BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brad Dillon. What drives people to bring deadly animals into their homes? What dangerous mix of obsession, loneliness and desire causes them to live with animals that have the potential to kill? Despite the fearsome power and predatory instincts of the saltwater crocodile, there are some in Australia who keep them as pets. Francis Mauriks keeps two 10-foot “salties” in a shed in his backyard and Vicky Lowing shares her suburban home with three pet crocodiles, one of whom she takes for drives in the car and another that lives in the bath.
WINNER
Brad Dillon
Fatal Attractions – There’s a Crocodile in My Bed
Most Wanted Pictures
Animal Planet Japan
Singapore
Produced by Oxford Scientific Films
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Wayne Peng
City Made From The Sky
10AM Communications Pte Ltd
MediaCorp, Channel NewsAsia
Singapore
Produced by WP Productions
“Thank you, thank you very much. Appreciate the award. Thank you to the company Oxford Scientific Films in the UK where I was working with for this production and particularly to the director, Adrian MacFarlane who’s exceptional to work with, appreciate it, thanks very much.” – Brad Dillon, Managing Director, Director of Photography, Most Wanted Pictures
BEST DIRECTION
Kevin H.J. Lee. The “Bali Ai-Hsin Home for Persons with Disabilities” shelters young people with physical disabilities. Like hermit crabs crawling around in borrowed shells, they achieve their dreams of mobility with the aid of various implements and devices. Hampered by their physical disabilities and the disapproving looks of others, the “hermit crabs” are accustomed to bottling their feelings and desire inside. People come and go from the hermit crabs’ lives like the rising and falling of the tides. But they remain unfazed by the tumultuous changes. Their restless spirit, ability to alternately grumble and smile, and heartwarming faces opened up so many possibilities for looking at life.
WINNER
Kevin H.J. Lee
No. 37, Huafushan
Public Television Service, Taiwan
Public Television Service Foundation, PTS
Taiwan
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Galen Yeo & Ian White
Junkie Monastery
The Moving Visuals Co Pte Ltd
AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd, Bio Channel
Singapore
“Kevin Lee couldn’t be here, he asked me to say a few words for him. Thank you. Public TV Service in Taiwan, PTS, would like to thank all the judges for this award. Thank you very much, it’s a great honour and we are proud of sharing the story No. 37, Huafushan. Although these young characters have physical defects, they demonstrate to us the value of life in courage and strength. I hope the story of No. 37, Huafushan has touched the audience. Thanks again for this great honour!” – Dr. Sunshine Kuang, President of PTS
BEST EDITING
Jason Lindsay. Built for the Kill: Lion follows the transformation of a helpless cub into an accomplished killer; exposing real life and death struggles in dramatic second-by-second detail. A lion hones its hunting skills over two years of intensive training – and the lessons are hard. Only the strongest survive to face off in the ultimate showdown: an epic battle against the world’s largest land animal. No other predator has the immerse strength and sophisticated hunting skills to bring down an elephant – which is why lions are truly Built for the Kill.
WINNER
Jason Lindsay
Built for the Kill: Lion
Natural History NZ Ltd (NHNZ)
Nat Geo Wild
New Zealand
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Ian White, Amanda Wang & Dipin Verma
Junkie Monastery
The Moving Visuals Co Pte Ltd
AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd, Bio Channel
Singapore
“It’s with great pride and honour that I receive the two awards on behalf of NHNZ, sister company to Beach House Pictures. NHNZ couldn’t have done it without the hard work of their dedicated staff and partners NHK, TVNZ, NZ on Air and NG Wild.” – Donovan Chan, Creative Director, Beach House Pictures
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
Jiang Tao. A person’s desire is like a bottomless pit. The temptation is from money, beauty, power, status, revenge and many other factors. In One Wrong Step, all the heroes struggled against their own temptations and may be swayed and make mistakes. What makes a difference is their justice, conscience, or just the little bit of moral bottomline. However, only this little difference is enough to change their lives.
WINNER
Jiang Tao
One Wrong Step
Huaso Film /Television Digital Production Company Limited
China Central Television
CCTV-6
China
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Wang Chenggang
The Bullet Hole
Hunan ETV Media Culture Co., Ltd.
China Central Television
CCTV-1
China
“We are honoured that One Wrong Step is awarded as ‘Best Drama Screenplay’ in the Asian Television Award. It is our wish and desire to always create something new for the audience. One Wrong Step is suspense meets comedy, a genre very new to the Chinese audience. We are glad that the movie is being acknowledged not just in China, but in Asia as well. This is very important to us and encouraged us to continue to improve and develop more new ideas. Once again, our gratitude to the Asian Television Awards.” – Michael Yang, Director of Projects, Huaso Film/TV Digital Production Company
BEST THEME SONG
Eliot Kennedy. Before any auditions took place, the Project Lotus musical director Eliot Kennedy put together a team of talented musicians and song writers, including Shazney Lewis (All-Saints) and Gary Barlow (Take That), who joined forces to write songs for the Pan-Asian group that would come out of the competition. Dance On would become the theme song for the series Project Lotus: The Search For Blush as the message of the song was one that ran closely with the competition, that of always keeping on dancing and singing. Dance On was released as a single by Blush in 2012 and made music history by reaching #1 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Charts.
WINNER
Eliot Kennedy
Dance On – Project Lotus: The Search for Blush
FarWest Entertainment
HK Limited
Channel V
Hong Kong
HIGHLY COMMENDED
JiaHui Wu
Hui – The Descendant
Media Prima, ntv7
Malaysia
Produced by Juita Entertainment
“Thank you very much to TV Asia, we’re accepting this on behalf of Eliot who can’t be here. It’s great to win this award. Making the show was very much loads of fun and Eliot was an instrumental part through the whole process, so congratulations Eliot!” – FarWest Entertainment’s Lindsay Robertson
