Patricia Schlesinger, Director General of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and host of PRIX EUROPA 2021 opens the competition week and welcomes her media colleagues from all over Europe. "What a treasure for you to discover. Good that you have a whole week for the journey."
Browse the PRIX EUROPA 2021 catalogue including all programme details of the nominated productions of this year’s edition.
Our call for the PRIX EUROPA 2021 Student Award - Rising Star asked for projects from students at European film- and media schools, universities and other training institutions. We were overwhelmed by abundant of creative submissions.
An international jury nominated 6 video and 6 audio programmes and you have the chance to vote from home for the two winners of the Rising Star Award 2021: have a close look at the nominated projects and send an email listing your 3 favourites to press@prixeuropa.eu. This way you will become part of PRIX EUROPA’s unique open jury system.
You can cast your vote until Friday, 15 October 2021, 12:00.
The winner will be announced on Friday, 15 October 2021. Due to the difficult travel conditions under Corona-rules, getting to Potsdam within a few hours, we have decided that the two PRIX EUROPA 2021 Rising Stars will be invited to attend 2022 in Potsdam.
We are delighted that it is possible again to bring several hundred media professionals from 26 countries together at a real-life PRIX EUROPA. In order to be able to run the festival screenings and jury discussions as normally as possible we have developed a safety concept together with the local authorities that should guarantee health protection for all participants, while at the same time enabling unhindered exchange and discussion amongst colleagues.
Our safety measures include a Covid-19 check at the accreditation, for unvaccinated participants we will have a free test every morning next to our Welcome Desk and there will be personalised seating for everybody in the jury rooms. Face masks only need to be worn when entering and crossing a room; during the screenings and discussions the masks can be taken off. Voting will take place via an online platform. All rooms need to be aired regularly, and we encourage everybody to spend the breaks in the fresh air. So please bring warm coats, this is always advisable for a visit to Potsdam in October!
The Awards Ceremony requires - due to greater numbers of guests - slightly more stringent measures, unvaccinated guests will get their own auditorium with extra protection in place. And no worries - the Prize Trophies will still be able to make their way there.
We are certain that all participants share our joy and relief at being able to take part in a real-life international event and reunite with colleagues again and will understand the need for some safety precautions to protect everyone's health.
Let's make PRIX EUROPA 2021 a success together!
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The winner will be announced at the PRIX EUROPA 2021 Awards Ceremony on 15 October 2021 in Potsdam.
Meet the Jury Coordinators of PRIX EUROPA 2021!
We are proud to present the 16 media professionals from 10 European countries who will spark off conversations, stir debate and moderate professional exchange in this year's PRIX EUROPA Jury Groups.
They share our goal of bringing quality media to diverse European audiences and will inspire us all with their know-how, their perspectives and experience.
Find out who they are by clicking on the photos.
The Covid pandemic might yet oblige the organisers to modify the timetable depending on health and government rules valid in October 2021. All information in the timetable provided is subject to change.
To this year's competition 268 media organisations submitted a total of 684 outstanding productions have 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 evaluated at least twice in written form, using the parameters of the particular PRIX EUROPA voting sheet for each category.
Finally 209 programmes from 26 countries have been chosen to compete in this year’s competition: 30 Digital Media projects 31 Radio Fiction programmes 32 Radio Documentary programmes 16 Radio Current Affairs programmes 22 Radio Music programmes 22 TV Fiction programmes 27 TV Documentary programmes 16 TV Current Affairs programmes 13 TV Iris programmes
Nominations for the Student Award - Rising Star competition will be published on 1 October 2021
Please find here all nominated programmes sorted by category and the English programme title.
Instead of appointing traditional juries PRIX EUROPA calls on the programme makers of our continent to come to Potsdam and to select the Best European Digital Media, Radio and TV Productions of the Year 2021. Each submitter of an entry nominated for PRIX EUROPA 2021 is obliged to delegate a Jury Member for the entire period of the respective jury sessions, to take part in the adjudication as a member of the Jury Group and to present his/her entry. Registration to the PRIX EUROPA juries is open to all media professionals. Organisations can register more than one delegate to each jury group. Accreditation is free of charge, our working language is English.
A limited number of media colleagues may register as observer - as many as the COVID-19 situation allows. Observers have no voting rights. Interested colleagues have to send an email to guests@prixeuropa.eu indicating category and dates.
For hotel recommendations near the event please have a look here.
PRIX EUROPA wants to honour a European journalist who has gone outside her or his comfort zone and shown extraordinary creativity, courage and impact on her/his specific society or audience.
We are looking for a journalistic game-changer dedicated to the truth in the thicket of global disinformation.
A person immune to political propaganda and populism aiming to provide transparency, ready to go out and get to the bottom of things, find out the truth and inform the world. Somebody whose work has helped break through encrusted positions and change perspectives.
Proposals from all genres and formats of journalism are welcome.
Please suggest your candidate for the PRIX EUROPA Award as European Journalist of the Year 2021 by sending her/his professional cv, contact details and a short explanation for your proposal.
Email: press@prixeuropa.eu
Deadline: 15 September 2022
This is a brief reminder that there are only a few days left to submit your programmes and projects to PRIX EUROPA 2021:
The deadline is Thursday 1 July 2021, 23:59.
In case you already know that you won't make it in time but still want to enter something, please send an email to programmes@prixeuropa.eu.
