UWE Animation graduates win big at Royal Television Society Awards
Tova Persson, a recent UWE Animation graduate, won the top prize for Best Animation at the RTS award ceremony held last night at Watershed. Congratulations Tova!
A huge congratulations also to the other nominees, all UWE Animation graduates, who swept up a whole host of craft awards recognising their skills in key areas of animation.
Hoching Kwok and Luzie Ilgner both won craft awards for their skilled production design in ‘When Cicadias Sing’ and ‘Vergissmeinnicht (Forget Me Not)’, as did the talented team behind ‘The Last Straw’. Will Clarke also received a craft award for sound in his graduate film ‘Throng’.
Congratulations to all of the nominees:
Offerlamm, Tova Persson, University of the West of England
When Cicadas Sing, HoChing Kwok, University of the West of England
Vergissmeinnicht (Forget Me Not) Luzie Ilgner, University of the West of England
Goal Hangin’, Sam Maxwell, University of the West of England
The Last Straw, Cleo Parker, Lily Goodwin, Ruby Black, Anna Taylor, Erin Hilsdon, Julia Henauer, Megan Cunnington, University of the West of England
We can’t wait to see where their creativity takes them next!
Tova’s film will now be in the running for the national awards, taking place at Southbank this Summer. UWE Animation wish her the very best of luck and look forward to seeing more brilliant work from these graduates in the years to come.
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