TV cop helps Westminster students capture film awards
31 March 2008
Former TV cop Mark Wingett's arresting
presence helped three University of Westminster film graduates
capture two major student film awards last month.
Actor Wingett, who played
D.C Carver in ITV's crime drama
The Bill between 1984 and
2004, starred in
Jump, a 17-minute short film which was
named Best Drama at the prestigious
Royal
Television Society (RTS) Student Awards. The film also took
home an award for technical achievement at the
National Student Film
Festival.
Jump, which was made by
BA Film and Television
graduates James Hanford, James Nunn and James Fuller, was hailed by
judges as containing "good writing, sound storytelling, and good
use of language in the dialogue with matching performances".
Malcolm Mowbray, head of film directing on the University's BA Film
and Television, said: "
Jump is a film that moves its
audience with considerable command and assurance. There is
extensive filmmaking talent behind this film."
Students from the University's film courses also picked up prizes
at other major film awards last month.
Graduate Tianqi Yu was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the National
Student Film Festival for her documentary
Shenzen -
Transformation In Modern China, which also took home the Best
Documentary prize.
And final year students Aneta Chalas, Anna Bokova and
Anne-Claire-Elwyn were prizewinners at the
2008
Kodak Student Commercial Awards. Their 30 second-advert
Lunchtime, which was designed around one of six briefs by
major advertising agencies
Ogilvy and
BBH, was judged
to be the joint best in its category.
BA Film and Television course leader Peter Hort said: "We felt that
all these films were exceptional creatively and technically, and
it's a real boost for the course that the industry shares our
view."