Bahamian entertainer Fred Ferguson, as seen in one of the Music Voyager Bahamas episodes
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NASSAU, Bahamas – The
Bahamas has won an award at the 10th annual FilmAT Festival that will be
held in Warsaw on June 17-19th.
FilmAT is one of the tourism
film festivals of CIFFT, the International Committee of Tourism Film Festivals.
The Music Voyager Bahamas
episodes were entered into 13 of the world’s top film and tourism
festivals.
The first in the series of
festivals is FilmAT and the ‘Heartbeats of The Bahamas’ took the top
prize.
The festival is a continuation of the
International Tourfilm Festival and its main objective is selecting the best
Tourfilm productions produced in every part of the world.
An international jury comprised of some of
the top specialists from the filmmaking industry, advertising and tourism
judges the entrants.
This year, Music Voyager’s “Heartbeats of The
Bahamas” already placed as one of the big winners.
Music Voyager, produced by Farook Singh, is a
series that explores the most culturally exciting cities in the world.
The show works with local artists to co-host
and guide viewers as they journey to experience their city through their own
eyes, art and words.
Following the success of another big winner,
“When Pigs Swim”, The Bahamas seems to have no shortage of compelling films as
they branch out and spread their influence over the whole world.
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe spoke
about the award.
“We are most honoured that the rest of the
world is reciprocating so favorably to our wonderful country and its rich culture
and heritage. These film festivals
really are a fantastic outlet for people from all over, to get a glimpse at
what we’re all about,” he said.
In
January, the show visited Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Cat Island in hopes
of capturing the musical soul and culture of The Bahamas.
The
Bahamas episodes will be featured in 120 countries and dubbed in 33
languages.
Tune into the world premier of The Bahamas
episodes on PBS in the US and Canada.
Bahamas episode 1: Saturday June 13 at 9pm EST
Bahamas episode 2: Saturday June 20 at 9pm EST
Bahamas episode 3: Saturday
June 27 at 9pm EST
