The New York Festivals® World's Best TV Programs & Films recognize "The World's Best Work" in news, sports, documentary, information and entertainment program as well as in music videos, infomercials, promotion spots, openings and ID's. Now entering its 54th year, the total number of entries continues to grow, now representing over 35 different countries, making the NYF® Television & Film Awards one of the most well known and widely respected competitions on the globe. In 2010, NYF® combined both the Television Program Awards and the Film & Video Awards, thus creating one of the world's largest international competitions dedicated to both the TV and film industries. New categories mirror today's trends in world-wide program and encourage the next generation of story-tellers.
2010 Awards Gala
The New York Festivals, honoring the World's Best Work® in International Television & Film, hosted its 2010 awards ceremony on Monday, May 3rd at the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. NYF saluted its winners with a unique three hour non-stop celebration, beginning with cocktails and substantial hors d'oeuvres served in the event space and adjacent outdoor terrace featuring spectacular views of historic Times Square. Highlight packages of the World's Best Work®, including the Grand Trophy, UNDPI, Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal-winning work, are showcased below along with individual acceptance remarks. Click here to see featured presenters remarks and in-depth backstage interviews from the ceremony.
Official Photography from the awards are available from Marc Bryan-Brown Photography. Visit http://www.bryan-brown.com/nyf10filmtv/ to see proofs or call 212 307 0210 for more info.
Each year, winners are awarded and recognized internationally via NYF's® media representatives and partners representing 65 countries around the world. Additionally, events and screenings take place internationally where all winning work is showcased.
2010 GRAND WINNER - ESPN Muhammad and Larry
2010 GRAND WINNER - The Edge Picture Company 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
2010 GOLD WINNERS
GOLD WORLD MEDAL WINNERS ACCEPTANCE REMARKS
2010 SILVER WINNERS
SILVER WORLD MEDAL WINNERS ACCEPTANCE REMARKS
2010 BRONZE WINNERS
BRONZE WORLD MEDAL WINNERS ACCEPTANCE REMARKS
2010 UNDPI WINNERS
CEREMONY HIGHLIGHTS Grand Awards, Broadcaster of the Year, Production Company of the Year
SPECIALTY WINNER BACKSTAGE INTERVIEWS Dr. Neal Baer, Executive Producer of Law And Order SVU
Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan, Directors/Producers, Muhammad and Larry
Phil Blundell, Managing Director, The Edge Picture Company
Alan Deakins - Director, 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Phil Blundell, Managing Director, The Edge Picture Co Ltd, UK Marissa Flores, Senior VP for News and Public Affairs, GMA Network, The Philippines Abid Hussain, VP Network Creatives, Astro Entertainment, Malaysia Drew Ianni, President, The Athena Project, USA Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director, Sports Video Group, USA Larry Kristiansen, VP Event Production, ESPN, USA Susanne Mueller, Head of Coproductions and Development, ZDF, Germany Katherine Meyer, Senior Director, Awards & Film Festivals, Showtime Networks Inc, USA Peter Peeters, Creative Director, Norvell Jefferson, Belgium Joshua Pfenning, Senior Video Producer, Lockheed Martin, USA Becca Schader, Creative Director, HBO, USA Stephen Schutzman, Manager Online Community mtvU, USA Susan L. Sewell, Vice President, ABC Entertainment, USA Andrey Skvortsov, CEO, The Mercator Group, Russia Helfried Spitra, Head of Program Management, WDR, Germany Forever Sze, Controller/TV, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong Peter Vogel, CEO, Vogel audiovision gmbh & co kg, Austria
