GMA Network garnered 9 nods for this year's New York Festivals TV and Film Awards competition.

According to the New York Festivals official website, NYF’s World’s Best Television & Films honors programming in all lengths and forms from over 40 countries. Dedicated to both the TV and Film industries, categories mirror today’s global trends and encourage the next generation of story-tellers: News, Sports, Documentary, Reality, Drama, Feature Films, Telenovelas, Webisodes, Promo, Music Videos, Corporate Films, and Animation.

The 2012 TV & Film Awards ceremony for The World’s Best TV & Films will be held on April 17th in conjunction with The NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Here are the 9 programs from GMA Channel 7 and GMA News TV which made it as finalists in the 2012 New York Festivals TV and Film Awards Competition:

Biography/Profiles
Front Row: Bente Dos (Twenty-Two)
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Community Portraits
Report Card
GMA Network, Inc.

History & Society
Pluma: Si Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat (Rizal, The Great Writer)
GMA Network, Inc.

Nature & Wildlife
Born to be Wild: The Born Expeditions Finale The Monster of Mae Klong and The Great White Shark
GMA Network, Inc.

Social Issues/Current Events:

Front Row: Yaman Sa Basura (Child Urban Miners)
GMA Network, Inc.

I-Witness: Gintong Putik
GMA Network, Inc.

I-Witness: Lapnos (Burn)
GMA Network, Inc.

Reel Time: Lusong (Live to Dive)
GMA Network, Inc.

Reel Time: Tira (Infected)
GMA Network, Inc.