PRESS RELEASE: Aliento’s Not Afraid Campaign named Bronze Winner in Social Video - Social Impact in the 41st Annual Telly Awards
LOS ANGELES, CA – 05/27/2020 – ALIENTO in partnership with MATIZ Creative announced today its Not Afraid Campaign has been named Best Bronze Telly Winner in Social Video/Social Impact in the 41st Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, ESPN Films, RYOT, Vice+, and Vimeo.
“ALIENTO and MATIZ Creative are pushing the boundaries for video and television innovation and creativity at a time when the industry is both rapidly changing and heavily impacted by the current crisis,” said Sabrina Dridje, Managing Director of the Telly Awards. “ Our theme for this season, Telly Award Winners Tell Great Stories is a true reflection of the diversity of stories the community is skillfully able to tell. Now, more than ever, do we need to celebrate them and those that bring global stories to our attention. This award is a tribute to the talent and vision of these creators.”
“In the midst of a global health crisis, undocumented and mixed status families continue to be excluded from our government and institutions facing high levels of anxiety and isolation which is being compounded with the looming pending decision of the Supreme Court on the fate of DACA. Dreamers, undocumented, and mixed status families are taking charge of their own lives and through healing, resilience, and action are showing us the importance of unity and community led solutions. As a DACA recipient, my heart is filled with joy to be part of a movement of transforming trauma into hope and action,” said Reyna Montoya, CEO and founder of ALIENTO.
Today’s winners announcement caps a year-long celebration of creators around the globe and across all screens. Continuing on from the inaugural Film & Video Screening Tour last season, The Telly Awards toured a selection of Telly Award winning work to London, NYC, Amsterdam and Toronto, culminating with an online event. This year also saw the continued expansion of new categories further to the awards’ recent initiative to rebuild the honors for the multi-screen era. New categories included serialized Branded Content and expanded Social Video and Immersive & Mixed Reality categories, alongside new categories honoring important work in Social Impact and Diversity & Inclusion.
Last year, The Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Adult Swim, the BBC, Condé Nast, Complex Networks, Netflix, Refinery29, RadicalMedia, T Brand Studio and Ogilvy & Mather.
The full list of the 41st Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2020/social-video/general-social-impact
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About The Telly Awards
The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include Catalyst, LAPPG, NAB, Stash, Storyhunter, NYWIFT, Production Hub, IFP, Social Media Week and VidCon.
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ALIENTO Education Fund is a non-profit organization that transforms trauma into hope and action and is DACA, undocumented and youth-led. We are directly impacted people and allies who are invested in the well being, emotional healing, and leadership development of those impacted by the inequalities of lacking an immigration status.
Website: www.alientoaz.org
Facebook: /AlientoAZ
Twitter: @AlientoAZ
Instagram: @AlientoAZ
MATIZ Creative
MATIZ Creative is an award-winning hybrid production company that develops video campaigns, commercials, music videos for digital platforms, and broadcast from start to end. We work with a diverse roster of filmmakers who have collaborated with brands such as Coca Cola, Levi’s, Vans, NYDJ, Samsung, Microsoft, and countless others.