New York Festivals names Mediacorp Broadcaster of the Year and announces 2026 TV & Film winners

By AI, Created 6:35 PM UTC, May 22, 2026, /AGP/ – New York Festivals announced its 2026 TV & Film Awards winners at the Storytellers Gala on May 21, naming Mediacorp Broadcaster of the Year and Zinc Media Group Production Company of the Year. Grand Awards went to documentaries and dramas from Germany, Austria, PBS and ZDF, while Stephen Capus received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Why it matters: - The 2026 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards spotlighted where global storytelling is winning across documentaries, drama, news, sports, streaming, promos and brand films. - Mediacorp’s Broadcaster of the Year win underscores the growing weight of documentary-led storytelling and cross-platform production. - The awards also signal which companies and programs stood out for craft, reach and editorial impact in a crowded international field.

What happened: - New York Festivals announced the 2026 TV & Film Awards winners at the Storytellers Gala on May 21 at 6 p.m. EDT in a virtual event. - Mediacorp was named Broadcaster of the Year. - Zinc Media Group was named Production Company of the Year for the third consecutive year. - Grand Awards went to Ending Wars and Making Peace from ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Hundertdreizehn (One Hundred and Thirteen) from Windlight Pictures GmbH, and The Disappearance of Miss Scott from 4th Act Factual LLC. - Stephen Capus, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and former president of NBC News, received the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award. - The Kimberley from Wild Pacific Media won the WaterBear Award. - My Father’s Hair from Keyi Productions won the JusticeAid Award.

The details: - Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and national media network, earned eight Gold Towers, one Silver, four Bronze and 18 Finalist honors. - Mediacorp’s Gold-winning titles included Vapours of Death, Chinese Matchmakers, Separation: Declassified Parts 1 & 2, Addicted: The Synthetic Curse and One “Orphan” Every Hour. - One “Orphan” Every Hour also won a Gold Tower for Direction. - Mediacorp also won Gold for Open ID, Editing for Blockbuster Sunday: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and Multi-Platform Promotion for the Emerald Hill Launch Campaign. - Zinc Media Group companies won four Gold Towers, five Silver Towers, three Bronze awards and two Finalist Awards. - Zinc’s Gold winners included Arrivals by The Edge, The Day Diana Died by Atomic TV, Live Aid at 40: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World by Brook Lapping and Nick Cave’s Veiled World by Supercollider. - Ending Wars and Making Peace is a 90-minute documentary on how wars end and what enables lasting peace. - Hundertdreizehn is a six-part drama series produced in Germany and Austria and is inspired by a German Federal Ministry of Transport study that found a single traffic fatality directly affects an average of 113 people. - The series centers on a catastrophic bus accident and follows family members, first responders, witnesses and investigators. - The Disappearance of Miss Scott aired on PBS’ American Masters and profiles Hazel Scott, a pianist, Hollywood trailblazer, civil rights crusader and the first Black person to host a nationally syndicated television show. - The Kimberley is a three-part documentary that took two years to make and is guided by actor and musician Mark Coles Smith. - The Kimberley explores a remote region in northwestern Australia spanning more than 400,000 square kilometers. - My Father’s Hair is a documentary on ARTE about a young woman reclaiming her voice and women’s resistance in a society shaped by tradition, caste and violence. - All entries were screened online by NYF’s international Grand Jury of more than 200 producers, directors, writers and other creative media professionals. - Judges evaluated production values, creativity, content presentation, direction, writing, achievement of purpose and audience suitability. - The 2026 competition covered documentary, entertainment, sports, news and investigative journalism, streaming, craft, promos and corporate image categories. - Documentary winners included Live and Let Dai, Richard Burton: Wild Genius, Becoming Madonna, Northwest Passage: The Arctic Labyrinth, The Resilients – Report, Best of the World’s Destinations: Guizhou S2, Whose Land Is It? - Beyond Borders, 1995: Voices from the Front Lines, The Seodaemun Prison, Unsolved Cases: The North Korean Abductions Part 1 & 2, Rewilding Sharks, Why Cities Flood, The Idea of Australia, Roadtrip 1945, The Moonies: Married to the Cult, Fault Lines - Kids Under Fire, The City Ruled by Gangs, Forgotten: Haiti Taken by Gangs and The Resurrection Quest. - Nature & Wildlife Gold Tower winners included Mighty Monkeys, Magical France – From Normandy to Brittany, Shells: Shaped by Nature, Penguin Baywatch, Episode 1: Tuxedo Summer Bash, Orangutans - The Mysterious People of the Forest, The Song of Trees and Return of the Cheetah. - Entertainment Gold Towers went to The Anatomy of a Moment, The Center, Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, the 2025 China Media Group Mid-Autumn Festival Gala and Bigsies and Littles. - Sports Gold Towers went to Big Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024, Empire Skate and Believers: Boston Red Sox. - News and investigative Gold Towers included Gaza Genocide, The Story Continues – Ceasar Unmasked and Children Arrested, LA Wildfires, The Icebreakers and Haiti Malnutrition. - Streaming Silver Towers included El Mejor Infarto De Mi Vida, Bellas Artes - S2, Congo’s War and Scandal Eve. - Craft Gold Towers included Bones of Contention – Direction, ZeroDay Attack – Writing, Black Tide Island – Special Visual Effects, IKTVA Infographic – Special Visual Effects, Fabulous Insects – Ants – Camerawork and Memory Journey 2: The Last Upload – Sound Design. - Promo Gold Towers went to We Rise As We Fight, BBC NL+ Stream the Best of Your British Neighbours and D.I.D. 12. - Corporate Image Gold Towers included Back to the Beginning, Archives and True Financial Crime - Human Trafficking, Dhahran Lakes and Local Manufacturer’s Quality Awards, The First B2P Company - Josera Pet Food, Integrating Everything, Everywhere and Christmas Special 2024.

Between the lines: - The results show documentaries continuing to dominate prestige recognition, especially work tied to social issues, history, nature and public-interest journalism. - Mediacorp’s broad haul across documentary, promotion and craft suggests the company is competing as both a news brand and a premium content studio. - Zinc’s third straight Production Company of the Year win points to sustained international momentum rather than a one-off breakout year. - The mix of winners also reflects how global awards are spreading recognition across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

What’s next: - NYF’s TV & Film Awards winners are now part of the organization’s 2026 awards cycle, with attention likely shifting to how broadcasters and production companies use the recognition in future pitches and distribution. - New York Festivals directs viewers to more information about the TV & Film Awards.