From Sony
Sponsors of The Rory Peck Awards

Miles Flint with Najibullah Quaraishi, Sony Impact Award winner 2002

We’ve come to the end of our three-year sponsorship of the Rory Peck Awards - and my goodness, what an event it’s been!

Through the judging process and ongoing involvement with the charity, we have come into contact with people who are risking life and limb to inform us of world events. As a result my colleagues at Sony and I have never felt so close to the news stories that we see broadcast around the world. We’ve been imbued with a greater understanding of exactly what it means to capture ‘that bit of footage’ - which goes on to shock or anger people on a global scale - and I’m glad that we’ve been able to be part of a process that thanks the freelance community for its input.

Miles Flint with Talal Aburahma, Sony Impact Award winner 2001

In 2001 we gave the first Impact Award to Talal Aburahma for one short piece of film that is as clear in my mind today as it was two years ago - The Death of Mohammed El Durah, a boy caught up in the Palestine/Israel conflict. Najibullah Quaraishi took the Impact Award in 2002, with footage of an Afghanistan conflict that showed the world exactly who was involved in liberating the country.

Doubtless you will have seen the entries for this year - quite possibly the most powerful set we have seen to date. Watching one, I felt real fear for the cameraman. Another brought home the sorrow and horror being felt by a whole nation, and the third told a tale of tragic valour. I don’t envy the cameramen, and I don’t envy the judges.

I’ve always said that we value our relationship with the Trust - it is educational, challenging and a way for us to put something back into the broadcast community. So we won’t let it end here - I’m happy to confirm that Sony will continue its sponsorship of the Awards into 2004, and will fund the 2004 Awards.

See you then.

Miles Flint
President, Sony Business Europe

The Sony International Impact Award Winner.

The Rory Peck Awards Brochure 2003

• Programme
• Rory Peck - the symbol for them all
• From the Chairman
• Keeping True
• From Sony
• The Trust and Sony
• Judges' Reports
• The Overseas Project
• Acknowledgements
• Winners and Finalists

  
  

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