The NYF® Television & Film Awards are judged by award winning Directors, Producers, Writers, Actors and various other creative media professionals and critics from across the globe. All entries are judged on-line by panels of industry experts from around the world. This year's jury members include:
Dennis Adamovich, Turner Entertainment Networks, USA David Ashbrock, Director, USA Therese Aun, Turner Networks, USA Stephen Auerbach, Filmmaker, USA Joan Auritt, Auritt Communications Group, USA Barbara Bailie, Astral Television Networks, Canada Matthew Bartley, ESPN, USA Dennis Beaulieu, Beaulieu Productions, USA Jacqueline Beaulieu, Big News 2.0, USA Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss, Vulcan Productions, USA Eric Black, Scholastic Media, USA Lewis Blackwell, PQ Blackwell, USA Phil Blundell, The Edge Co Ltd, UK Ken Boehm, Videographer, USA Steve Booth, Lock and Roll Productions, USA Carolyn Braff, Sports Video Group, USA Peter Broennimann, Spillmann/Felser/Leo Burnett, Switzerland Tony Buemi, Brandbridge Ltd, USA Eve Burris, Rutgers University, USA Alan Carmona, DBB, Costa Rica James Carr, Carr-Hughes Productions, USA Mauricio Carrandi Lambarri, Televisa, Mexico Rebecca Carrasco, Colman Rasic Carrasco, Australia Joan Cartan-Hansen, Idaho Public Television, USA Bonnie Cheung, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong R. Mark Cortner, IMCMM Inc, USA Simon Crofts, ST16 Ltd., UK Daniel da Hora, INATA, Brazil Palle Demant, Wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark Dhvani Desai, Metamorphosis, India E.V. Di Massa Jr, First Call, USA Erica Drezek, NASA/Honeywell, USA David Driscoll, Con Edison, USA Wayne Edwards, ESPN, USA Marty Ehrlich, MSG/Varsity, USA Melissa Reilly Ellard, Weston Woods / Scholastic, USA Christian Erni, Futurecom Interactive AG, Germany Terry Ewert, Big Ten Network, USA Ella Evangelista-Martelino, GMA Network, The Philippines Katy Eyre, Jacaranda, UK Jan Fabel, AV Marie, The Netherlands Jim Fabio, True Blue Creative, USA Rob Faris, Outside Television, USA Allene Feldman, Cambridge University Press, USA Andrew Filippone, Jr., Telling Story, LCC, USA Gary Fitzpatrick, Cheerful Scout, UK Avon Edward Foote, University of North Alabama, USA Stephanie Fray, Conundrum Marketing, USA Paul Froelich, nVision, USA Jim Gaiero, ESPN, USA Amy Gardner, Filmmaker, USA Meredith Gardner, Strategic Edge Group, USA Carron Garvin-Donohoe, Aon Risk Services, USA Rene Gast, Gast Producties, The Netherlands Ranier Gehrisch, Gehrisch & Frank AG, Germany Rick Gentile, 24 Productions, USA Joan Gilbertson, WCCO-TV, USA Christine Glidden, Independent Producer, USA Nicki Goldstein, Nicki Goldstein Enterprises Ltd, USA Esther Goodheart, Actor, USA Paul Gowers, Wilder Films Co, UK Tony Guggino, Gee-Wizz Productions, USA Julie Haaland, CBS, USA Alexander Hahn, Electronic Media Artist, USA Rudi Haller, SOLID&HALLERFILM, Switzerland Gary Handman, University of California-Berkeley, USA CJ Harris, BET, USA Tasmin Herbert, FITCHLive, UK Neil Hillman, The Audio Suite, UK Keith Ho, Grey, Hong Kong Lea Hodge, Morgan Stanley, USA Joanne Hock, Emulsion Films, USA Abid Hussain, Astro Entertainment Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Lumpur Gary Ingraham, Cornell University, USA Ruben Jacome, Televisa, Mexico