The Bridge & Kopitiam: Double Shot Menang di Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA) 2020

Kemenangan itu melayakkan syarikat produksi yang mewakili Malaysia untuk berentap ke peringkat seterusnya pada acara kemuncak AACA 2020 pada 4 Disember depan dengan menyaksikan persaingan 15 negara Asia.

Berita itu disahkan Ketua Jabatan dan Penerbit Eksekutif, Double Vision, Min Lim, beliau berkata:

“The Bridge musim pertama pernah memenangi dua kategori, Adaptasi Drama Terbaik dan Drama Terbaik pada AACA 2019.

“Lebih bermakna, The Bridge musim kedua berjaya merangkul lapan kemenangan awal menerusi kategori Drama Terbaik, Adaptasi Drama Terbaik, Penata Bunyi Terbaik dan Lakon Layar Terbaik.

“Bagi kategori Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik dimenangi Bront Palarae, Pelakon Wanita Terbaik (Rebecca Lim), Pelakon Pembantu Lelaki Terbaik (Miller Khan) dan Pelakon Pembantu Wanita Terbaik (Aida Aris).

“Sitkom Kopitiam: Double Vision menang dua kategori iaitu Program Komedi Terbaik dan Pelakon Komedi Terbaik (Melissa Campbell),” katanya.

– Min Lim

Drama bergenre thriller penyiasatan The Bridge 2 menemui penonton di platform Viu dan saluran HBO Asia, tahun ini.

Siri itu menampilkan nama besar dari Malaysia, Indonesia dan Singapura iaitu Bront Palarae, Ario Bayu dan Rebecca Lim sebagai teraju utama. 

Adaptasi daripada siri asal Endemol Shine dengan suntikan elemen tempatan, drama penuh mendebarkan itu diarahkan oleh TJ Lee, Jason Chom dan Zahir Omar.

“Pengumuman ini termasuk kejayaan drama The Bridge 2 menjadi penanda aras daripada kejayaan dan penerimaan daripada musim pertama.

“Kami bersyukur berikutan The Bridge musim kedua lebih besar skala dan terus diterima ramai. Siri Kopitiam versi asal pernah menang menerusi Asian Television Awards, sebelum dikenali sebagai AACA suatu ketika dulu,” katanya.

– Min Lim

Sementara itu, Aida Aris cukup takjub dengan kemenangan sulungnya sejak bergelar anak seni.

“Saya mendapat tahu kemenangan malam tadi saat dimaklumkan Min Lim menerusi aplikasi WhatsApp.

“Kemenangan bagi kategori Pelakon Pembantu Wanita Terbaik adalah hadiah sulung sepanjang bergelar anak seni sejak 26 tahun lalu. Saya bersyukur bakat kecil ini dihargai.

“Saya mula berlakon pada usia 22 tahun. Kini, saya berusia 48 tahun. Sebelum ini, saya hanya pernah menembusi top 5 beberapa anugerah tempatan, namun rezeki belum menyebelahi saya,” katanya.

– Aida Aris

Bront Palarae berkata, dia melihat kejayaan drama The Bridge sebagai kerjasama dan dedikasi berkumpulan.

“Kami hanya mewakili bagi seluruh pasukan kerja dan produksi yang bekerja keras menghasilkan drama berkualiti,”

– Bront Palarae

AACA adalah anugerah tahunan di Singapura yang diketuai Singapore Media Festival dan dianjurkan Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore.

Acara kemuncak AACA 2020 dijadualkan berlangsung 4 Disember ini. Bagaimanapun, AACA 2020 belum dipastikan sama ada dilangsungkan secara dalam talian atau seperti kelazimannya di Singapura berikutan pandemik COVID-19.

*Sumber: BH Online

Double Vision Crosses Over Into Award Territory With THE BRIDGE & Takes KOPITIAM Along 

Malaysian based production company Double Vision dominated the National Level categories to become the production house with the most national wins across the board at the recent 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards, Asia Pacific’s most prestigious award for creative excellence.

Malaysian based production company Double Vision dominated the National Level categories to become the production house with the most national wins across the board at the recent 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards, Asia Pacific’s most prestigious award for creative excellence. 

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Its second season of the cross-border crime drama “The Bridge” and its reboot of one of Malaysia’s most iconic and longest-running sitcoms, “Kopitiam: Double Shot”, swept across 10 categories and Double Vision will now represent Malaysia to compete against 15 other countries at the regional level awards at the end of the year. 

“The Bridge Season 2” which the first Asian adaptation of the original Swedish-Danish production of Hans Rosenfeldt’s Nordic noir crime television series captured national wins in the categories for Best Drama Series, Best Adaptation Of An Existing Format, Best Original Screenplay (Choong Chi-Ren), Best Actor In A Leading Role (Bront Palarae) and Best Actress In A Leading Role (Rebecca Lim), Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Miller Khan), Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Aida Aris) and Best Sound (Steven Yap, Chak Mun Yee, Ahmad Fadzil). 

“Kopitiam: Double Shot” was served with wins in the Best Comedy Programme and Best Comedy Performance (Melissa Campbell) categories. 

“The Bridge is one of the biggest shows to come out of Southeast Asia and we are very proud that were able to build on Season 1 and make the show even bigger and better with some of the best talent (both on and off screen) from around the region. It certainly was a challenge but we persevered and to be recognised at the Asian Academy Creative Awards as the best in Malaysia in so many categories is a great validation of our work!” said Double Vision’s Head of Production and Executive Producer, Min Lim. 

“To add the Kopitiam: Double Shot wins to that is really the icing on the cake. The original Kopitiam was a winner at the Asian Television Awards (the former AACA) so to be able to do this again with the reboot feels amazing,” she added. 

“To come away from this prestigious award ceremony with national wins in 10 categories is such a wonderful testimony and validation of our vision – that high quality content which resonates with a diverse Asian audience works. And to be able to do it with different people from around the region from different walks of life – that’s diversity at its finest,” she added.

The Asian Academy Creative Awards is an event of the Singapore Media Festival, hosted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore.

About Double Vision Sdn Bhd

Based in Malaysia, and supported by its production hubs in Indonesia and the Philippines, Double Vision is an award-winning production house that is part of the Vision New Media Group, the largest media group of its kind in the ASEAN region. The company is also one of Malaysia’s oldest production houses, having been in the business of telling stories and producing creative content for over 35 years. It is the first Malaysian company to garner both International Emmy and Asian Television Awards nominations.

Double Vision produces dramas, sitcoms, telefeatures, reality/game shows, magazine shows, documentaries, children’s programmes and variety shows; as well as engages in co-productions with regional broadcasters like MediaCorp Singapore, ABSCBN and GMA of the Philippines, and TVB Hong Kong. 

It is also is the partner of choice for Malaysian as well as international media giants such as Astro, STAR, Viu, Warner Brothers, Discovery Networks, NBC Universal, Scripps Networks, A&E and many others.