New York Festivals TV and Film Awards Announces 2024 Shortlist

The New York Festivals (NYF) 2024 TV & Film Awards announced this year’s New York Festival’s Storytellers Gala Shortlist.

The 2024 TV & Film Awards received entries across 14 category groups from entries submitted from five continents.

Impressive and engaging content created by storytellers and filmmakers from around the world was judged online by NYF’s TV & Film Awards Grand Jury panel. The TV & Film Awards Shortlist entries includes content in primetime entertainment, documentaries, investigative journalism, sports coverage, promos, streaming media, and brand image films.  

For 2024, compelling Nonfiction and Documentary work led the way achieving Shortlist status. View the 2024 TV & Film Awards Shortlist.

Nonfiction and Documentaries created by prominent storytellers and networks from around the globe advanced: Uncovering Hitler's Failed Putsch of 1923 (Loopfilm GmbH), Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive  (Yeti Television), Life Among Lions El Rey De La Sabana (Story Producciones), Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery  (Jukeboxer Productions), Virgilio (House of Chef), B1G Trip: Iowa Women's Basketball in Europe (Big Ten Network), Anne-Sophie Mutter VIVACE (SWR), The Kardashians: Billion Dollar Dynasty (All3Media International), Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War (ESPN), Paula Murphy: Undaunted (Fox Sports Network), 52 Documentary (Voice of America), ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes (NHK), Painting Through Pain | Cyberbullying halted K-pop icon, Solbi's Career (Voice of America), London's Super Tunnel (Windfall Productions), The Atom Araullo Specials: Child's Game (GMA Network, Inc.), Gold Mafia - The Laundry Service (Al Jazeera), Lift The Ice (Beach House Pictures  Pte Ltd.), Australia's Wild Odyssey (Wild Pacific Media), Paula Murphy: Undaunted (Fox Sports Network), The Exiles (Mediacorp Pte Ltd), The Food Crisis (Red Sky Film & Television  Ltd), Putin vs the West: At War (Brook Lapping - Zinc Media Group), Earthrise - The Case for the Climate (Al Jazeera English) and 101 East: Mining The Pacific Ocean (Al Jazeera Network).

Entertainment captivated viewers in multiple genres. Shortlisted content includes Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime Drama, Culinary, Children’s, Mini-Series, Telenovela, and Variety. Entries advancing include Three Little Birds (Banijay), Annika (Series 2) (All3Media International), A Capitol Fourth 2023 (Capital Concerts), The Swarm (German Television ZDF), Mitateru-phose: Let’s Change Perspectives! (NHK), CODEX 632 (SPi, S.A.), Be My Guest and Pioneer Woman (Pacific Television), After The Party (Lingo Pictures), Papás por encargo S02 (The Walt Disney Company LATAM), Dr. Cha (SLL), Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (All3Media International), Revenant (SBS), and Toy Story Funday Football (ESPN).

Promo entries from top-tier global companies advanced including Showtime, Movistar+, TV Globo, France Télévisions, Rai Radiotelevisione italiana, The Walt Disney Company, Europe & Africa, and beIN Sports Asia Pte Limited.

View the 2024 TV & Film Awards Shortlist.

Corporate Image shined a spotlight on prominent brands. Companies shortlisted include The Edge Picture Company (a Zinc Media Group company), DRPG, Kaleidoscope Productions, Aramco, BBC Studios Distribution Limited, CTi22 Films, Swiss Life AG, and Media Zoo Ltd.).

For 2024 New York Festivals will award the annual WaterBear Award, a prestigious award that honors the highest scoring documentary across the Climate Change & Sustainability, Environment & Ecology, and Nature & Wildlife categories. WaterBear Network’s CEO Ellen Windemuth, TV & Film Awards Advisory Board and Executive Producer of My Octopus Teacher will select the winner of this exclusive award.

New York Festivals will announce the TV & Film Awards competition’s winning entries at the 2024 Storytellers Gala virtual event on April 16h at 6PM EDT. The virtual event will include featured global audio and video highlights, award winners’ acceptance speeches from around the world, and up-close and personal spotlights featuring some of radio and television’s most respected storytellers.

Award-winning entries for 2024 will be showcased in the TV & Film Awards winners gallery. View the 2024 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Shortlist.