PRESS RELEASE — Friday, April 23, 2010
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Idaho Public Television Captures Nine WorldFest Awards

Idaho Public Television collected nine awards during the recent 43rd Annual WorldFest Houston Independent International Film Festival, including four first place Platinum Awards and a Special Jury Award.

BARBARA MORGAN: NO LIMITS (Student Edition) was chosen for a Special Jury Award for creative excellence, which also nominated the production for a Grand Remi, the festival’s highest award. Out of the more than 4,500 total WorldFest entries, only 63 were selected for a Special Jury Award, and only seven claimed a Grand Remi. The production entered the Educational/Instructional — Children sub-category within the major category of Film & Video Productions.

Other IdahoPTV winners within the major category of Film & Video Productions are:

  • KEVIN KIRK AND ONOMATOPOEIA, The Arts/Cultural subcategory, Platinum Remi (first place);
  • OUTDOOR IDAHO “Let Me Be Brave,” Motivational subcategory, Silver Remi (third place);
  • OUTDOOR IDAHO “Xtreme Sports,” Sports subcategory, Gold Remi (second place);
  • OUTDOOR IDAHO “Winter Play,” Travel/Tourism, Bronze Remi (fourth place).
Four other IdahoPTV productions took awards in the major category of Television and Cable Productions. They are:
  • D4K 10th ANNIVERSARY, Continuing News Story Coverage subcategory, Platinum Remi (first place);
  • OUTDOOR IDAHO “Pathways of Pioneers: Idaho’s Oregon Trail Legacy,” Information, Cultural or Historical Programming-Program, Platinum Remi (first Place);
  • YELLOWSTONE: LAND TO LIFE, Nature/Wildlife subcategory, Bronze Remi (fourth place.
  • OUTDOOR IDAHO “Wolves in Idaho,” Public Affairs Programs subcategory, Platinum Remi (first place.)

PBS on Thursday announced the nine awards IdahoPTV received at WorldFest along with 10 other public media winners: ARTHUR, MARTHA SPEAKS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT (4 awards), ART:21 — ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; FETCH! WITH RUFF RUFFMAN, THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE, and a project of WGBH in Boston. In addition, a film, which aired as part of the NATURE series, “Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions” also captured a Special Jury Award.

WorldFest is the third-oldest international film festival in North America and the oldest independent film festival in the world. The contest features 10 Major Categories with 200 competition sub-categories. About 15 percent of the more than 4,500 entries submitted receive an award.

IdahoPTV is a statewide public television system with transmitters in Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Boise, Twin Falls and Pocatello-Idaho Falls, plus a network of 42 translators to extend the signal beyond the transmitter areas.