A short documentary directed by a former University of Sheffield student has won the award for factual short film at the Royal Television Society Yorkshire Student Awards.
Found In The Ice is a short documentary created by Amelia Cox and has also won the ITV News Will Venters Memorial Prize last year.
The documentary is focused on a camera which was found 35 years after the 1990 Lenin Peak disaster and the attempts to restore the film from it.
Speaking on social media, Miss Cox said: “This story means more to me than I can put into words, and over time, I’ve grown a deep connection to the camera and to the climbers themselves.”
She would later visit the mountain herself.
The avalanche, triggered by a moment magnitude scale 6.4 earthquake, is believed to have caused the deadliest disaster in mountaineering history, where 43 out of a total 45 climbers died following an avalanche on the mountain peak.
Human remains from the incident would eventually become visible after glacier ice melted in 2008, almost 20 years later.
Chris Chohan, a journalism teacher at the University of Sheffield, said: “This is a great result for all the hard work and endeavour Amelia put into her final project which has been recognised by industry and the judges on the RTS panel.
“It’s all about networking and communication to find those original stories with human interest and Amelia delivered a superb short form video with excellent people, pictures, and sound.
“The fact she went on to also win the ‘craft skills’ category for editing shows that the journalism teaching and learning here at the University of Sheffield is reaping rewards and being recognised professionally to the highest standard.”
The Royal Television Society is the oldest television society in the world and an educational charity focused on promoting television and access to the industry.
Annually, the society holds 21 regional award ceremonies across the British Isles, with many being specifically for students to submit their work to.
The society has 14 national and regional centres run by volunteers.
You can watch the award-winning documentary here:
Photo credit: Royal Television Society
Video credit: Amelia Cox