New York Festival's World's Best Television & Films competition honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 50 countries. Dedicated to both the Television and Film industries, categories mirror today's global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers and talent: Animation, Comedy, Corporate, Drama, Documentary, Feature Films, Music Videos, News, Promos, Reality Shows, Sports, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, Special Event, Innovation, and Technical Production Team.

NYF TV & Film Awards Announces 2013 Winners

New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards™ announced this year's winning entries at the 2013 awards ceremony Tuesday, April 9th at NAB in Las Vegas. The Grand Jury honored the World's Best TV Programs & Films™ awarding 119 Gold World Medals, 145 Silver, 104 Bronze, and 327 Finalist Certificates from entries submitted from 50 countries. The following companies were honored with Grand Trophies: Done and Dusted, UK for Olympic Opening Ceremony; A&E, USA for Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies; and History Channel, USA for Hatfields & McCoys. Read More

New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards™ will honor CBS News Senior Executive Producer Susan Zirinsky with its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. Zirinsky, the Senior Executive Producer of CBS News' broadcast 48 HOURS, will be honored on Tuesday, April 9th at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards ceremony taking place at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. The NYF Television & Film Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes prominent industry leaders whose accomplishments and contributions have advanced their field and made a lasting impression on the industry. READ MORE...

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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, CEO / Creative Head, Creative Stew Sdn Bhd, 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, Vice President, Awards & Film Festivals, Showtime Networks Inc, USA
Peter Peeters, Creative Director, Norvell Jefferson, Belgium
Becca Schader, Creative Director, HBO, 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, Austria

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The NYF® Television & Film Awards are judged by award winning Directors, Producers, Writers, Actors and various other creative media professionals from across the globe. All entries are judged on-line by panels of award-winning industry experts. This year's jury members include:

