RTS announces nominees for Student Television Awards 2025

Britain’s leading forum for television and media, the Royal Television Society (RTS), has revealed the nominations for the RTS Student Television Awards 2025, sponsored by 4Skills – Channel 4’s nationwide training and development strategy. The awards ceremony will take place on Friday 13th June at the IET, Savoy Place, with rapper, author and broadcaster Guvna B returning as host.

The 24 competitive categories highlight the outstanding audiovisual work produced by undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK, and 20 stand-out institutions have received nominations for this year’s awards. The National Film and Television School led the way with 14 nominations, taking all three nods for the Postgraduate Animation, Postgraduate Drama, and Postgraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama categories. City, University of London also received several nominations including four nods in the Postgraduate Factual – Long Form and Postgraduate Journalism categories, garnering all three nominations in the latter. Across the undergraduate and postgraduate categories, Falmouth University, University of Salford, Leeds Art University, University of Leeds, and Queen’s University Belfast all received multiple nominations.

Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “The RTS Student Television Awards recognise the widespread talent emerging in the industry across the UK, and we’re proud to be continuing to platform the future pioneers of television who are a driving force for evolution in the industry. This year’s nominees are a testament to the exceptional calibre of skill present across television production, and we look forward to celebrating these outstanding achievements at the awards ceremony in June.” 

The RTS Student Television awards are designed to highlight the talent, potential and enthusiasm of students across the UK, celebrating the exemplary audiovisual work they create.

Please see below the full list of nominations:   

Undergraduate Animation 

•  Anomaly – Artūrs Vobļikovs (Middlesex University) 

• Clubulon – James Rix (Norwich University of the Arts)  

• ESC – Olivia Timms, Pam Simoes Gomez & Osian Jones (Manchester Metropolitan University (SODA)) 

Undergraduate Drama  

• Gas & Electricity – Daniel Kelly, Grace Bisland, William Duguid Cox & Kelly Halpin (University of the West of Scotland) 

• Sub rosa – Isabel Hall, Robin Irvine, Becks Bouron & team (Falmouth University) 

• Trapped – Glodi Kuba-Kuba, Conor Gallagher, Archie Barker, Jake Perret & team (University of Salford) 

Undergraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama  

• Bricked up – Max James Walker, Xavier Sonski, Tom Carrick & team (University of Salford) 

• Gnomegeddon – Cosmo Bawler, Jack Horder, Tom Chawner & team (Falmouth University) 

• The Face – Alex Russell, Charlotte Davis, Quan Luong, Imogen Lily Christie & team (University of Gloucestershire) 

Undergraduate Factual – Long Form 

• Happy Death – Ekaterina Trufanava & Darcy Wootton-Davies (University of Staffordshire) 

• HUNT – Thalia Saleh, David Merritt, Ed Shaw, Charlie Ord & Alex Weir (University of York) 

• Subzero Salvation – Ethan Dear, Alex Lichtenauer, Meena Annamalai, Ronja Putensen & Antoaneta Ninovska (University of Stirling) 

Undergraduate Factual – Short Form 

• Clucked – Dean Hamami & Drin Rrahmani (Leeds Arts University) 

• Oj Tato – Natalia Baczynski, Beth Lindsay, Eva Magdić Govedarica & Jennifer Morrison (Edinburgh Napier University) 

• Outsiders – Sharleen Sarzuelo Dydland, Lyam Dara, Tom Fowles, Sierra Fofanah & Marco Chan (London College of Communication (University of the Arts London)) 

Undergraduate Journalism  

• Grassroots Rugby – Christian Morante (University of Leeds) 

• Hairdressing’s Forgotten Clients – Shanai Dunglinson (University of Leeds) 

• That’s News to Me – Broadcast Production Class of 2025 (Queen’s University Belfast) 

Undergraduate Saving the Planet 

• Go Fish! – Annalena Ulvee, Kara Harvey-Hill & Sophia Vypalova-Simon (Leeds Arts University) 

• On the Red List – Mathilde van Ooijen, Andrea Costa, Carla Basu, Sean Burns & Federica Massini (University of the West of Scotland) 

• One Woman’s Green Revolution – Callum Felice, James Smith, Ben Fry, Will Cann & James Gibson (Southampton Solent University) 

Postgraduate Animation 

• Adiós – José Prats, Bernardo Angeletti, Natalia Kyriacou, Aurora Melpignano & team (National Film and Television School) 

• Bunnyhood – Mansi Maheshwari, Ashionye Ogene, Anna Moore, James Davis & team (National Film and Television School) 

• Dragfox – Lisa Ott, Owen Thomas, John Cooney & team (National Film and Television School) 

Postgraduate Drama  

• Latcho Drom (Good Road) – Lottie Graham, Victoria González Rocamora, Essi Hyrkki, Lauren Wynter & team (National Film and Television School) 

• Rock, Paper, Scissors – Franz Böhm, Hayder Hoozeer, Hsien Yu Niu & Shivani Bhawnani (National Film and Television School) 

• Trouble – Arpita Ashok, Sarah Blok, Owen Cant, Ben Sales & team (National Film and Television School) 

Postgraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama  

• Bongo’s Big Adventure – Tamzin Murray, Matt Branston, Jake Duncan, Matthieu & Charli Mackie (National Film and Television School) 

• Ministry of Enigmatic Affairs – Marina Fistal & Karan Dhar (National Film and Television School) 

• The Good, the Dad & the Ugly – Natalia Alejarra, Chiara Schreder, Helena Gonzalez & Beatrix Gerencser (National Film and Television School) 

Postgraduate Factual – Long Form 

• Ascend – Alistair Bibby (University of Salford) 

• Kiwi Farms: The worst website you’ve never heard of – Fi McBean & Alice Horrell (City, University of London) 

• milk – Miranda Stern, Ashionye Ogene, Yiwei Pu, Liam Sharpe & team (National Film and Television School) 

Postgraduate Factual – Short Form 

• Is This It? – Somerset Phaedrus, Andre Leo, Katie Ellwood, Sarah-Louise Davila & team (National Film and Television School) 

• Leave Only Footprints – Philip Denvir (Queen’s University Belfast) 

• My Heart is Broken – Helen Lambert, Sam Rothera, Nick Smyth, Cameron Mole & Cameron Ward (National Film and Television School) 

Postgraduate Journalism  

• Artificial Intimacy – William Goodrich, Lilly Croucher & Laura Howes (City, University of London) 

• Lewisham: Children’s education in crisis due to poor housing – Mathilde Hourticq & Rajeshwari Kashyap (City, University of London) 

• Project Mbappé: A Path to the Pros? – Kevin Cremen, Esme Jones & Ella-Jane Coxwell (City, University of London) 

Postgraduate Saving the Planet 

• A Hole With a View – Felix Prater, Beatrice de Trenqualye & Benet Serra Reche (National Film and Television School) 

• Beyond the Bay – Daniel Green, Oliver Cummins, Bettina Zironi & Nir Perlman (National Film and Television School) 

• One Last Farm – Nikki Dodd (University of the West of England) 

The Craft Skills categories for Camerawork, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing will be announced during the ceremony.