MIPCOM Diversify Awards 2020: nominees
Total Control, Mardi Gras 2020 and Marry Me Marry My Family amongst Aussie nominees.
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SBS and ABC titles have been nominated in the annual MIPCOM Diversify Awards 2020 in Cannes.
The awards are dedicated to championing and promoting diversity and inclusion in all its forms across the international television industry.
Total Control, Australian Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020, Marry Me Marry My Family plus The Loop and And Then Something Changed are all nominated from Australia.
These are from production companies Blackfella Films, CJZ, Blink TV, Change Media & Sticky Pictures -congrats to all.
Winners will be announced online on October 13:
Race & Ethnicity
Scripted
Twenties
Production company: BET
Distributor: ViacomCBS International Studios
Original Broadcaster: BET
Country: USA
City of Angels
Production company: Desert Wolf Productions, Aguilar Entertainment, Neal Street Productions
Distributor: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
Original Broadcaster: SHOWTIME
Country: USA
Total Control
Production company: Blackfella Films
Distributor: Keshet International
Original Broadcaster: Australian Broadcast Corporation
Country: Australia
Non-Scripted
Marry Me, Marry My Family
Race-Ethnicity-Non-Scripted-Marry-Me
Production company: CJZ
Distributor: TCB
Original Broadcaster: SBS
Country: Australia
The School That Tried To End Racism
Production company: Proper Content
Distributor: Banijay Rights
Original Broadcaster: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
VICE News Tonight
Production company: VICE News
Distributor: VICE Media Group
Original Broadcaster: VICE TV
Country: USA
LGBTQ+
Scripted
Veneno
Production company: Atresmedia Studios + Suma Latina
Distributor: Atresmedia
Original Broadcaster: Atresmedia
Country: Spain
Work In Progress
Production company: SHOWTIME Networks, Circle of Confusion, Jax Media
Distributor: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
Original Broadcaster: SHOWTIME
Country: USA
Feel Good
LGBTQ-Scripted-Feel-good
Production company: Objective Productions, Objective Fiction
Distributor: all3media International
Original Broadcaster: Channel 4
Country: UK
Non-Scripted
La Memoria Homosexual – Queer Memory
Production company: MEDINA MEDIA
Distributor: MEDINA MEDIA
Original Broadcaster: CANAL SUR – RTVA
Country: Spain
Jake and Charice
LGBTQ-Non-Scripted-Jake-Charice
Production company: Documentary Japan, NHK, NHK Enterprises, ABS-CBN
Distributor: N/A
Original Broadcaster: NHK
Country: Japan, Philippines
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020
Production company: Blink TV Production
Distributor: N/A
Original Broadcaster: Special Broadcasting Service Australia (SBS)
Country: Australia
Disability
Scripted
The Accident
Production company: The Forge
Distributor: all3media International
Original Broadcaster: Channel 4
Country: UK
The A Word
Disability-Scripted-the-A-word
Production company: Keshet Productions, Fifty Fathoms Production
Distributor: Keshet International
Original Broadcaster: BBC One
Country: UK
Mental Season 1
Production company: Black Sheep Films
Distributor: Magnify Media
Original Broadcaster: France Televisions Slash
Country: France
Short Synopsis: Welcome to the “Primevères”
Non-Scripted
The Loop
Production company: Tallstoreez Productionz Pty Ltd
Distributor: Change Media
Original Broadcaster: SBS Special Broadcasting Service Australia
Country: Australia
Auténticos
Production company: Buendia Estudios
Distributor: Talpa (ITV)
Original Broadcaster: La Sexta (Atresmedia)
Country: Spain
Employable Me Canada
Disability-Non-Scripted-employable-me-canada
Production company: Thomas Howe Associates Inc.
Distributor: all3media International
Original Broadcaster: Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), TV0 (TV Ontario)
Country: Canada
Kids Programming
Pablo
Kids-Programming-Pablo
Production company: Paper Owl Films
Distributor: CAKE
Original Broadcaster: CBeebies and RTÉjr
Country: UK
Lockdown
Production company: Sinking Ship Entertainment
Distributor: Sinking Ship Entertainment
Original Broadcaster: YouTube
Country: Canada
And Then Something Changed
Production company: Sticky Pictures
Distributor: Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Original Broadcaster: ABC
Country: Australia
3 Responses
I remember Foxtel did it live, but I don’t remember it being live on Channel 10.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020 was a milestone broadcast for the event on SBS as it was the first time it had been broadcast live on free-to-air TV. There were some teething problems, understandable for the new initiative of the parade being broadcast live on free-to-air TV, such as floats being missed during ad breaks and of course they have to balance the commercial interests, sponsors and event partners, but it paved the way for future live Mardi Gras broadcasts and brought more attention to the event with more people watching and talking about it.
Actually the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been screened live to air before on Channel 10 if I remember correctly.