ARU students win Kodak prize for bold commercial

Two Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) students have won a national award run by Kodak for a “bold” and “funny” commercial, beating off entries from 17 other universities and film schools from across the UK and Ireland.

The Kodak Student Commercial Awards is an annual competition run by Kodak and Nahemi, the national association for higher education in the moving image. It has been running for nearly 40 years and received 61 entries this year.

Director Claudia Vogt and producer Lisa-Marie Soulier, both 22-year-old third-year BA (Hons) Film and Television Production students at ARU, collected the award for best overall film at a ceremony held at the historic Regent Street Cinema in London.

Their commercial is titled ‘Eros—The Myth Buster,’ and the judges described it as “a film that really stood out with its original storytelling and bold, funny approach. The sharp writing had us laughing throughout, and it felt more like an entertaining story than an ad, in the best possible way.”

In addition to Claudia and Lisa-Marie, Jack Bryant was the cinematographer for Eros—The Myth Buster, and Karina Bhojwani edited it. They are also both third-year BA (Hons) Film and Television Production students at ARU.