Philippine Showbiz Today
October 22 - November 7, 2016
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
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ANC’s Mukha wins
fi rst Cannes Award
for ABS-CBN News
ABS-CBN News Head Ging Reyes, DocuCentral executive producer Hera Sanchez, producer
Kevin Paulino and director Dan Buenaventura received the Silver Dolphin for the “Mukha” series
ANC, the ABS-CBN News
Channel recently made history
after its Mukha documentary
series snagged a Silver Dolphin at
the 7th Cannes Corporate Media
and TV Awards last October 13
in Cannes, France. This is ABS-
CBN News’ first trophy from the
prestigious award-giving body.
Mukha won in the Current
Affairs, Human Concerns & Social
Issues category for its episode
“Sisid,” which is about a father
who dives underwater for sand as
a way to make a living.
ABS-CBN Integrated News
& Current Affairs head Ging Reyes
accepted the award, together with
“Mukha” executive producer Hera
Sanchez, producer Kelvin Paulino,
and DocuCentral and “Mukha”
director Dan Buenaventura.
Reyes said Mukha’s historic
win was a welcome surprise for
the team, which only wanted to
share the plight of sand divers in
the Davao River.
“This particular documentary
shows us what the Filipino is made
of, no matter his status in life. It is
very heartwarming for us in ABS-
CBN News to know that there
are people who really give help
to the people we have featured in
“Mukha,” she said.
Paulino, one of the episode’s
producers, said the award gives
them motivation to continue
doing what they do.
“We knew the story was
special but we didn’t expect that
their plight will also resonate
with the international audience.
The DocuCentral team is a small
documentary team and this award
affirms our mission to share the
struggles and triumphs of the
Filipino people,” he said.
Mukha is a world-class
TV production of DocuCentral,
the documentary arm of ABS-
CBN. “Sisid” joins other “Mukha”
episodes that also ma de it to
other prestigious competitions
such as “Aruga” (Finalist, 2016
New York Festivals), “Sagwan”
(Finalist, UNICEF Child’s Rights
Awards 2015; Nominee, Lasallian
Scholarum
Awards
2015),
“Musmos (Finalist, UNICEF Child’s
Rights Awards2015), “Titser”
(Official Entry, Documentary
Section,
Cinemalaya
2015),
and “Kamusmusan” (Nominee,
Lasallian Scholarum Awards
2015).
The Cannes Corporate Media
and TV Awards are conferred
annually to honor the world’s
finest corporate films, online
media and TV productions, in
one of the most important film
centers, world-renowned Cannes,
France
Stay tuned for the next
episode of Mukha on ANC,
the ABS-CBN News Channel.
For more information on the
DocuCentral and “Mukha” series,
visit “Mukha’s” official Facebook
account
www.facebook.
com/MukhaTV and news.abs-
cbn.com/anc, or follow ANC
on Facebook and Twitter (@
ANCalerts).●
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