Chile. 265 projects competed this year in nine competitive lines for the $4,227,534,000 Chilean pesos of the CNTV Fund 2017. The activity was attended by the President of the Republic, Michelle Bachelet, along with the Minister General Secretariat of Government, Paula Narváez, Councilors of the CNTV, directors of television channels, audiovisual filmmakers, among other authorities.
For the President of the National Television Council, Oscar Reyes, the CNTV Fund is the only subsidy for Chilean television. "We celebrate 25 years of delivering resources to the production of television programs, both from independent producers and television channels, and throughout its history has awarded more than 300 quality television programs with content."
"One of the challenges we set ourselves as the National Television Council was to create the community production fund for the first time. Together with the funds for quality TV that the CNTV grants every year, and that has promoted great programs, we have given life to a new fund for community production, which is part of the promotion of pluralism in television undertaken by the Council, "said Oscar Reyes.
At the award ceremony, held at the Municipal Theater of Santiago, the CNTV Lifetime Achievement Award was presented for the third consecutive year, which was awarded to the academic of the Catholic University of Chile, Valerio Fuenzalida, for his career in research, publications on children's television and audience studies.
The categories and winners were:
• A Historical Series: "The Art of Silence"
• Three Fiction Series: "Reinas", "Los Carcamales" and "Santiago Quiñones Tira"
• Two Non-fiction series: "Sergio Larraín, el instante eterno" and "Mierda, mierda: la función debe continuar".
• Three Regional Productions: "Migrantes", "Memorias de Árboles" and "La vida simplemente".
• A children's program for preschool audiences from 3 to 6 years old: "Mundo perro".
• Two programs for children from 6 to 12 years old: "ChanchiPerri & La Liga de La Villanía" and "Locos Lab".
• A New Seasons Support Program: "Latin American Dreams"
• An international co-production program: "Invisible Heroes".
• 11 community programs: "La Junta", "Revelando la Ciudad", "La Mesa", "Viento Acorde", "Somos Refugio", "Emancipadas", Valparaíso Disidente", "Mujeres de Cambio en Tarapacá", "Las manos sabias-KÜWÜ RAKIDUAM", "Serie GraffitiPlay: Inspirando nuevas generaciones" and "Memorias de Parral".
