ABS-CBN Scores 8 Nominations In 2020 New York Festivals

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ENTERTAINMENT | March 4, 2020

These current affairs shows and documentaries produced by and shown on ABS-CBN are nominated this year in the New York Festivals World Film and TV Awards. (Image Source: ABS-CBN)

ABS-CBN News, the largest news organization in the Philippines, never ceases to showcase the story of the Philippines and its people towards audiences in and out of the country that are making waves in international competitions through the years. In fact, its stellar run continues after eight of its current affairs programs and documentaries on pressing issues and inspiring Filipinos made the cut as among the official finalists in the 2020 New York Festivals World Film and TV Awards.

Six of these finalists are produced by the organization's documentary production arm ABS-CBN DocuCentral including veteran broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez-Roxas' "HIV Rising" tackling the growing number of HIV cases in the country and "Invisible" which focuses on issues surrounding mental health. On the other hand, two documentaries by New York Festivals Gold World Medal winner Jeff Canoy also made the final round - "Ang Babae Ng Balangiga (The Woman Of Balangiga)" that bares the untold story of Balangiga's unsung heroine Casiana Nacionales and "Alab (Ablaze) which celebrates the courage and camaraderie of Filipino firefighters.

"Local Legends", another former New York Festival winner, added two more finalists for the Philippines' premiere media and entertainment company ABS-CBN with its feature on Ric Obenza who dedicated his life restoring the forests in Davao and an episode about legendary artist Ramon Orlina who is highly regarded as the "father of Philippine glass sculpture". Finally, two of the network's current affairs programs #NoFilter and now-on-hiatus Red Alert secured final nominations respectively for their episodes "Tao Po (Is Anybody Home)" about the lives of a mother and her daughter who has special needs and "Tigdas (Measles)" that focused on the underlying effects of a contagious virus especially among children.

The awarding ceremony of the 2020 New York Festivals World Film and TV Awards is slated to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 21, 2020. ABS-CBN News chief Ging Reyes and ABS-CBN Integrated Creative Communications Head Robert Labayen are set to make their return to the Festivals as members of the Grand Jury for this year with the former joining other high-ranking media professionals in the competition's Advisory Board for the second time.

Catch and enjoy ABS-CBN's world-class and critically-acclaimed documentaries on ABS-CBN (free TV channel 2, SKYcable SD channel 8 and HD channel 167, SKYdirect HD channel 2), ANC (SKYcable SD channel 27 and HD channel 182, SKYdirect channel 26), DZMM Teleradyo (SKYcable channel 26, SKYdirect channel 6, ABS-CBN TV Plus channel 5) and iWant. To learn more about these documentaries, visit @DocuCentral on Facebook and Twitter.