Walder,Werber and Goodlight Film win Gold World Medal at New York Festivals
Gold für Walder,Werber und Goodlight Film: Der bewegende Film «Lungie’s Story» für Rotary Schweiz/Liechtenstein und Rotary Foundation erhält die höchste Auszeichnung bei den «New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Films».
As one of two Swiss productions to win gold, the film celebrated its sensational success at the big awards gala in Las Vegas on April 10. A total of four Swiss films made it onto the shortlist from a broad international field of competitors. The documentary feature film tells the true story of a young woman from the township of "Langa" near Cape Town in South Africa, who was sponsored by Rotary as a teenager and thus gained new perspectives on life. The Rotary Foundation is one of the world's largest charitable and humanitarian aid organizations.
The Sonova film "Life without limitations - The story of Tianjiao (Jiaojiao) Zhang" also won gold in the "Craft: Films/Productions - Cinematography" category. Zurich-based film production company Seed won silver for the Vontobel film "Own your success" and "ETH Zurich: Ready?" for ETH Zurich.
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