Students from Edinburgh College of Art have been named winners at a competition organised by the Royal Television Society.
At the UK-wide RTS Student Television Awards, there were two winning entries from the college: in the Postgraduate Factual category, Lou McLoughlan won with Caring For Calum. And in the Undergraduate Animation category, Will Anderson was a winner with The Making of Longbird.
In a RTS statement, judges were quoted, saying of Anderson's entry: “An extremely well-crafted film, effortlessly merging various styles and techniques with a wickedly sharp sense of humour.”
And of McLoughlan's entry, they were also quoted, as saying: “A superb piece of film-making which engaged the jury from the outset with its authority and calmness. Beautifully made, it led the viewer into a hidden world through careful character revelation. The film maker successfully held back the key revelation keeping the audience on its toes.”
The winners and nominees are:
Undergraduate Fiction
Grade – Alex Blackwood
Plymouth College of Art
Nominated:
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
Undergraduate Entertainment
Mourning of the Valley – Paris Palmer, Ian Morley, James Earing and Team
University of Wales, Newport
Nominees
Fired By Facebook – James Newton, Mariam Hanif, Alex Blogg and Team
University of Bradford
The Turn of the Screw – Christopher Lavelle
University of Sunderland
Undergraduate Factual
Confido – Steven Hinde and Neil Dempsey
University of Sunderland
Nominees
Rose – Peter O'Brien, Peter Madden and Luke Sweetman-Pell
National Film School, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Vince and Cherry's Greatest Hits – Lucy Liddell, Sam Smith-Higgins and Ezra Byrne
University of Wales, Newport
Undergraduate Animation
The Making of Longbird – Will Anderson
Edinburgh College of Art
Nominees
Britain – Becky Bush
University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
Zero-G – James Wilkinson & Sam Renton
Staffordshire University
Postgraduate Fiction
Back of Beyond – Michael Lennox and Team
National Film and Television School
Nominees
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
Postgraduate Entertainment
If You Wanna Be My Lodger – Mariana Frantzi, Rebecca Casey, Emma Dalesman and Team
National Film and Television School
Nominees
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
Nominees
Karet – Shira Pinczuk
University of Winchester
Noah's Canoe – Juliet Brown and Team
National Film and Television School
Postgraduate Animation
Damned – Richard Phelan, Philipp Zakrzewski, Gareth Sergeant and Team
National Film and Television School
Nominees
Abuelas – Afarin Eghbal, Kasia Malipan, Francesca Gardiner and Team
National Film and Television School
Belly – Julia Pott
Royal College of Art
