The documentary Game of Empires. Malvinas 1982, colonized by the dictatorshipmade by national radioand the miniseries FIFA Gate, for the good of footballthe animated shorts Spirit of the Pioneer and the program Diego Maradona, Born to Disturbance premiered by Public TVwas awarded on Tuesday in the virtual galas of festivals in new york exclusively dedicated to radio and television.

In the contest, which aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the audiovisual sector, more than 50 countries participatedwith string productions such as Al Jazeera from Qatar, Or Globo from Brazilmedia from the United States, Australia, Turkey, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, China and Spain, among others.

According to a statement from the festival organizers, the spirit that runs this global competition “crosses regional, national and continental borders to offer a truly complete representation the best in creative communication, ”

A documentary about the Malvinas

The documentary Game of Empires. Malvinas 1982, colonized by the dictatorship was awarded yesterday in the “Historical Documentary” category in New York Festivals Radio Awards. The work, published on November 20, 2021 on the occasion of National Sovereignty Dayis an unpublished production containing material from the historical archive of public radio reminiscent of the Malvinas cause that strengthens our sovereignty over the islands.

The film features the voice of Quique PesoaLines of Alejandro Stilman and Liliana Manna (also leads general production) and editing and music by Fabián Panizzi.

another finalist

In this edition, the documentary is also a finalist, also from Radio Nacional, 2001: an end predictedrevolving around the December outbreak that ended the government of Fernando de la Rua.

The award for documentary on the Malvinas war was among other obtained by Radio Nacional productions, such as the case of Maradona, the last idolin the previous edition of this same event, Five -day earthquake in the Río de la Plata, May 1810at the Radio Mexico Biennial 2021.

For its part, the documentary series FIFA Gate, for the good of footballfrom TV Pública, in which journalists from Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States and England narrated the development of one of the biggest corruption scandals to shake the world of football, won a silver award for Investigative Journalism and was also selected as a finalist in the “Documentary” category.

animated series

Meanwhile, the animated series Spirit of the Pioneershowing the contribution of the pioneers of Argentine TV, won a silver statuette in the “Miniseries” category.

Diego Maradona, born to annoya illustrated biography of the best soccer player of all time (this is God’s biography, no doubt), this is the program where the cartoonist Michael Rep. He talked to various personalities from the country to reflect on the footballer. The shipment won the silver award in the “Special Interview” category.

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