Two BAFTA Student Award Wins For National Film And Television School Projects
The 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards finale ceremony, hosted by The Boys actor Elliot Knight was held on Friday 12 July at The Maybourne Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is excited to announce two of our student-made projects, There Was A Home and Dragfox, were named winners out of the five categories!
The ceremony marked 20 years of the BAFTA Student Awards, which started as a local competition for Los Angeles schools and now celebrates the works of the next generation of talented and innovative storytellers from around the globe.
The BAFTA Student Award for Games was awarded to There Was A Home, designed and developed by Wid Alhajjaji on the NFTS Games Design and Development MA. The game was produced by fellow graduate Rafif Kalantan who brought home the award at last year’s ceremony for her game Eros Xavier’s Love Solutions!
Additionally, the Special Jury Prize was awarded to National Film and Television School Animation Dragfox, which stars the legendary Ian Mckellen and Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK Divina de Campo.
Both of these productions were made by a talented and dedicated team of NFTS students across a range of course including Sound Design, Cinematography, Production Management, Visual Effects, Composing and many more. Find out more about the films and see the full NFTS crew below.
- THERE WAS A HOME | GAMES
A 3D narrative-driven puzzle game set in an old Hejazi house in Saudi Arabia. Noor, is asked to pack her family's old house. What will she find there?
NFTS Crew
Designer/Developer/Character Design/Story/Programmer Wid Alhajjaji
Producer Rafif Kalantan
Sound Designers Alina Ushakova, Em Edwards, Omar Gabriel Delnevo, Bryony Lear
Composer Aleksandra Vilcinska, Umberto Gaudino
Marketing and PR Hao Yuan, Harry Baker
CG Artists Sanad Alrahmani, Wid Alhajjaji
Usability and User Experience Wid Alhajjaji, Rafif Kalantan
- DRAGFOX | SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Sam's search of identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together, they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
NFTS Crew
Director/Animator Lisa Ott
Producer Owen Thomas
Screenwriter John Cooney
Story Consultant Amy Tattersall White
Cinematographer Rufai (Roo) Ajala
Production Designer Lia Chiarin
Production Manager Olivia Song
Coordinating Model Makers Leah Brown, Aurelia Chilvers
Puppets and Props Katie Booth, Anika Chowdhury, Fran Dare, Lara Hosking, Darcie Kearns, Oonagh McDonald, Rob Mackie, Hannah Miller, Sam Mortimer, Felix Surplus
Sound Recordist Emily Compton
Editor Mariana Moraes
Sound Designer/Dubbing Mixer Em Edwards
Composer Charli Mackie
Compositor Melwin George Mathew
Colourist/Online Editor Fox Bamber Barron
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The National Film and Television School is incredibly proud to see our graduates work recognised at these prestigious awards. If you want to make it in film, TV and games, find out more about the award-winning training opportunities available at the NFTS.
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If you would like to get in touch with any NFTS alumni who worked behind the scenes on these award-winning productions please contact alumni@nfts.co.uk.