The Royal Television Society (RTS) has crowned the winners for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2022, sponsored by Kinetic Content.

Across the 22 competitive categories, the National Film and Television School led the way with seven postgraduate wins, with Night of the Living Dread taking home awards for both the Animation and Production Design categories.

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EDEN, winner of Undergraduate Factual and Camerawork

The University of the West of England followed closely with six wins, including both the undergraduate and postgraduate inaugural Sustainability categories with Flight of the Puffin and The State of Earth.

The Craft Skills categories were also presented during the ceremony, awarded at the discretion of the judges across Camerawork, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing. These categories saw the National Film School/IADT awarded two wins for Undergraduate Sound and Undergraduate Writing.

Sinéad Rocks, managing director, nations and regions at Channel 4 and chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “The standard this year has been outstanding and the future of the television industry will be in great hands with such talented and passionate individuals keen to make a difference coming into it.”

RTS Student Television Awards winners

Postgraduate Animation

Night of the Living Dread – Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Hannah Kelso & Laura Jayne Tunbridge (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Animation

In Harmony – Markus Øvre (UCA Farnham)

Postgraduate Comedy and Entertainment

Ashes 2 Ashes – Louise Stewart (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Comedy and Entertainment

Heart Failure – Will Wightman, Cleo Yeomans & Will Marchant (Falmouth University)

Postgraduate Drama

Requiem – Emma J. Gilbertson, Michelle Brøndum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Joseph Guy & Production Team (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Drama

Sizzle – May-Ann Blanch, Luke Keogh, Anna Burns & Rachael Light (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

Postgraduate Factual

More Than Just Memories – Megan Brown, Osian Pearson, Miles Sullivan & Fabio Amurri (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Factual

EDEN - Charlie Bush, Patrick Whinder-Montague, Barney Janes, Sam Schoettner, Maryam Bahaari, Guy Newland & Ethan Harper (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Postgraduate News and Sport

Struggle and Hope - Aisling Taylor, Sarah Harrison & Alex Prior-Wandesforde (City, University of London)

Undergraduate News and Sport

The Third Man - Curtis Pyke, Georgia Savoie, Ian Bedwell, Jenna Wallace & Edward Lawton (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Postgraduate Sustainability

Flight of the Puffin - Rakel Dawn Hanson (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Undergraduate Sustainability

The State of Earth - Innes Letch, Frankie Gray, Drew Graves, Megan Harrison & Eve-Marie Johnson (University of the West of England, Bristol)

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Camerawork

Ghost Ponds - Amanda Sosnowski (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Camerawork

EDEN ­- Barney Janes (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Editing

Caterpillar - Lesley Posso (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Editing

Heart Failure - Will Wightman (Falmouth University)

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Production Design

Night of the Living Dread – Milly White (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Production Design

In Harmony - Markus Øvre (UCA Farnham)

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Sound

Do Not Feed The Pigeons – Joe De-Vine (National Film and Television School)

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Sound

Fall of the Ibis King - Niall Delahan, Stephen Hennessy & Cathal Hughes (National Film School / IADT)

Postgraduate Craft Skills – Writing

Triangle - Peter Engelmann (Arts University Bournemouth)

Undergraduate Craft Skills – Writing

Flash_Thunder93 - Reuben Harvey & Matthew Howe (National Film School / IADT)