SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1984
HONG KONG WINS BIG IN NEW YORK TV FESTIVAL
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HONG KONG HAS WON FOUR MEDALS FOR RTHK-PRODUCED PROGRAMMES AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK.
ONE IN EACH THE MEDALS - ONE GOLD, ONE SILVER AND TWO BRONZE CATEGORY OF THE TELEVISION SECTION OF THE FESTIVAL, WERE PRESENTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO HONG KONG'S DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR STUART WILKINSON.
THE GOLD MEDAL WENT TO AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMME +HERE AND NOW+ (WITH MR GARY POLLARD AS DIRECTOR AND MR CHRIS HILTON AS PRODUCER). THE SILVER MEDAL WENT TO A CHINESE-LANGUAGE PROGRAMME +BORN TO LIVE+ IN THE
THE TWO DRAMA CATEGORY (ITS DIRECTOR WAS MS RACHEL ZEN). BRONZE MEDALS WENT TO A CHINESE-LANGUAGE PROGRAMME +NOT EVEN ONE IN A THOUSAND+ IN THE NEWS DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY (WITH MS MATILDA LEUNG AS DIRECTOR) AND AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PROGRAMME +DUOSCOPE+ A TV MAGAZINE SERIES DIRECTED BY MR BRIAN DANIELS.
COMMENTING ON HONG KONG'S SUCCESS, MR WILKINSON SAID, +IT WILL BRING TO THE NOTICE OF PRODUCERS AND EXECUTIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD THE FACT THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRAMMES OF A REALLY HIGH STANDARD.+
+OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE CULTIVATED A STABLE OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF TELEVISION WORK AND THE MOST PLEASING THING ABOUT THIS RUN OF FOUR MEDALS IS THAT THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR OPERATION.+
WHICH
MR WILKINSON PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BORN TO LIVE+ IS THE STORY OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF TWO YOUNG MEN WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL HANDICAPS.
THE TWO PLAY THEMSELVES IN THE DRAMA, ALTHOUGH THE REST OF THE CAST ARE EITHER TRAINED ACTORS OR EXTRAS RECRUITED FROM HONG KONG YOUTH GROUPS.
MR WILKINSON SAID THE MAIN IMPRESSION GAINED FROM THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS BEST DESCRIBED AS A +DRAMA-DOCUMENTARY+, OF THE TREMENDOUS COURAGE OF THE TWO YOUNG MEN, 17-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY SHUM LEUNG-MAN, AND WONG GWAN-CHEUNG, AGED 26. THE DIRECTOR, MS RACHEL ZEN, WORKED FOR A YEAR TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF SHUM AND WONG,
WAS
THE FOUR MEDALS ARE PART OF A CONTINUING SUCCESS STORY FOR HONG KONG AT THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL.
HONG KONG WON A GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE LAST YEAR, AND A BRONZE IN 1982, THE FIRST YEAR IT ENTERED THE FESTIVAL.
THIS YEAR'S