The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, has announced the winners for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2024, sponsored by 4Skills – Channel 4’s nationwide training and development strategy. Hosted by rapper, author and broadcaster Guvna B, the winners were crowned at the prestigious awards ceremony at the IET, Savoy Place on the Friday 21st June. The RTS Student Television Awards is an annual celebration, showcasing the talent, potential and enthusiasm of students across the UK, identifying exceptional skills and craftsmanship.
The National Film and Television School took home the most wins this afternoon, receiving eight awards across the 24 categories with five of the organisation’s students winning each craft award, including Camera Work, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing for the postgraduate categories. Additionally, three projects from the National Film and Television School achieved two awards during the ceremony – Crab Day, Jellyfish and Lobster and With Woman – with each project receiving both a crafts and genre award.
The newly formed Factual categories, now divided into Factual Short Form and Factual Long Form, crowned Strongwoman for Undergraduate and Death at Sea for Postgraduate in the Factual Short Form categories. Walking the Labyrinth took home the Undergraduate Factual Long Form award, and With Woman received the Postgraduate award. The redefined Saving the Planet award, previously known as Environment and Sustainability, received a wealth of high quality submissions with Tails of Cumbrian Heritage winning Undergraduate and Cowboys vs Prairie Dogs winning for Postgraduate.
Sinéad Rocks, managing director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “The RTS Student Television Awards are a brilliant opportunity to recognise the next generation of industry entrants at the top of their games, who are creating dynamic, skilled films and soon to be transforming the screen industries. As we celebrate our winners and nominees, it is a reminder of the value of creating content and its ability to evoke conversation and change. We are now looking forward to receiving submissions for the RTS Student Television Awards 2025.”
The RTS also launched the 2025 RTS Student Television Awards, with submissions now open until Monday 4th November 2024 and the ceremony set to take place in June 2025. The awards are open to all students enrolled with higher education colleges, universities and institutions in the UK and Ireland only. Entries must have been made between 1 November 2023 and 31 October 2024. For more information please visit: https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-student-television-awards-2025
