CIVIS Media Prize 2020 – honours for 6 programmes, plus one TOP AWARD

Cologne – The winners of the European CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity 2020 have been introduced. The major prize of €15,000, the CIVIS TOP AWARD, goes to the director and screenwriter Arkadij Khaet for his movie “Masel Tov Cocktail”, which was produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR and ARTE. The 29-year-old Khaet had already picked up the CIVIS Media Prize within the YOUNG C. class. His movie offers with a Jewish boy’s search for identification in Germany.

The prize within the Video/Information class goes to Anna Tillack for “Die Bettler aus der Walachei” (Walachian beggars, BR/ARTE). “Classe Unique” by Christel Gonnard and Pauline Rocafull comes prime within the Video/Entertainment class (France Télévisions, France 3). The CIVIS AUDIO AWARD within the class of lengthy programmes goes to Franziska Dorau for “Der Tod des Soumayla Sacko” (The loss of life of Soumayla Sacko, ORF). Peter Voegeli emerges victorious within the quick programmes’ class with “Zittau – mitten in Europa aber nicht mitten in der EU” (Zittau, in the course of Europe however not on the centre of the EU, SRF). Director Caroline Link and producer Jochen Laube win the CIVIS CINEMA AWARD for the movie “Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl” (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit). Presenter Jaafar Abdul Karim receives a particular point out for “JaafarTalk” (Deutsche Welle).

Europe’s most essential media prize for integration and cultural variety will happen as a brand new TV format. WDR and the CIVIS Media Foundation will broadcast the ceremony on-line from 2:00 pm on Friday, 02/10/2020. The programme will likely be obtainable within the ARD Mediathek from Saturday, 03/10; ARD will broadcast the awards ceremony at 11:35 pm on Sunday, 4/10, adopted by the successful movie “Masel Tov Cocktail”.

Aminata Belli will host the ceremony. The awards will likely be offered by the actors Iris Berben and Lena Klenke, the presenter Sandra Maischberger, the rapper MoTrip, the skilled footballer Neven Subotic and the comic Tedros Teclebrhan. Their speeches will likely be included within the programme by video hyperlink. The similar applies to contributions by the CIVIS Media Prize companions: Tom Buhrow, Chairman of the CIVIS Board of Trustees, ARD Chairman and Director General of WDR; Andreas Freudenberg, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Freudenberg Foundation; Annette Widmann-Mauz, Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration; the Directors General Peter Limbourg (Deutsche Welle) and Stefan Raue (Deutschlandradio), the Directors General Alexander Wrabetz, (ORF) and Gilles Marchand (SRG SSR), in addition to Minu Barati-Fischer (Produzentenallianz).

Over 900 programmes from 22 EU states and Switzerland had been entered within the competitors for the CIVIS Media Prize. CIVIS is Europe’s most essential media prize for integration and cultural variety. It has been awarded in several classes since 1988. The CIVIS TOP AWARD was launched this 12 months. The patron of the CIVIS Media Prize 2020 is David-Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament.

European CIVIS awards 2020 – within the classes:

CIVIS VIDEO AWARD:
INFORMATION – Arte Re: Die Bettler aus der Walachei – Bedürftige oder organisierte Bande | Anna Tillack (Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE)

ENTERTAINMENT – Classe distinctive (New comers) | Christel Gonnard, Pauline Rocafull (France Télévisions, France 3)

CIVIS AUDIO AWARD:
SHORT PROGRAMMES – Rendez-vous: Zittau – mitten in Europa aber nicht mitten in der EU | Peter Voegeli (SRF)

LONG PROGRAMMES – Hörbilder: Der Tod des Soumayla Sacko | Franziska Sophie Dorau (Österreichischer Rundfunk)

YOUNG C. AWARD:
Masel Tov Cocktail | Arkadij Khaet (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR/ARTE)

CIVIS CINEMA AWARD:
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl | Caroline Link, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Clementina Hegewisch (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Next Film Filmproduktion)

CIVIS TOP AWARD:
Masel Tov Cocktail | Arkadij Khaet (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR/ARTE)

Special point out:
JaafarDiscuss: Sind Flüchtlinge und Migranten in Deutschland integriert? | Jaafar Abdul Karim (Deutsche Welle)

Broadcast dates:
https://www.civismedia.eu/en/media-prize/dates-of-broadcast