Teesside graduates' success at the Student Television Awards 2016

School of Arts & Media graduate Jing (Coco) Zhao from China and School of Computing graduate Domareen Fox have continued success - winning national recognition in the Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Television Awards 2016.

Earlier this year, the two Teesside University graduates were recognised in the student category of the Royal Television Society’s Regional Awards.

The Student Television Awards 2016 were chaired by Sky Arts Director Phil Edgar-Jones and celebrate excellence in student television, judging in six categories; Animation, Comedy and Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Open. Jing’s film, Eat then Wait for the Night, won the Undergraduate Factual award and was filmed on location in China in the setting of Chinese New Year. The film explores themes of loneliness, connections between people and the importance of family in China. Judges described the film as ‘an accomplished piece of filmmaking that stays with you’.

Since graduating from BA (Hons) TV & Film Production at Teesside University in 2015, Jing has worked as a Producer for CICC (China International Communication Centre), Lion TV (London), PBS (America) and Arte (France), Discovery Asia and as a Researcher at Meridian Line Films.

Domareen's film, Dresslocked, won the Undergraduate Animation award. Described by the judges as a film which 'successfully deals with the issue of body dysmorphia in a visually interesting and rewarding way', this 2D animated film explores body dysmorphic disorder through the struggle of a young woman who can’t decide what to wear in the morning.

Domareen also graduated in 2015 and is now working as an Art Director for Studio Soi, an animation studio in Germany, which produced the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo’s Child animations.

Jill Morgan, Dean of the School of Arts & Media, said: 'The films the students produced here at Teesside University are exceptional and deserve to be recognised alongside the best student work in the country.

Dr Simon Stobart, Dean of the School of Computing, added: 'Domareen’s work was of the highest quality when she was here at Teesside and it is no surprise to see her doing so well.' All nominated films will be available to watch on Sky Arts On Demand later this year.

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