Singapore – MediaCorp won three top awards at the 2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards 2014 held in Macau on June 26, and a creative win at the recent 2014 Apollo Awards, both are regional awards that honours the best in TV production.
Channel 8 drama, C.L.I.F. 2, a story about the lives of a group of policemen, won Best Action Drama. The Journey: A Voyage, a 2013 year-end blockbuster about the lives of Singapore’s early immigrants took home the Outstanding Scriptwriter Award and was nominated in the Best Director and Best Historical Drama categories, making the drama a clear favourite for award shows across the region.
Seah Choon Guan and Ang Eng Tee with their Best Action Drama Award and Outstanding Scripwriter Award
Channel NewsAsia also bagged the Outstanding TV Documentary for Nature & Environment for Surviving Haiyan.
MediaCorp also garnered several nominations for its variety programmes, Finding U was nominated for Best Entertainment Programme, Game & Quiz Show, while its hosts Kym Ng and Ben Yeo were nominated in the Best TV Entertainment Programme Host category. Quan Yi Fong, winner of 2011’s Best TV Entertainment Programme Host for Life Transformers 2, was nominated again for her hosting skills in Love On A Plate 2.
Asia Rainbow TV Awards, co-organised by the Hong Kong Televisioners Association and the TV Production Committee of China Radio & TV Academy, aims primarily at promoting the development of Asian TV production in Asia as well as internationally.
At the 2014 Apollo Awards, MediaCorp won Best Music Composition – Full Length Versions for The Journey: A Voyage. This is the first time MediaCorp participated in the Music Composition category at the award show, which recognises the best in production and post-production across Asia Pacific, especially the creative and technical forces behind-the-scenes.
Mo Ju Li with her Apollo Award
Doreen Neo, MD of Studios, commented, “We are very happy to win the Best Action Drama and Outstanding Scriptwriter Awards at the Asia Rainbow TV Awards despite the stiff competition. We were competing against popular titles such as The Legend of Zhen Huan from China and The Heirs from Korea across the categories we were nominated in. Together with our win for Best Music Composition Award at the Apollo Awards, we are heartened that our productions are gaining recognition in the TV industry in Asia.”
Mo Ju Li, Music & Sound Effect Director, Studios, who won the Best Music Composition Award, recounted, “It was a pleasant surprise for us to win this Award as the contenders in this category are so strong. The Apollo Awards gives recognition to post-production folks like us and most importantly, it paved the way for contenders across Asia Pacific to meet and learn from each other.”
The Journey: A Voyage, was also nominated in the Colour Grading and Sound Design – Long Form categories. Other nominations include Sudden for Music Composition – Full Length Versions and There Was a Time for Art Direction at the Apollo Awards.
