Cuatro and TVE compete for eleven awards at the New York Festival

Several headlines, self-promos, bumpers and identifications of Cuatro, finalists in the contest that each year recognizes the best works in film and television around the world. Along with the seven nominations for Cuatro, TVE has also achieved another four for '23F, the King's Most Difficult Day', 'Águila Roja', and the documentaries 'Allende, Caso Close' and 'Un día en elBulli'.

Cuatro has seen the work of its image and self-promotion team rewarded during 2009 with seven nominations at the New York International Television and Film Festival, one of the most prestigious in the world.

Two of the seven nominations correspond to the categories of script and art direction for the self-promo of the final season of Lost. Fourth Millennium, the program directed and presented by Iker Jiménez, is a candidate for another award in the category of best headline, while the mystery series There is someone there competes in the best original music section.

The bumpers and Cuatro badges, two resources that have already become the chain's brand, complete the rest of the candidates. Throughout 2009, three campaigns have managed to capture the attention of the jury. The headless identifiers that represented the faces of the chain, the giant 2Balls and the campaign we love you They compete for the best special effects, best chain image and best identification image, respectively.

TVE, four candidates

For its part, TVE is up for four awards at the New York International Television and Film Festival. The miniseries 23F, the King's most difficult day, fiction Red Eagle, the report Allende, case closed broadcast on the program On Cover and the documentary A day at elBulli, have been finalists in the categories of miniseries, action and adventure, best investigative report and cultural program.

The historical miniseries 23-F: The King's most difficult day, which recreates how the monarch experienced the attempted coup d'état in 1981, is competing, in the miniseries category, for one of the three medals - gold, silver and bronze - with which the New York International Festival recognizes the best work done in television and film.

This candidacy is further recognition for the most watched miniseries in the history of television, with nearly 7 million viewers, and which has already received numerous awards, including the Ondas Award in the category of television quality and innovation 2009, the prestigious Golden Chest Festival of Bulgaria with the Silver Chest Prize, the Passion of Critics award at the I Vitoria Television Festival and the most recent Gaudí Award from the Catalan Film Academy.

Regarding national fiction produced by Globomedia Red Eagle It was the most watched series of 2009 with an average of 4.6 million viewers and a screen share of 25.5% share, remaining the leader on its broadcast day during the first 13 episodes and becoming the best fiction premiere since 2005. It was also the only series, both national and foreign, that exceeded 25% share. The second season, which is being broadcast on TVE's La 1, has also led all its broadcasts. Each of the eleven episodes of this second season that have been broadcast so far have exceeded five million viewers.

In documentary, Allende, case closed, report broadcast on On Cover directed by José Antonio Guardiola, competes for the award in the category of best investigative report. The documentary once again raises how the former President of Chile, Salvador Allende, died and why, starting in 1990, the version of his death definitively changed.

As to A day at elBulli tells the secrets of everything that happens at elBulli, the restaurant of the great chef Ferran Adrià, from the moment it begins its daily activity until, well into the early hours of the morning, it closes its doors. This documentary is part of the project ElBulli, story of a dream. Audiovisual catalog 1963-2009, ten episodes produced for TVE that trace the history of one of the best restaurants in the world. This work, produced by TVE with the collaboration of Visual13 and directed by Albert Adrià and David Pujol, shows the relevance of gastronomy understood as a cultural expression.

In mid-April, the winners of this prestigious festival that rewards the best works in television and film will be announced.