While the makers of the best films of 2024 adorn the red carpet for the Oscars this March 2025, filmmaking graduates from the University of Gloucestershire will be anticipating their own potential wins — at the Royal Television Society (RTS) West of England Student Awards.
19 recent graduates from the university's film production programme have been shortlisted for the prestigious awards, for their work on three films produced at the university's School of Creative Arts.
The winners of the awards, which are being held at the Watershed Cinema in Bristol on Monday 3 March 2025 — the same day as the Oscars — will progress to the national RTS National Student Awards ceremony, where they'll compete against other regional winners later in the year.
Two teams of recent graduates are among the six finalists in the drama category — Lewis Hill, Tom Bradshaw, Kiran Ingham, Meredith Wright, Theo Moules and Joseph Edwards for their film Dragon Lich King; and Evelyn Wadsworth, Jack Turner, Louis Gibson, Sabina Rosca, Jordan Roger, Jay Thomas and Tabitha Bishop for The Creature of Love.
And a team of six
graduates — Alex Russell, Charlotte Davis, Quan Luong, Brandon Apps, Louis Birch and Imogen Christie — has been shortlisted for the Entertainment and Comedy Drama award for
their film, The Face.
The university has a strong track record at the RTS National Student Awards, with past films winning Best Comedy in 2019 and Best Drama 2021.
Mike Parker, academic course leader for the university’s BA (Hons) Film Production programme, said: 'We’re absolutely delighted that the imagination, creativity and innovation of our recent graduates has been recognised again by the RTS and will be showcased to many leading professionals from within the industry at the awards ceremony in March.
'It’s a testament to how strongly our students are seizing opportunities to embrace the skills they have learned and developed on our programme, as well as how they are putting these into practice to make films of which they should all be very proud.'
