Nominations have been announced for this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Television Awards and the NFTS leads the way in the postgraduate categories with nine graduation programmes and films in the running. (If would like to have your work considered for the RTS Student Television Awards next year, don't miss our Directing Animation MA open day on the 6th June - sign up at www.nfts.co.uk/animation and apply for our Directing and Producing Television Entertainment MA by 6th July - www.nfts.co.uk/TVEnt)
Chaired by Philip Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, the awards recognise the best audiovisual work created by students across the UK and Republic of Ireland at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Awards are judged in six categories – Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Feature.
In addition, to reward excellence in craft skills, undergraduate and postgraduate awards will be presented for camerawork, editing, production design and sound. Entries are not accepted for these categories and the prizes will be awarded at the judges’ discretion. One winning student will also receive the newly introduced Judges’ Award.
NFTS Nominations Include:
Postgraduate Animation
A Love Story, Anushka Naanayakkara (Director), Khaled Gad (Producer) and Elena Ruscombe-King (Writer)
The Alan Dimension, Jac Clinch (Director), Millie Marsh (Producer) and Jonathan Harbottle (Writer)
Postgraduate Comedy & Entertainment
The Great British Butler, Ian Packard (Producer) and Tom Day (Director)
The Love Gym, Raphael Beaulieu (Producer) and Marika Santala (Director)
Postgraduate Drama
Ferris & The Fancy Pigeon, James Gardner (Director/ Writer) and Helene Sifre (Producer)
Mia, Maria Martinez Bayona (Director/ Writer) and Marie-Elena Dyche (Producer)
Postgraduate Factual
Forest Gate Girls, Tariq Elmeri (Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer) and Khaled Gad (Producer)
The Sunflower Inn, Miriam Ernst (Director/ Cinematographer)
Uprooted, Ross Domoney (Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer)
