject and made it its own with a very distinctive voice”
Nominees
Kid, Tom Green, Mo Bazazi, Mahalia Rimmer & Team
National Film and Television School
Made To Order, Alan Field, Sanna Karvonen, Leanne Kelly & Team
University of Salford
Postgraduate Entertainment
Not Safe for Work, Mike O’Leary & Team
National Film and Television School
“Full of imagination with an incredible cast… [a] well written, produced and directed film [which] was without a doubt, a piece that commissioners would fight over to buy”
Nominees
The Next Big Thing, Joana Flor, Sophia Garrido & Team
National Film and Television School
TV or not TV?, Guy Press, Jo Watts & Team
National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Factual
Stuck on the Edge, Jennifer Fearnley
“Great character with a sense of humour, pathos and marvellous content.”
Nominees
Mum, Me & Mania, Amanda McDowell
Goldsmiths
Tough Guy 453, James Birkett, Lawrence Cameron & Michael Howard
University of Wales, Newport
Postgraduate Animation
Yellow Belly End, Philip Bacon, Mahalia Rimmer, Mo Bazazi & Team
National Film and Television School
“[A] thought -provoking, truly original film that combined music, style and animation to create a world and mood of its own.”
Nominees
Wolves, Rafael Sommerhalder
Royal College of Art
Cherry on the Cake, Hyebin Lee, Michelle Eastwood & Team
National Film and Television School
