Revelation of the PRIX EUROPA 2020 Nominations!

Revelation of the PRIX EUROPA 2020 Nominations!

To this year's competition 263 organisations submitted a total of 642 productions, amounting to 2,650 hours of outstanding European media content that has been listened to or screened over the last 12 weeks. This was done by a group of independent experts who do not belong to any broadcaster and do not have an entry of their own. Each submission was checked and evaluated at least twice in written form, using the parameters of the particular PRIX EUROPA voting sheet for each category.

Finally 208 programmes from 28 countries have been chosen to compete in this year’s competition: 27 TV Fiction programmes 25 TV Documentary programmes 18 TV Current Affairs programmes 13 TV Iris programmes 28 Digital Media projects 33 Radio Fiction programmes 34 Radio Documentary programmes 15 Radio Current Affairs programmes 14 Radio Music programmes

The nominees of the Rising Star competition stay@home, will be published on 1 October 2020.

Congratulations!

Please find here all nominated programmes sorted by the submitter’s country and the English programme title.

PRIX EUROPA 2020
18 - 25 October in Potsdam

Changing Europe – Together in Trust

Come and join us!

Together in Trust - Join PRIX EUROPA 2020 in Potsdam!

We are very happy to announce that preparations for a real-life PRIX EUROPA 2020 in Potsdam are in full swing. Safety provisions for all jury members will be in place as we luckily have enough space at the festival location Schiffbauergasse to be able to invite the juries to come.
At the core of PRIX EUROPA is communication and exchange between media professionals face-to-face and we will make this possible again - despite the pandemic. Come and join us!

PRIX EUROPA 2020 will take place in a safe and secure setting with personalised chairs, increased spacing, frequent ventilation of rooms, and much more... we will keep you updated.

As of now, personal registration for PRIX EUROPA 2020 is open. First we ask all Jury Members to register, in a second step we will open the registration for Observers.
 
Please note the draft schedule:
TV Categories from 18 October to 21 October,
Digital Media Projects Category 20 October to 22 October, 
and the Radio Categories from 21 October/22 October to 25 October; 
for exact details please have a look here.
 
So this year will never see all participants in Potsdam together. Therefore we will have to announce the prize-winners online - no Awards Ceremony!
 
We are looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible in Potsdam. Please make sure to register as soon as you can, so that we can see if our invitation is accepted.

PRIX EUROPA 2020
18 - 25 October in Potsdam

Changing Europe – Together in Trust

Don't miss the deadline!

Submit your best programmes to PRIX EUROPA 2020 by 1 July.  All details on what kind of programmes we are looking for and how to submit you can find in the regulations. Make sure you read them before you submit your productions to this year’s competition.

For any questions about the submission system or technical difficulties, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at programmes@prixeuropa.eu - we are happy to help.

If you have questions about competition submissions, please reach out to tv@prixeuropa.eu, radio@prixeuropa.eu or online@prixeuropa.eu.

Submit now to PRIX EUROPA 2020

The Submission system to PRIX EUROPA 2020 (18 - 23 October) in Potsdam is now open! We are looking forward to your best Television, Radio and Digital Media productions.

Please find all the details in the Regulations 2020. Make sure you read them before you submit your productions to this year’s competition. There have been a few slight changes (lengths, genres).

The deadline for submitting is 1 July 2020.

PRIX EUROPA 2020 - Have a look at the regulations of this year's competition

Regulations 2020 - Call for submissions - please have a look at what is new!

This year's PRIX EUROPA is about to start. Find the new regulations with a few amendments here: TV Documentary has a new award - TV Doc series! And some restrictions in lengths have been dropped.

The submission system will be available in the beginning of May. The deadline for submitting is 1 July 2020.

For the PRIX EUROPA Rising Star competition please have a look here.

We can't wait to receiving your manifold excellent works reacting to this year’s slogan:

Changing Europe - Together in Trust

Call for proposals

Call for proposals 

stay@home is the theme for this year’s PRIX EUROPA Rising Star competition. We are looking for students’ media projects from Europe that were created in or about the time we all stayed at home due to the Corona Virus pandemic. Enter your podcast, video, blog, digital audio or online project and tell us how this unusual period has inspired or affected you.

The 2020 Rising Star competition is open to students from European film and media schools, universities and training institutions. It was created in 2019 in cooperation with the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and is looking for projects that show vision, distinct thought and also public responsibility.

