UWE Bristol, NFTS projects win RTS Student Awards for animation

The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain's leading forum for television and related media, has announced the winners of the National RTS Student Television Awards 2021, sponsored by Kinetic Content. The winners were crowned during a virtual ceremony held this afternoon on the RTS website, hosted by award-winning broadcast presenter and radio host, Vick Hope.

For 2021, the National Film and Television School received the highest number of wins among the 17 British institutions nominated, taking home seven awards (including Postgraduate Animation), followed by the University of Salford with three. The inaugural Young Filmmaker Award went to Max Tobin, Ed Whyte, Joe Luk, Oli Thomas and Almir Datoo for their live-action drama I will despise you. The jury described the film as being impressively and ambitiously crafted, with the script a triumph.

The awards celebrate the best audiovisual work created by students from across the UK at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This year, students submitted an original film of their creation lasting up to 30 minutes, in categories that include Animation, Screenplay, Unscripted for undergraduate voices and Animation, Screenplay, Unscripted, News, Entertainment and Natural History for graduates. Today awards for craft skills were also presented to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, including Camerawork, Editing, Set Design, Sound and Writing.

Siobhan Greene, managing director, 110% Content and chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: "This year the juries had to make tough decisions, narrowing down a wide range of entries from across the UK; even more impressive as many have been produced under limited conditions due to COVID. It is with a real sense of pride that we recognize and celebrate the talent coming to the industry this afternoon. Our warmest congratulations to all winners. "

University entertainment:

WINNER: My favorite hill - Chris Childs (UWE Bristol)

Jury Statement: This film was a comedic hit with all jury members. The dialogue was hilariously crafted and crafted by Chris, creating a lot of laughs. Overall, an interesting and fun commentary on working life, as well as a nice tribute. trailer

Candidates:

• Husky - Darragh Scott (The National Film School, IADT)
• Last week - Jamie Walsh (University of Central Lancashire)
• spellbound - Amelia Parker, Beth Ryan and Team (Arts University Bournemouth)

Postgraduate animation

WINNER: A lost boy's song - Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein, Emma Langguth and Team (National School of Film and Television)

Jury Statement: The jury really enjoyed this film with its unique style and acceptance message told in such an interesting and original way. It was evident that the design and materials chosen had been the subject of careful consideration, with excellent choices made from start to finish. trailer

Candidates:

• Between us - Niancao Yang, Lite Zhu, Tim Steemson and Yali Shen (LCC) (University of the Arts London)
• Something borrowed - Micky Wozny, Nathan Hardisty, Andrew St Maur, Twan Peeters and Gabe Robertson (National School of Film and Television)
• Fire next time - Renaldo Pelle, Kerry Jade Kolbe, Yangling Wang, Fabio Mota, Robin Whalley and Team (National School of Film and Television)

For more information please visit: https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-student-television-awards-2021.