Monte-Carlo TV Festival Selects Recipients for Special Prizes

Monte-Carlo Television Festival has revealed the recipients for its range of Special Prizes, awarded each year in collaboration with its partner organizations: AMADE, the ICRC, the Monaco Red Cross and SIGNIS.

The AMADE Prize, awarded to a TV program that explores a human issue, contemporary or otherwise, will go to Reel Time: Isinulat sa Tubig (Reel Time: Forgotten Children of the Waves), from the Philippines. Produced by GMA News TV, this unique documentary uncovers the determination of the children of Matnog, a remote village in the Philippines, to receive the education that is, for them, their only way out of poverty.

The Press Prize of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), rewarding a documentary that highlights a principle of international humanitarian law, goes to Les Migrants Ne Savent Pas Nager (Aquarius, Rescue in Deadly Waters). Produced by France’s Point Du Jour, the documentary centers on the humanitarian crisis taking place in Mediterranean waters, as two journalists witness the daily commitment of those aboard the Aquarius, a vessel chartered by SOS Méditerranée with the objective of saving the lives of those attempting to reach Europe.

The TV movie Ein Teil Von Uns (Part of Us) will be awarded two honors at the festival: the Prize of the Monaco Red Cross, recognizing a fiction program that demonstrates one of the seven fundamental principles of the Red Cross, and the SIGNIS Prize: The Silver Dove, which highlights and promotes productions that use artistic and technical talent to create inspiring content that encourages reflection. Produced by Germany’s Constantin Television, Ein Teil Von Uns tells the story of Nadja as she is pulled back into a spiral of love, hate, responsibility, guilt and shame, when her mother, after years apart, comes back into her life.

Laurent Puons, the CEO of the 57th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, commented, “I’m very pleased to announce this diverse selection of recipients for our Special Prizes in 2017. These coveted, long-standing awards offer a unique celebration of the extraordinary potential of television to uncover and explore important stories and issues that have strong relevance to a global audience.”