ABU Prizes 2005 Finalists

Bandar Seri Begawan - The ABU Prizes 2005 pre-selection jury announced the finalists for the TV and Radio categories, including the nominees for the "Special Jury Prize".

The jury screened 76 entries for Radio and 125 entries for TV during the preselection session held in Kuala Lumpur from August- 11 till 13, a press release stated.

Forty entries have been selected to compete in the final round of judging in "Drama", "Entertainment", "Children and Youth" and "News and Documentary" categories - including the "Special Jury Prize" for both Radio and TV.

The pre-selection jury for Radio, chaired by Kim Kyung Hee, Deputy Director, International Relations of KBS-Korea, included representatives from ABU member broadcasters RTHK-Hong Kong, MediaCorp Radio-Singapore and TRTTurkey.

The jury for TV included representatives from BBS-Bhutan, CCTVChina, TBS-Japan, TVM-Maldives, with Mohammad Hossein Tamjidi, Film & TV Director/Producer of IRIB-Iran acting as Chairperson.

A total of 201 entries from 57 organisations were submitted for this year's competition - an increase of almost 30 per cent over last year's submissions.

"The entries were, in general, of high quality and representative of the four qualities of well-produced radio programmes, which are: Informative, Interesting, Inspirational and Imaginative," Ms Kim said.

"The standard of TV production among _member countries is going up year by year. The jury had very fruitful and professional discussions before making the final decision," Mr Tamjidi said.

The final judging for the ABU Prizes 2005 will be held on November 21 and 22, followed by the awards ceremony on November 26 in Hanoi, Vietnam at the ABU General Assembly.

The list of finalists for Radio in the category of Drama are The Barber (RTPRC/ CNR-China), Hong Kong Superman (RTHK-Hong Kong), That Moment (AIRIndia) andThe Sorrow Of War (NHKJapan); in the category of Infotainment are Singing To Heaven-My Blind Brothers (RTPRC/CNR-China), Red And White (RTHK-Hong Kong), Mubarak (IRIB-Iran) and Oh Happy Day-A Choir by Drug Addicts (TBS-Japan).

Meanwhile the list of finalists for Radio in the category of Children and Youth are Lovely Summer-Nursery Rhyme (RTPRC/ CNR-China), We Are Friends! We Are Hope! (KBS-Korea), Supercharge! Young Power Show with Kim Jinsoo (EBS-Korea) and The White Bicycle (TRT Turkey); while finalist in the category of News and Documentary are When Will You Go Back Home? - Identity Has Ears WILE-Finland), I Won't Die In Death (AIR-India), My Father's Legacy (MBC-Rep of Korea) arid Pitcairn: A Broken Dream (RNZ-New Zealand).

List of finalists for the Special Jury Prize are Children (RTA-Afghanistan), Water Life-A Tale Of Flood Affected People (BBBangladesh), Mean Nun Moth Fly Into The Fire (LNR-Laos) and ANation Across the Sea (MBC-Sri Lanka).

The list of finalists for TV in the category of Drama are Solo (RTPRC/ CCTV China), Dr Seishu Hanaoka's Wife (NHK-Japan), Out Of Sorrow ... Courage (NAB/MBS-Japan) and My Sweet Tohram (SBS-Korea); while in the category of Entertainment are My Favourite Book (ABC-Australia), John Safran vs God (SBS-Australia), Sasuke (TBS-Japan) and Vitamin (KBS-Korea).

The list of finalists for TV in the category of Children and Youth are Dream Chasers - Metamorphosis (RTHK-Hong Kong), Quintet (NIA-Japan), High School Hip Hop Kid ... Dirty, Dusty And Hooked on Sumo (NAB/HBC-Japan) and My Tooth, The Coward (EBS-Korea); while finalists in the category of News and Documentary are The Kremlin-In The Heart Of Russia (ARD/NDR-Germany), Banda Aceh On The Day (TVRIIndonesia), Hederse (IRIB-Iran) and 20 Days Without TV (EBS-Korea).

Meanwhile, finalists for the Special Jury Prize are The Doma Seller And The Badamwalla (BBS-Bhutan), Malaysian Idol Audition Season 1 (TV3/STV-Malaysia), Indus Delta (GEO TV Pakistan) and The Crib (SLRC-Sri Lanka).

Entries for the External Broadcasts and Sports categories will be judged by a separate jury. There is no pre-selection for these two categories. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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