Victoria Jadali, Writer, USA Robert James, Envision, UK William Jarr, Diverse Future Consulting, USA Jim Jennett, Director, USA Rory Karpf, NASCAR Images, USA Chris Kater, Video Placement Worldwide, USA Mary Jo Kinser, Executive Producer, USA David Kirschner, New 12 Interactive, USA Katherine Kline, Kline & Co, USA Dorota Kosmicka, TVP1, Poland Anna Kowalewska-Onaszkiewicz, TVP1, Poland Matthias Kremin, WDR, Germany Steve Lackey, McKinsey & Company, USA Peter Lasser, United Football League, USA Vincent Lee, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong Laura Levitt-Gamis, Columbia College, USA Peter J. Levy, Corniche Productions , USA Valerie Light, Verizon, USA Chris Lincoln, Flying Fish Productions, USA Christian Lindstrom, WETA, USA Iris Lo, Draftfcb, HongKong Mashizan Masjum, National Geographic TV and Film, USA Lucia Martinez, Televisa, Mexico Dennis Mazzocco, Hofstra University, USA Eben Matthews, M2ACTION, USA Scott Matthews, ESPN, USA Maura McGreevy, ThomsonReuters, USA Rue McKenzie, University of South Florida, USA Jocelyn Meinert, Big Studios Inc, Canada Alan Mendelsohn, Just a Minute Words and Pictures, Canada Gary Mitchell, Corporate Television Networks, UK Marianna Moneymaker, Witness, USA Stephen Nagler, HRTV, USA Zach Nial, Denial Industries, USA Scott Ogle, Equinox Productions,USA Adrian Ong, The Right Angle Media Pte Ltd, Singapore Stas Onishchenko, The Mercator Group, Russia Joan Papen, CBS, USA Suvasini Patel, Witness, USA Susan Panisch, Moorehouse Media LLC, USA Eric Paulen, Bald Bull Entertainment, USA Joan Papen, CBS, USA Michael Pearce, Yahoo!Sports, USA Peter Peeters, Norvell Jefferson, Belgium Robin Pelleck, order24 Productions, USA Paul Petruccelli, Pratt Institute, USA Surash Pillai, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Singapore Judy Plavnick, Independent Producer, USA Gemma Puglosi, American University School of Communication , USA Ira Rappaport, Ad-E-Motion, USA Sam Rath, Mojo Group, USA Markku Roine, Command Associates Limited, Finland Markku Roine, Command Associates Limited, Finland Regula Ruegg, Dekart Video, USA Roger Ruegger, Futurecomm Interactive AG, Germany Ilja Ruppeldt, Golem Productions, New Zealand Horea Salajan, PT Surya Citra Televisi, Indonesia Lucy L. Scott, Lucymedia, USA Len Schneiderman, SobelMedia, USA Chris Schueler, Christopher Productions, USA Stephen Schutzman, mtvU, USA Bruce Seidel, FoodNetwork, USA Heather Senst, Astral Television Networks, Canada Michelle Seva, GMA Networks, The Philippines William Shaw IV, Technical Director, USA Lili Siegelson, Independent Producer, USA Alan Sklar, USA Andrey Skvortsov, The Mercator Group, Russia Sammy Silver, Beyond Our Reality Productions, USA Chester R. Simmons, USA Thurston Smith, SPK Productions, USA Nicholas Springate, BBC, UK David Stern, Bard Entertainment, USA Linda Stewart, Bogard Productions, USA Judy Stoia, WGBH, USA Steve Syarto, Weston Woods Studios/Scholastic, USA Sara Teitel, Teitel Productions, USA Dave Thompson, Bloomberg, USA Beau Tardy, Dizzy Worldwide, USA C.A. Tuggle, University of North Carolina, USA Nick Ullo, TB Communications, Third Millennium Productions, USA Barth van Doorn, Borish, The Netherlands Dr. Alfred Vendl, ORF Universum/ORF Natural History, Austria Peter Vogel, Vogel Audiovision, Austria Franz Vonlichten, Composer, USA Helmut Vonlichten, Composer, USA Matthew Waddell, Astral Television Networks, Canada Joshua Weisberg, Scharff Weisberg, USA Laurie White, Independent Producer, USA Nick Whiting, Bloomberg, UK Howard Zryb, White Room Productions, USA