IADT Film + TV Students scoop major awards!
IADT Students and Graduates shone at the Young Directors Awards and the ROI Royal Television Society Awards last week. Congratulations to everyone involved.
The Young Directors Awards
The Young Directors Awards, now in its third year, aims to find, award and nurture the best of the up and coming directors in Ireland today and to build on the success of YDA Ireland. The following awards were received:
Animation:
The Bird & the Whale (Carol Freeman) – WINNER
Charity Film:
Irish Street League (Andreas Birkenheier) – WINNER
Soar 'It's just a Phase' (P.O.B.) – Runner-Up
Commercial:
Iarnród Éireann ‘Dream Trips’ (Bob Gallagher) – Special Mention
Today FM – Oh It's On (Finn Keenan) – Runner-Up
Music Video:
Brave Giant – Way to Love (Fergal Costello) – WINNER
Right Spots (Luke Sweetman) – Runner-Up
Short Film:
Catcalls (Kate Dolan) – WINNER
Spec Commercial:
Bond of Enemies (James Fitzgerald) – WINNER
Student Film:
Jelly Baby (Naomi Fagan) – Runner-Up
Pernicio (Dave Fox) – Special Mention
YDA Producers Award Nominees:
Laura Gaynor – WINNER
The ROI RTS Student TV Awards
The ROI RTS Student TV Awards take place each year in five categories, Animation Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Feature. The award recipients of each category go forward for judging in the finals in London in June. At the RTS Republic of Ireland (RoI) Student Awards our students took home four of the five prizes on offer.
Student Animation:
Consent (Aoife Moiselle, Tara Woods and Michael Fleming) - WINNERS
Student Comedy and Entertainment:
Decades (Michael Flanagan, Frank O’Malley, Laurent Murray and Eimear Noctor) - WINNERS
Student Drama:
Pernicio (Dave Fox, Alfie Hollingsworth, Laura Gaynor and Conor Donoghue) - WINNERS
Student Short Feature:
Growing Alice (Danilo Zambrano, Gabriela Chrobak, Alisa Barrie and Briana Cullen) - WINNERS