Students from the School of Film & Television have won 8 out of the 10 awards at the 2020 Royal Television Society (RTS) Devon and Cornwall Student Awards which was online and presented by Tattoo Fixers presenters Uzzi and Pash Canby.

Falmouth students received 11 of the 15 film nominations, including all the nominations in the drama and animation categories. They went on to win all but one of the film categories, including best drama, factual, animation and comedy/entertainment.

Falmouth students went on to win a further four awards for best craft skills including best camerawork, sound, editing and production design.

The judges, who were all industry professionals working in the USA and UK, were blown away by the quality of the work - one judge admitted shedding tears after viewing Women Uprooted, which won Best Factual Programme.

This year the Royal Television Society celebrates 25 years of their student awards, with Falmouth dominating the region for the last few years.

Christopher Morris, Director of the School of Film & Television, said:

"This is not a one-off - this is proof that something special is happening in Falmouth, we have dominated the Devon & Cornwall RTS awards for the last three years and have gone on to win awards in the London RTS finals. Our staff are incredible and our talented students are backed up by state of the art facilities - it's a winning combination."

The winners were:

Category: Comedy & Entertainment

Holiday

Director/Writer: Toby Matthews

Producer: Amy Lindley

Cinematography: Charles Power

Category: Drama

The Artisan

Writer/Director: Harriet Owles

Producer: Lydia Branham

DoP: Benjamin Evans

Sound/Editor: Edward Grant

Category: Factual

Women Uprooted

Director: Dominique de Villiers

Producer: Fran Brotherton-Cottrell

Cinematography: Ellie Price

Editor: Grace Mosley

Sound: Andrea Stensholm Klæboe

Category: Animation

Beware of the Dark

Sophia Amatiello

Gabriella Jeary

Best Camerawork

Sui Generis

Writer/Director: Lucia Maáková

Producer: Patricia Dela Peña

Cinematographer: Ollie Thurley

Editor: Eirik Gustavsen

Best Sound and Best Editing

Sandstorm

Mitchell Kendall-Smith

Eloise Gardner

Francesco Giannotta

Best Production Design

Our Harmony

Writer - Remy Madge

Director - Richard Evans

Producer - Amy Gillies

DoP - Daisy Allen

Editor - Adam Kibble

Art Director - Oliver Thom

Sound - Jodie King

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