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EMERGE and Yuri Alves win Emmy® Awards!

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We are thrilled to share that DreamPlay Films won two EMMY® Awards in the Mid-Atlantic region! At a gala ceremony ton October 01 in Philadelphia, EMERGE won in the Arts – Long Form category and director-editor Yuri Alves in the Editing category, also earned for his work on GRIND. The films were broadcast on NJ PBS and are currently streaming on PBS.

It was an honor to be joined at the awards event by EMERGE star and NJ Symphony Music Director Xian Zhang, who also received an EMMY® individually. The individual awardees include:

(2x) Yuri Alves, Director + Editing
Igor Alves, Producer
Xian Zhang, Writer / Musical Arrangement
Caroline Sincaruk, Camera Operator
Michael Gomes, Camera Operator
Victor Buitrago, Editor

These films are on a unique journey… more soon. Big thanks to the DreamPlay Films crew, our partners at NJ Symphony, the featured performers and to special collaborators like dancer-choreographer Cori Barnes and the inspirational people and city of Newark, NJ.

Director Yuri and Producer Igor with Emmy Statuettes
Director Yuri Alves and conductor Xian Zhang holding Emmy statuettes
Director Yuri Alves holding Emmy Statuette

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