Mediacorp awarded 2 trophies at 2022 Cannes Company Media & TV Awards

Mediacorp has gained two coveted dolphin trophies on the prestigious thirteenth Cannes Company Media & TV Awards, introduced on Wednesday (Oct 19) in Cannes, France. These had been for CNA documentaries Forgotten Heroes, which clinched a gold within the Historical past and Personalities/Portraits class; and Disease Hunters: Mosquito Mayhem, which took a silver within the Science, Expertise and Innovation class. A 3rd CNA documentary, One Way, was recognised as a finalist within the Human Considerations and Social Points class.

Forgotten Heroes traces the tales of 4 brave people from Singapore who discovered themselves on battlefields hundreds of miles from dwelling throughout World Warfare II. From the blood-soaked seashores of Northern France to the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, and from the violent skies over southern China to the brutalities of a Japanese POW camp in Java, the documentary recounts the true tales of Singaporeans who lived by turbulent occasions. Forgotten Heroes options an interview with one of many world’s final remaining “Flying Tigers”, together with shifting testimonies from the households of warfare heroes and main World Warfare II consultants.

Turning the highlight on humankind’s warfare with mosquitoes, Disease Hunters: Mosquito Mayhem options consultants who fight mosquitoes and research the illnesses they transmit like dengue and malaria. The programme explores promising options to mosquito-borne illnesses, akin to monoclonal antibodies, genetically-engineered mosquitoes and Wolbachia micro organism. Illness Hunters: Mosquito Mayhem additionally unpacks rising challenges akin to drug-resistant tremendous malaria, insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, zoonotic switch, world warming and migration.