A group of student filmmakers from the Department of Film, Theatre and Television have been nominated for a national award from the Royal Television Society.
Diogo Guerner, James Homer and Sunniva Kvamme, have been nominated for an award in the highly competitive Undergraduate Fiction category at the national RTS Student Television Awards 2013.
Following recent success, the team won at the Yorkshire Region Student Awards ceremony in November 2013, in which they fought off strong competition from 15 other entries in the fiction category.
Nominated for short film Snapshot, Diogo Guerner directed the nominated film in his second year.He said: “It was a great honour to receive the prize for best fiction film last year, and I’m really proud and excited to have Snapshot representing the University of York at the RTS national competition.”
John Mateer, who leads York’s BSc in Film and Television Production, said: “We are very proud of Diogo Guerner. This is a very highly competitive award scheme with regional winners competing for a spot in the nationals; it is not guaranteed so simply being nominated is a huge accomplishment for Diogo and the department.”
Judges at the regional awards said Snapshot stood out because it is “a simple story so effectively told with assurance and real skill”. They also commented on the great use of special effects and overall standard of direction.
Professor Andrew Higson, Head of the Department, said: “This is a tremendous achievement by our talented filmmakers and our warmest congratulations go to Diogo Guerner and his team.” The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday 16th May at the BFI Southbank in London.