If you want to take part, just send an email to office@prixeuropa.eu and let us know the following details:

- (working) title of the project

- expected length of the project

- author, director, producer and other key staff

- format (e.g. audio, video, web-based, cross-media)

- project description in English

- submitter's name (your name), submitting training institution, university or school

Based on the information we will get in touch with you and let you know how to send the submission to the PRIX EUROPA competition office. 

Deadline for sending the finalised files will be 15 August 2020.

PRIX EUROPA 2020 in Potsdam

PRIX EUROPA 2020 @ Schiffbauergasse

2020 has started and we wish all Prix Europeans the very best for the New Year and in realising your prospective projects.

PRIX EUROPA 2020 will take place in Potsdam @ Schiffbauergasse between 18 - 23 October. Please take note that the competition week is scheduled about 2 weeks later than last year. Mid of April we will send out the call for submission - the deadline for submitting your programmes and projects will be 1 July 2020.

At the end of March the PRIX EUROPA Steering Committee will convene in Vienna and subsequently we will announce first information on the submission call for PRIX EUROPA 2020.

In its first edition the competition at our new venue in Potsdam in 2019 has worked very well - and we look forward to realising the coming edition by including your valued feedback - to make PRIX EUROPA 2020 even more successful.

PRIX EUROPA 2019 Awards Ceremony

Tonight PRIX EUROPA 2019 Awards Ceremony at the Schinkelhalle in Potsdam, starting at 20:00.

Join us via livestream!

PRIX EUROPA 2019 EXTRA @ Schiffbauergasse

Dialogue for Beginners: new – young – and successful

Claire Richard and Delphine Saltel from Arte Radio in dialogue with Belgian master students from RITCS and KASK.

Open to all interested participants!

Wednesday 9 October, 19:30 – 21:00, Studio 1 / Radio Music Room

Let's get started! PRIX EUROPA 2019 in Potsdam

Today Participants from all over Europe are arriving in Potsdam for PRIX EUROPA 2019.

The Welcome Desk team is waiting at the venue Schiffbauergasse - pick up your competition materials.

Join us tonight: PRIX EUROPA Opening Film

And please have a look at this year’s Coodinators and the Festival Catalogue.

See you later!

Shortlist of Nominations European Journalist of the Year

Shortlist of Nominations European Journalist of the Year

(sorted by county and last name)

Florian Klenk, Austria

Armin Wolf, Austria

Lode Desmet, Belgium

Magdalena Sodomkova, Czech Republic

Jessika Aro, Finland

Frederic Martel, France

Karin de Miguel, Germany

Juan Moreno, Germany

Thomas Sideris, Greece

Lois Kapila, Ireland

Fintan O'Toole, Ireland

Yury Dud, Russian Federation

Joachim Dyfvermark, Sweden

Katarina Gunnarsson, Sweden

Katya Adler, United Kingdom

Mark Daly, United Kingdom

John Harris, United Kingdom

We will contact the winner on time to attend the Awards Ceremony on 11 October 2019 in Potsdam.

PRIX EUROPA 2019 Opening Film

PRIX EUROPA 2019 Opening Film

“Against the Fear”

In cooperation with the local newspaper MAZ, PRIX EUROPA is starting with the ZDF-commissioned film “Against the Fear” on Sunday 6 October at 18:00. The TV Movie about a public prosecutor investigating the Al-Fadi Clan in Berlin is produced by the Real Film Berlin GmbH and stars among others Nadja Uhl, Sabrina Amali, Atheer Adel, Andreas Pitschmann and Dirk Borchard. It is directed by Andreas Herzog and written by Robert Hummel, whose experience as a lay judge in Berlin enabled him to bring a realistic and gripping story to the screen. The author and members of the cast will be present and happy to enter into a dialogue with the audience.

The film will be screened in German with English subtitles, inviting Potsdamers to get a feel for the new media event in town – PRIX EUROPA. All PRIX EUROPA guests, who have already found their way to the Schiffbauergasse, the new festival venue, are invited.

Registrations at press@prixeuropa.eu or at the Welcome Desk at Schiffbauergasse.

Location: just a few steps from the Welcome Desk

EBU PRESENTS DIVERSITY - Free Spirits and New Neighbours

EBU PRESENTS DIVERSITY - Free Spirits and New Neighbours

Friday, 11 October 2019, 9:30 – 17:15 Screening and discussion with the makers of the documentaries.

Daniela Drastata, chairwoman of the EBU Intercultural and Diversity Group explains:

"I am delighted we have this great opportunity to see the EBU Intercultural and Diversity Group's documentary collection New Neighbours growing and developing into an EU funded project that now involves organisations known for their excellence; we are working with "la crème de la crème" of people who recognise diversity as an opportunity. 

