Palm Coast – The City of Palm Coast’s 2020 ‘Feed Palm Coast’ Distribution Day social media video was named a winner today in the 42nd Annual Telly Awards. The City’s video received a Silver Telly Award for the category of ‘General-Public Service & Activism’ for Social Video.
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 Netflix, Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, ESPN Films, RYOT, Partizan and Vimeo.
The 2020 Feed Palm Coast Distribution Day video was created by the Communications and Marketing team in May of 2020. It highlighted the remarkable effort of the City of Palm Coast staff, community partners and residents who donated to the City’s food drive – in partnership with Parkview Church – to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video’s imagery and storytelling showcased the community spirit of Palm Coast and the overwhelming support for neighbors.
“In the face of a year like no other, the City of Palm Coast has continued to defy the limitations of our new world, in continuing to create compelling and engaging work,” says Telly Awards Executive Director Sabrina Dridje. “This year’s submissions doubled down on what we already know about the industry. Creativity cannot be stopped. Collaboration will always prevail. New ideas and stories will always find a way to break through to an audience.”
Today’s winners announcement caps a year-long celebration of creators defying the limitations by embracing platforms to increase awareness about injustices and promote solidarity for movements, as well as geographical, like developing fully remote pipelines for dispersed teams. This year also saw the continued expansion of new categories to reflect and celebrate new forms of producing work in light of the past months restrictions and limitations. New categories included Remote Production, Virtual Events & Experiences and an increase in animation categories.
Last year, the Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Adobe, Adult Swim, the BBC, Condé Nast, J. Paul Getty Museum, PBS, Playstation, RadicalMedia, T Brand Studio, Ogilvy & Mather and The Walt Disney Company. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. The full list of the 42nd Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at www.tellyawards.com/winners.
Media Release: City of Palm Coast. Kimberly Norman, Public Relations Associate