If you want to submit to the PRIX EUROPA Student Award - Rising Star there is still time until 15 August 2021
Important: please make sure that your submission is comprehensible to an international audience (e.g. English subtitles etc.).
Enjoy a wonderful summertime!
Changing Europe - diverse & united!
Diverse & united! This year's PRIX EUROPA 2021 Student Award - Rising Star competition is looking for media projects from students in Europe which interpret the PRIX EUROPA slogan 2021 - in a particularly imaginative, original or personal way.
We are looking for your podcast, video, blog, digital audio- or online project, which shows how diverse players can become invincible when they all stand behind a common goal.
The 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, please read the regulations and register your project online by 15 August 2021 on www.prixeuropa.eu.
Details for the upload of files will be communicated during the registration process. The deadline for uploading the finalised files is 31 August 2021.
Important: please make sure that your submission is comprehensible to an international audience (e.g. English subtitles etc.)!
If you have any questions, please get in touch at submissions@prixeuropa.eu.
Ready steady go: Submit now!
Our submission platform is open and we are impatient to receive your latest work! Consult the PRIX EUROPA Regulations 2021 for digital media projects, radio and television and enter your best productions – now until 1 July 2021.
While German politicians are still debating lockdowns, we have updated our regulations and you can find them online NOW! The online submission system will open mid-May.
Then we hope to be inundated with your best productions (deadline 1 July 2021) and are especially curious to see how this challenging year has influenced them. What creative solutions have you come up with? Have you been able to profit from the new digital media world?
The boom in digital audio innovation with some of the biggest tech companies and global platforms (like Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Facebook) launching new products and projects with audio at their heart is striking. What is Europe's place in this? What is yours?
There are no changes to the definition of our 10 competition categories: TV Fiction, TV Documentary, TV Current Affairs, TV IRIS, Radio Fiction, Radio Documentary, Radio Current Affairs, Radio Music, Digital Audio and Online Projects, as well as the 14 Awards.
Before you decide which programme you want to submit to the PRIX EUROPA 2021 competition, please read our Regulations carefully and keep in mind this year’s topical festival motto: Changing Europe - diverse and united!
Conditions to compete for the PRIX EUROPA 2021 Student Award Rising Star will be published at the end of May 2021.
We, from the festival office, can’t wait to get going again: to receive your entries, to answer your emails, to return to our office working desks hopefully soon and to finally see you again in October!
If for some reason the virus is still hampering a full-blown live and offline festival then, we will develop a satisfactory hybrid version.
Preparations for PRIX EUROPA 2021 are in full swing and with a good portion of optimism we count on seeing you all again in person from 10 to 15 October 2021 in Potsdam@Schiffbauergasse.
The PRIX EUROPA 2021 Regulations will be published online on 1 May 2021 - have a close look before registering your programmes and projects. Deadline for submissions will be 1 July 2021. Definitions of categories will remain unchanged, feel invited to submit and look ahead - together with us - to a great competition.
We look forward to receiving your excellent works originated in these trying times and very much hope to see many of you in Potsdam in October at PRIX EUROPA 2021 - to watch, listen to, discuss the best of Europe. Bringing the PRIX EUROPA slogan 2021 Changing Europe: diverse and united! to life.
Happy Easter!
PRIX EUROPA wishes you a good Christmas season.
Germany going into lockdown, our office will be closed from 16th December.
After 10th January 2021 we will happily answer your emails and phone calls again.
Stay well!
Please click on the title of the programmes to get detailed information.
Our big applause goes to the 269 colleagues who have worked in the nine Jury Groups of PRIX EUROPA 2020:
Since 5 October they have stayed tuned: listening, watching, discussing and voting for the 262 competing programmes. This hard and time-consuming work you had to squeeze into your daily and often nightly routine in these difficult times. Here in the competition office we felt close to you and is has been good to be in touch: take a glimpse into the various home offices, see your faces and hear you voices during the jury virtual discussions.
When the motto for PRIX EUROPA 2020 was set, nobody had foreseen how literally it would have to be taken.
The last weeks we have been Together in Trust - now let’s continue Changing Europe!
Greetings from Potsdam to
Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Athens, Bandhagen, Barcelona, Basel, Belgrade, Berlin, Bern, Bratislava, Brno, Bruxelles, Bucharest, Cardiff, Comano, Coolcok, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Gdańsk, Genève, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Groot-Bijgaarden, Haarlem, Halle/ Saale, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hilversum, Hudiksvall, Issy les Moulineaux, København, Köln, Lausanne, Leipzig, Leuven, Lisboa, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London, Lublin, Madrid, Mainz, Malvern, Minsk, München, Olomouc, Oslo, Ostrava, Paris, Ponta Delgada, Potsdam, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Praha, Rennes, Reykjavík, Roma, Romainville, Salford, Savosa, Schaarbeek, Sofia, Stockholm, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Tingstäde, Umeå, Utrecht, Växjö, Vantaa, Vanves, Warszawa, Wien, Wijgmaal, Zagreb, Zaragoza and Zürich
The first ballot has been completed. Please find here the top 8 of the category Radio Fiction.
10 The Revenge of a Woman 11 A Point on the Map 16 The Vast Vast Sofa Landscape 19 Made in Norway: For Our Safety and Peace 23 Someone Should Walk The Dog 28 The Brothers Lionheart 31 I Am Kanye West United 32 Oliver: Lagos to London
And have a look at the Jury Group members of the Radio Fiction category. We thank all Jury Members for their hard work.