By opening our prime time to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, we show the complexity of integration at its core: we will not only tackle the most burning European topic but also create an inspiring and moving documentary series. Meeting our neighbours is undoubtedly the best reward for the challenges we will inevitably face during the film production. Let the adventure begin!"

TV Documentary Room

MasterClass: DIGITIRL - The Art of Immersion in Public Service

DIGITIRL: The Art of Immersion in Public Service

A MasterClass on how to successfully mix digital offers & real life events to involve, interact and connect stronger to your audience.

Frank Rose (Digital media expert, Wired): “As we spend ever more time in the digital world, what’s becoming increasingly valued is the time we do not spend in front of a screen—the time we spend with real  people and real things. It’s not that we’re abandoning digital—far from it. But as we buy more apps, e-books and downloads, and as digital screens become our default interface with the world, we seem  to increasingly seek out physical objects and experiences”.

DESCRIPTION: Public Service Broadcasters are all stepping up on the digital burning platforms. But there seems to be an emerging need to also embrace the digital fatigue – the sheer fact that we still need to connect and share and create things together in real life, even if we are online 24/7.

Those PS Broadcasters who manage to cleverly combine strong digital offers and real life events – let’s call it DIGITIRL – will stand stronger in the future of immersed media.

In this MasterClass you will get an introduction to the world of DIGITIRL from Kåre V. Poulsen and meet European creators of new, inspiring projects in this area:

•   Camilla Laudruo: ULTRA : BIT (DR)

•   Damian Machaj & Edita Kudláčová : ‘Project 68’ from Chezk Radio

•   Tiina Klemettilä from YLE – ‘Sauna project’/1 mio Birdhouses

You will be able to register for the MasterClass on-site or send an email (guests@prixeuropa.eu) with your binding registration.

Friday, 11 October 2019, 11.00 - 13:00, TV Iris Room

The Potsdam Summit - The Euroradio Cultural Forum

The Potsdam Summit - The Euroradio Cultural Forum: Linear Radio versus On-Demand

As radio reaches its centenary, on-demand audio presents us with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. How should -Public Service Media- handle the competition in the podcast universe? Especially young people are consuming audio content from platforms of the big tech companies. Are these giants friends or enemies, should PSM cooperate with the giants to reach out to the listeners, or walk its own way? What does the future hold - is radio crossing the Rubicon?

The Potsdam Summit is a fast-paced trip through new formats and ideas for cultural and music radio around Europe, and addresses topics as the importance of ‘Building Trust in the Digital Era’ or ‘Beethoven for the Gaming Generation’ and ‘The New Emperors of the Audio Universe’.

on Friday 11 October 2019 in Potsdam 09:00 - 13:00 THE POTSDAM SUMMIT– The Euroradio Cultural Forum

14:00 – 16:00 The Big Debate: Linear vs. On-demand Radio and Streaming Platforms: Friends or Enemies? Introduction: Cilla Benkö, Swedish Radio Director-General James Purnell, BBC Director, Radio & Education; Noel Curran, European Broadcasting Union Director-General; Alexander Wrabetz, ORF Director-General

To join the Potsdam Summit please follow this link: www.prixeuropa.eu/personal-registration and click on ‘I will attend the Potsdam Summit: the Euroradio Cultural Forum’.

Schiffbauergasse, Radio Fiction Room

Workshop: What’s for Breakfast (on the radio)?

Workshop: What’s for Breakfast (on the radio)?

Many radio professionals believe that presenting an attractive breakfast show is the single most important factor in managing a successful radio station. There is no denying that breakfast audiences are closely watched by all in the industry. We’re not going to debate the importance of breakfast shows, but rather this two-hour session will give attendees the chance to experience four really different breakfasts from Ireland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Belgium (VRT). Finally, we will debate what makes a great breakfast show.  If you are in Potsdam for PRIX EUROPA, do join us!

You will be able to register for the workshop and the other EXTRA events during the competition week on-site or send an email (guests@prixeuropa.eu) with your binding registration.

on Thursday 10 October 2019, 15:00 - 17:00

PRIX EUROPA 2019: Digital Media Rising Stars Nominations

PRIX EUROPA 2019: Digital Media Rising Stars Nominations are out!

PRIX EUROPA in cooperation with Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF awards for the first time two Rising Stars Awards for Digital Media Projects by fresh talents. Have a look at the List of Nominations.