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• Jan 2012

  Brian Woods interviewed on Televisual website

  Click here to see Brian Woods, filmmaker and co-founder, True Vision interviewed at BAFTA by Televisual about making films that have an impact and create social change.

• Dec 2011

  Police appeal for help on Chosen case

  Two men have recently been arrested in connection with the events described Chosen.  The police investigation is continuing and if anyone has information or concerns relevant to the inquiry, please call Det Sgt Joe Banfield at the Child Abuse Investigation Unit on 01296 396569 or Joseph.Banfield@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

• Nov 2011

  Poor Kids shortlisted for Broadcast Awards

  The shortlist for the 2012 Broadcast Awards has been revealed and we're delighted that Poor Kids is one of the nominees. Congratulations to Jezza and the team!

• Nov 2011

  Jezza Neumann wins 2011 Sony Professional Impact Award

  Jezza Neumann has been awarded the Rory Peck Sony Professional Impact Award 2011 for his work on Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children. Judges praised the camera work and said ‘the continuity and emotional impact of the narrative of this film is astonishing’. Congratulations, Jezza!

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  Broadcast reports:-

  True Vision director Jezza Neumann picked up the top gong for his critically acclaimed Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children at the Rory Peck awards last night.

  The documentary won the Sony Professional Impact award which recognises news or current affairs that examines humanitarian or social issues, with the judges noting its “astonishing” in its emotional impact.

  The documentary was filmed undercover in Zimbabwe over nine months and first went out on BBC4 before being repeated on BBC2.

  Last night’s accolade follows a Broadcast Digital Award for Best News or Current Affairs Content earlier this year.

  The ceremony, which was hosted by BBC anchor Mishal Husain and Channel 4’s Alex Thomson, also recognised Belgian freelancer Ahmed Bahaddou for his frontline footage of rebels fighting Gaddafi forces in Western Libya.

  The judges described his footage as “everything you could want and more. It is incredibly composed shooting. You can almost feel the bullets whistling past you.”

  Meanwhile American freelancer Abdallah Omeish, who was born in Libya, won the Rory Peck Award for Features, for his Benghazi film, Libya: Through the Fire. The doc followed Mohammed al-Nabbous, the first person to broadcast from within Libya and report on events in English and Arabic. Al-Nabbous later died.

  “It’s been an extraordinary year for the Rory Peck Awards - incredibly strong entries across all of the categories and three outstanding winners”, said Tina Carr, director of the Rory Peck Trust.

  “I want to congratulate all of this year’s finalists on producing such exceptional work - the sheer range and quality on show tonight demonstrates how vibrant and talented the freelance community is right now. It is a privilege to celebrate their work.”

• Nov 2011

  Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children wins AIB Award

  Congratulations to Jezza Neumann and Xoliswa Sithole for winning the Association of International Broadcasters, Current Affairs Award. Described by the jury as "a genuinely engaging narrative that was emotional, informative and motivating. The three children featured were remarkable choices by the producers whose voices and words, one judge said, will never be forgotten. This was a heart-wrenching documentary that captured the economic and political meltdown of Zimbabwe, once the bread basket of southern Africa, and an exposé of the devastating impact that this has on the country's next generation."

  
  

• Oct 2011

  Rory Peck 3MW with Jezza Neumann - 23:05, Channel 4, 8th Nov

  Jezza Neumann: Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children: Celebrating the work of freelance cameramen and women, including Jezza Neumann, who recorded children struggling against poverty in Zimbabwe.

• Oct 2011

  Poor Kids USA commissioned

  For BBC TWO's This World and the PBS strand, Frontline.  Read about it in Broadcast.

• Oct 2011

  Up in Smoke won the Prix Buffon at the Paris Science International Film Festival

   

  Up in Smoke won the Prix Buffon at the Paris
  Science International Film Festival

   

• Oct 2011

  TWO nominations for Association for International Broadcasters' Awards

  Well done Chris Eley, Cathy Scott-Clark, Jezza Neumann & Xoliswa Sithole for getting 2 out of the 6 nominations for International Current Affaris Documentary at the AIB Awards - both City of Fear and Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children have been recognised.  Ceremony will take place on November 9th.