Bound For Glory Productions is honored to accept the Silver 2022 International Telly award in the Social Video Series category. We are thankful to City Lights Foundation, for trusting us to tell their story, as well as all of our clients who trust us to share their stories every single day. The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Adobe, Netflix, Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, Jennifer Garner, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, ESPN Films, RYOT, Partizan and Vimeo.

The City Lights video campaign highlighted the non-profit’s brand identity in the community, as well as testimonials and stories of the organization’s generosity and impact. Executive Director, Sarah Grounds, shared the history of the organization, City Lights Tulsa, where volunteers met the needs of the communities homeless with food, shelter, clothing, and friendship.

Financial Manager, Zak Bates, took our film crew through City Light’s sister company Mobile Lights. Mobile Lights is a community of volunteers who bring essential items to those in need or who cannot make it to City Lights Tulsa events.

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include Video Consortium, Ghetto Film School, We Are Parable, Future of Film, IFP, LAPPG, NAB, Stash, NYWIFT, Production Hub, and IFP, with support from The Commercial Director’s Diversity Program.

The full list of the 43rd Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at www.tellyawards.com/winners.