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University of Salford Film Production graduate Ryan Johnson won the student RTS Award for Best Drama Screenwriter Craft Award at the North West Student Royal Television Society Awards 2024

“Writing this film was very cathartic for me, a semi-autobiographical story of a young working class queer kid raised by his grandparents, thrust into a world of love, death and lime dresses. I wanted to tell a tale of an experience who don’t often see on screen, and leave an audience feeling uplifted and hopeful. Winning this award is one of my proudest achievements and felt like the industry is moving in the right direction, where queer working class stories deserve to be told and not only that, but they are revered for it. In doing so I created the representation I wish I had growing up.”

Ryan Johnson holding his RTS award

University of Salford English Literature graduate Naqqash Khalid will see his debut feature film released in UK cinemas on September 13th 2024. IN CAMERA was written and directed by Naqqash and funded by BBC Films and the BFI. It has received rave reviews and The Guardian have profiled Naqqash as one of British cinema’s most exciting new talents.

Performed at The Lowry in September 2024, Pseudo is an original cyberpunk soundtrack paired with poetic storytelling and multi-sensory light/video projections that address pseudo truths about dissociative seizures, from Scarlett-Rose Lovett, recent graduate of Creative Writing Multidiscipline at The University of Salford.

Co-Produced by Creative Writing Multidiscipline graduate Jennifer Roberts, Pool (No Water) was a sell-out success at The Greater Manchester Fringe Theatre Festival in 2024. This success follows Jennifer’s award winning productions and writing for The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival in 2023.

BBC Words First winner 2020, UNESCO Slam-O-Vision winner 2021, Poet and Creative Writing graduate Jardel Rodrigues continues to perform and win commissions with new music recently released on Spotify.