The awards, held by the British Universities Film & Video Council, recognise the innovative ways film and media are used to educate, with special categories highlighting productions from students at UK colleges and universities.
This year the jury debated forty-four nominations across twelve categories, including Student Documentary, FE Student Production, General Educational Broadcast and Educational Multimedia, as well as presenting the Special Jury Award and Premier Award to two productions that really impressed.
The Premier Award was presented to CODENAME WINTERHILL: BOLTON STORYWORLD, an innovative and immersive piece of digital storytelling from the University of Bolton and Bellyfeel. Delivered through smartphones, this outstanding production was unlike anything the jury have seen before.
But the big winner on the night was undoubtedly JUST SOME MORNING TEA, directed and produced by George Summers from Truro College, which scooped both the Further Education Student Production Award and the Special Jury Award. The jury felt this simple but beautifully crafted animation demonstrated excellent control not only of the camera but also of sound, editing, music and lighting, and had a satisfying twist in its tail.
Chair of the Jury, Ian Wall, Director of Education at The Film Space, commented of the evening: “Every year we see outstanding submissions and we always wonder if the high standard can be repeated. This year certainly did not let us down, with submissions making it very difficult to settle on our eventual list of category winners. I’d like to personally congratulate all our winners and nominees, and thank them for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.”
THE WINNERS IN FULL ARE:
Educational Multimedia Award (sponsored by Science Photo Library)
THE EMPTY THRONE
Lincoln School of Film and Media
Director: Philip Stevens
Courseware and Curriculum In-House Production Award
BILLY’S STORY PART 5: CHILDREN’S HEARING
University of Strathclyde
Directors: Robina Nicholson, Martin Laycock
Courseware and Curriculum Broadcast Award
SLEEPING LIONS
Libra Television / David & Goliath
Director: David Barnes
Courseware and Curriculum Non-Broadcast Award
FROM THE ‘JUST WAR’ TO THE UNJUST PEACE
University of Nottingham
Director: Alec Millward
General In-House Production Award
‘WE ARE HE FOR SHE’ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
University of Leicester
Director: Hayley Evans
General Education Broadcast Award
DEMENTIAVILLE – EPISODE 2: FAMILIES
The Open University / Channel 4 / Two Four
Series Director: Pamela Gordon
General Education Non-Broadcast Award
RICHARD III – THE DNA ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION
University of Leicester
Director: Carl Vivian
Student Production Further Education Award
JUST SOME MORNING TEA
Truro College
Director: George Summers
Student Production College HE Award (sponsored by ERA)
A PORTAL TOO FAR
Heart of Worcestershire College
Director: Sean Byrne
Student Production Undergraduate Award
LEON
University for the Creative Arts
Director: Nathan Glendinning
Student Production Postgraduate Award
LEMURIA
Edinburgh College of Art
Director: Veronika Koubova
Student Production Documentary Award (sponsored by ERA)
LIFE AT A SNAIL’S PACE
Goldsmiths University of London
Director: Alexandra Gaulupeau
Special Jury Award
JUST SOME MORNING TEA
Truro College
Director: George Summers
Premier Award
CODENAME WINTERHILL: BOLTON STORYWORLD
University of Bolton / Bellyfeel
Series Producer: Krishna Stott
Further details regarding the winning entries, nominations and award categories can be found on the Learning on Screen website: bufvc.ac.uk/learningonscreen