Former SAW Trainees Awarded Prince William BAFTA Bursary

This month, the recipients of the 2026 Prince William BAFTA Bursary were announced and we are extremely proud that several of our former SAW trainees were among those who have been awarded.

The Prince William BAFTA Bursary is a financial support scheme that helps emerging creatives who have started their careers in the Film, Games or TV sectors to overcome costs that can prevent the applicants from progressing their chosen career paths, with grants up to £2,000 available to cover the cost of barriers such as equipment, training, software, or relocation.

To apply, you must have a connection with one of BAFTA’s partner organisations, which includes Screen Alliance Wales, and we are delighted that five of our nominations have been successful in their bid for this grant: David Kemmer-Amoda – Freelance Filmmaker, Rosie Berry – Costume Trainee, Harry Martin – Art Department Trainee, Salma Salah – Camera Trainee and Stefano Navarra – Edit Trainee.

David Kemmer-Amoda was the director of the 2025 short documentary More Than a Game: The Warrior Way, about the Cardiff Bay Warriors, which was produced with Screen Alliance Wales as part of the `Vocal Histories of Wales’ series funded by Creative Wales.  He also went on to shadow the director for two weeks via SAW on ITV’s hit new drama `The Party’ starring Luke Evans.  David used the bursary to help him grow his own business, `Treble Media,’ and it is “already elevating his filmmaking, allowing him to compete with bigger companies.”

Rosie Berry first joined us as a shadower on `Young Sherlock’ in 2024 and then went on to become a SAW Trainee with us on Bad Wolf’s `Industry’ Season 4. She is now a Costume Junior on another show SAW is working on. She used the bursary to purchase an industrial steamer and industrial sewing machine, which has made the world of difference to her.

Harry Martin worked as a SAW Art Department Trainee on `The Lord’s Day’, his first job in the TV industry, and he did extremely well.  He used the bursary to pay for a SketchUp subscription, and he was also able to purchase some 3D printers to make him even more skilled and useful in his next role.

Salma Salah joined SAW as a shadower on `His Dark Materials’ and then became a SAW Camera Trainee on Doctor Who season one and was actually SAWs 100th trainee! She then went on to be the loader on the short film `Prey’, which SAW also supported by funding their premier. Since then, she has worked on `Crime Watch’ and `Who Do You Think You Are`. Salma used her bursary to improve her camera kit and is currently working on her own community projects.

Stefano Navarra joined SAW as an Edit Trainee on `The War Between the Land and the Sea’ and then moved to `Industry’ Season 4.  He is currently one of SAW’s step-ups on `Industry’ Season 5 as a 2^nd Assistant Editor.  He has used his bursary to purchase Avid Media Composer Ultimate (the standard edit software within the industry), DaVinci Resolve Studio (software which is the industry standard for colour grading), and Adobe Creative Cloud, which will be extremely beneficial as Stefano’s career progresses. 

We are over the moon for these recipients of the 2026 Prince William BAFTA Bursary, and we can’t wait to continue watching as their careers progress.