STUDENTS at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow have been named on the shortlist of a competition being run by the Royal Television Society.
Will Anderson, Gavin Laing, Murdo Macleod, Ross Williamson and Lou McLoughlan have been shortlisted in the annual RTS Student Television Awards, with the winners being announced on the 25th of next month.
The shortlist reads:
Undergraduate Animation
Britain – Becky Bush, University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
The Making of Longbird – Will Anderson, Edinburgh College of Art
Zero-G – James Wilkinson and Sam Renton, Staffordshire University
Undergraduate Entertainment
Fired By Facebook – James Newton, Mariam Hanif, Alex Blogg and Team, University of Bradford
Mourning of the Valley – Paris Palmer, Ian Morley, James Earing and Team, University of Wales, Newport
The Turn of the Screw – Christopher Lavelle, University of Sunderland
Undergraduate Factual
Confido – Steven Hinde and Neil Dempsey, University of Sunderland
Rose – Peter O’Brien, Peter Madden and Luke Sweetman-Pell, National Film School, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Vince and Cherry’s Greatest Hits – Lucy Liddell, Sam Smith-Higgins and Ezra Byrne, University of Wales, Newport
Undergraduate Fiction
Grade – Alex Blackwood, Plymouth College of Art
My First Spellbook – Gavin Laing, Murdo Macleod and Ross Williamson, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
The Surface of Impenetrable Things – Lucy Campbell, Manchester Metropolitan University
Postgraduate Animation
Abuelas – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner and Team, National Film and Television School
Belly – Julia Pott, Royal College of Art
Damned – Richard Phelan, Philipp Zakrzewski, Gareth Sergeant and Team, National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Entertainment
If You Wanna Be My Lodger – Mariana Frantzi, Rebecca Casey, Emma Dalesman and Team, National Film and Television School
The Reporter – Justine Ostrowska and Team, National Film and Television School
Where the Wild Things Were – Amber Eames, University of Salford
Postgraduate Factual
Caring For Calum – Lou McLoughlan, Edinburgh College of Art
Karet – Shira Pinczuk, University of Winchester
Noah’s Canoe – Juliet Brown and Team, National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Fiction
Back of Beyond – Michael Lennox and Team, National Film and Television School
Hello, My Name is Olga – Tatiana Korol, Philipp Zakrzewski and Team, National Film and Television School
The Body – Eleni Nicolaou and Team, University of Bristol
