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GMA-7 bags three awards while ABS-CBN wins two trophies in 54th New York Festivals

PEP 

13April 2011

Out of the 12 entries fielded by the Philippines to the 54th New York Festivals International TV & Films Awards, five were honored with trophies during the awarding ceremony held recently in Las Vegas.

Three of the awards were given to entries of GMA-7 while the remaining two were handed to entries from ABS-CBN.


GMA-7 AWARDS. The star-studded cinematic version of the "Lupang Hinirang" (The Philippine National Anthem) won a Bronze award in the Music Video category. This particular work features Kapuso stars who brought life to national heroes in reenactments of historical events, such as the Battle of Mactan in 1521, the Philippine Revolution of 1896 to the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.


Another Bronze award was given to GMA-7's I-Witness: "Paraisong Uhaw" (A Parched Land) for Social Issues/Current Events category under the Documentary/Information Program heading.


The third award of the Kapuso Network is a Silver trophy for Biyaheng Totoo (Real Journey) won a Silver award in the Special Report in News: Reports/Features category.


Meanwhile, Born To Be Wild: The Born Expeditions Finale earned a finalist certificate for the Nature & Wildlife category.


ABS-CBN AWARDS. Storyline, the weekly documentary of ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) bagged a silver medal for the biography-profiles category and a bronze medal for the community portraits category.
The winning entries of Storyline are titled "Alexis and Nika," "Orphan" and "Stolen."


Finalist certificates were given to the six other entries of ABS-CBN namely Altar (Copywriting: Promotion Spot), I Survived (Docudrama), Storyline (Social Issues/Current Events), Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Telenovelas), Magkaribal (Telenovelas), and TV Patrol's Bloodbath in Manila (Coverage of Breaking News).


The annual New York Festivals International TV & Films Awards aims to honor the "World's Best Work" in news, sports, documentary, information and entertainment program as well as in music videos, infomercials, promotion spots, openings and IDs.