Noelia Alonso, SPTI Networks Iberia, Spain
Joyce Amm, Producer, United Arab Emirates
Engelbert Apostol, ABS-CBN, Philippines
Maria Apps, World Wide Pictures, UK
David Ashbrock, Director, USA
Joan Auritt, Auritt Communications, USA
Barbara Bailie, Astral Television Networks, Canada
Dhrubo Banerjee, Reliance Animation, India
Dennis Beaulieu, Beaulieu Productions, USA
Jacqueline Beaulieu, Actor, USA
Simon Bennett, South Pacific Pictures, New Zealand
Dean Beswick, Radley Yeldar, UK
Lillah Bezara, Cartoon Network LA, USA
Eric Black, Scholastic Entertainment, USA
Phil Blundell, The Edge Picture Co Ltd, UK
Andrea Bodnar, Astral Media, Canada
J.Kenneth Boehm, Videographer, USA
Stephen Booth, Lock and Roll Productions, USA
Scott Brooks, St. Louis Rams, USA
Tony Buemi, Bandbridge Ltd, USA
Sharon Burden, Australian Communications and Media Authority, Australia
Rebecca Carrasco, Clemenger BBDO Sydney, Australia
Joan Cartan-Hansen, Idaho Public Television, USA
John Cernak, Out of Our Minds Studio, USA
CheeK, The Group Entertainment, Singapore
Tau Chou Chan, Al Jazeera English, Singapore
Bonnie Cheung, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Paul Clarke, UTV PLC, Northern Ireland
Emily Clements, Radley Yeldar, UK
Mark Condron, The Golf Channel, USA
R. Mark Cortner, IMCMM, INC., USA
Simon Crofts, ST16 Ltd, UK
Daniel da Hora, DH, LO Creative Consultancy, Brazil
Carlos De Elia, Canal 13 Artear S.A., Argentina
Sofia de Fay, Director, United Arab Emirates
Peter den Hartogh, The Animation School, South Africa
Dhvani Desai, Metamorphosis, India
Phil Dobree, Jellyfish Pictures, UK
Noel Donnellon, Voodoodog LTD, UK
David Driscoll, Con Edison, USA
Dei El-Ayoubi, Creative Director, Australia
Reim El Houni, TI22 FILMS, United Arab Emirates
Stacey Edmonds, BeLearning Films, Australia
Jurriaan Eversdijk, Norvell Jefferson, The Netherlands
Jan Fabel, Aventiq, The Netherlands
Jim Fabio, True Blue Creative, USA
Michael Fanning, Below the Radar TV, Northern Ireland
Alexander Feist, DW – TV, Germany
Murray Fleming, MFMusic Inc, Canada
Marco Forgione, IVCA, UK
Nick Francis, Casual Films, UK
Percy Fung, Film Magic Ltd, Hong Kong
Claudia Gaetgens, Studio Hamburg DocLights GmbH/ NDR Naturfilm, Germany
Amy Gardner, Producer, USA
Meredith Gardner, The Strategic Edge, USA
Carron Garvin-Donohue, AON Risk Services, USA
Alexander Gerlts, ZIGGY mediahouse, Germany
Mark Glaser, group IE, Germany
Deni Graap, FNG Production Services, USA
Tony Guggino, G-Wizz Productions, USA
Carl Hall, Parthenon Entertainment Ltd, UK
Alex Hahn, Ludlow Arts, USA
Tamsin Herbert, Film Executive, UK
Neil Hillman, The Audio Suite, UK
Joanne Hock, Emulsion Arts, USA
Lea Hodge, LH Productions, USA
Abid Hussain, CEO / Creative Head, Creative Stew Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Gary Ingraham, Ithaca College, USA
Hugh Ip, Jack Morton, UK
Ruben Jacome, Televisa, Mexico
Robert James, Envision, UK
William Jeakle, Filmateria Studios, USA
Tom Jenkins, The Theory Ltd, UK
Tom Jennings, Tom Jennings Productions/1895 Films, USA
Alexander Kammel, FilmService International, Austria
Ken Kerschbaumer, Sports Video Group, USA
Mary Jo Kinser, Executive Producer, USA
Mike Klatt, Olympic Broadcasting Services, Spain
Sina Knoll, Studio Hamburg DocLights GmbH/ NDR Naturfilm, Germany
Colleen Kolibas, Director, USA
Deborah Koller-Feeney, News 12 Networks, USA
Jay Kossoff, The Golf Channel, USA
Rohit Kumar, Zee News, India
Kyong-Il Kwon, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Ric LaCivita, R.I.S.E LLC,USA
Peter Lasser, Lasser Productions, USA
Gunhyub Lee, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Vincent H.W. Lee, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Laura Levitt-Gamis, Columbia College Chicago, USA
Christian Lindstrom, WETA TV, USA
Joel Loader, I-Motus, UK
Barnaby Logan, New Moon, UK
Danny Loh, MediaCorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore
Hannah Mably, Bruce Dunlop Associates, UK
Janis Mackey Frayer, CTV News, Canada
Ravi Mahapatro, Producer, India
Maria Isabel Martinez Galindo, Televisa S.A. de C.V., Mexico
Mashizan Masjum, Figure 5 Productions, USA
Paul Mason, Taprobane Pictures, USA
Mike Matters, ESPN, USA
Maura McGreevy, Droga5, USA
Rue McKenzie, University Of South Florida Library, USA
Conrad Mill, Northparkes Mines, Australia
Rohana Mohd, Media Corp Singapore, Singapore
Marianna Moneymaker, Witness, USA
Javier Montes, AXN Channel Espana, Spain
Takashi Nakamoto, Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan
Yoko Nakamura, Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan
Sathish Narayanan, Reliance Animation, India
Zach Nial, Denial Industries, US
Cinzia Negherbon, NBC Universal Global Networks Italia, Italy
Akira Nishimura, Fuji Television Network, Inc, Japan
Scott Ogle, Equinox Productions Inc, USA
Adrian Ong, The Right Angle Media Pte Ltd, Singapore
Mauricio Olivares, Cartoon Network Latin America, USA
Hugo Paice, Random42 Medical Animation, UK
Anand Pandey, BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd, India
Joan Papen, CBS, USA
Sergei Pavlov, Channel One, Russia
Michael Pearce, Yahoo! Sports, USA
Paul Petruccelli, Pratt Institute, USA
Dan Platt, EPIX, USA
Judy Plavnick, Producer, USA
Kenneth Poh, Apostrophe Films Pte Ltd, Singapore
Mike Raci, Mike Raci Films, USA
Mythili Radhakrishnan, The Right Angle Media Pte Ltd, Singapore
Ira Rappaport, Ad-E-Motion, USA
Dejan Rasic, Colman Rasic, Australia
Sam Rath, Group Mojo, USA
Ricardo Ravanelli, Canal 13 Artear S.A., Argentina
Deirdre Reilly, Auritt Communications, USA
Martijn Rijnberg, Cortical Studios, The Netherlands
Bradford Robie, Smith & Nephew, Inc., USA
Markku Roine, Command Associates Limited, Finland
James Rowe, UPS, USA
Regula Ruegg, Dekart Video, USA
Roger Ruegger, Publicis, Switzerland
Ilja Ruppeldt, Golem Productions, New Zealand
Ashish S.K., Big Animation, India
Horea Salajan, Amazing Productions, Indonesia
Becca Schader, HBO, USA
Chris Schueler, Christopher Productions, USA
Miguel Secchi, Turner, Argentina
Heather Senst, Astral Television Networks, Canada
William Shaw IV, Creative Director, USA
David Shearer, WTHI-TV & myFOX 10, USA
Lili Rosenberg Siegelson, Producer, USA
Sammy Silver, The Electric Elephant, USA
Garry Sinclair, BBC Worldwide, Singapore
Charlene Singleton, CNN, USA
Andrey Skvortsov, Mercator Group, Russia
Thurston Smith, SPK Productions, USA
Scott Sokol, MLB Network, USA
Nirupam Sonu, Idea Hub, India
Jay Soo, Moving Bits PTE. LTD, Singapore
Hilary Sparrow, Vulcan Productions, USA
Linda J. Stewart, Bogard Productions, USA
Roman Stricker, Frische Brise Film GmbH, Germany
Randi Subarsky, TV Executive, USA
Angeline Swee, Very! Pte, Singapore
Steve Syarto, Weston Woods Studio, USA
Scott Takeda, Takeda Entertainment Inc, USA
James Thompson, Myriad Media, UK
Rob Tobin, PushDesign, USA
Tina Tobin, PushDesign, USA
Gilad Tocatly, Keshet-TV, Israel
C.A.Tuggle, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Nick Ullo, Second Millenium Productions, USA
Barth van Doorn, Borish, The Netherlands
Peter C. Vogel, Vogel Audiovision GmbH ,Austria
Marc Waltman, TROS Television, The Netherlands
Laurie White, Producer/Director, USA
Nick Whiting, Bloomberg, UK
Darrell Williams, Group Mojo, USA
Simon Witter, Director, UK
Gary Wong, Phoenix Satellite Television Ltd, Hong Kong
Mark Woodward, Big Wave Productions, UK
Kris Wyld, Knapman Wyld Television, Australia
Jonathan Young, Speakeasy, UK