CIVIS Media Prize for Integration

COLOGNE, Germany, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

20 radio and TV programmes nominated for presentation of prizes

The CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe will be presented on May 16, 2013 by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. 20 radio and TV Programmes have been nominated for the presentation of prizes of the renowned European media prize. 639 programme contributions from 22 countries in the European Union and Switzerland entered the 2013 competition. An impressive result!

Five nominations for WDR productions

Five nominations go to Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). There are three nominations for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Two nominations each go to Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). One nomination each goes to British Broadcasting Coporaion (BBC), Telewizja Polska (TVP), the German-French cultural channel ARTE, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Schweizer Rundfunk und Fernsehen (SRF) and SAT.1.

Europe's most important media prize for integration is awarded as a European and German television prize in seven categories, as well as a European radio prize for German language programmes. With the "Young CIVIS Media Prize" there is also an European sponsorship prize, as well as, since 2010, an additional award for journalistic web platforms on the theme of integration and cultural diversity.

New - Magazine Prize for short TV programmes

In the European Television category, a new prize for magazines and short programmes up to 10 minutes will be awarded for the first time in 2013.  Topical short reports, in particular, are able to adress audiences of millions.

European CIVIS Online Media Prize - Prize-winner is  >http://www.raputation-casting.tv<

The European CIVIS Online Media Prize has already been presented at the ARD-Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin on April 17, 2013. The prize-winner is the multimedia political Rap-Castingshow of  UFA Film & TV Produktion: RAPutation. The web presentation is sponsored by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg. The young website for social networking without Nazis >no-nazi.net< and the online service on immigration society >mediendienst-integration.de< were also nominated.

European Young CIVIS Media Prize - Prize-winner is >bear me<

The jury has already made its decision on the winner of the European sponsorship prize. The >Young CIVIS Media Prize< goes to the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for the animated shortfilm >bear me< .

Honourable task - Sandra Maischberger as presenter

The official ceremony of the CIVIS Media Prize on May 16, will be presented by the ARD presenter Sandra Maischberger. The prizes will be handed over by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, the Federal German Government's Commissioner for Integration, Minister of State Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer, the ARD Chairman and Director-General of Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Lutz Marmor, the Deputy Director-General of Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Dr. Eva-Maria Michel, the Director-General of Deutschlandradio, Dr. Willi Steul, the Director-General of Deutsche Welle, Erik Bettermann, and the journalist of sience Ranga Yogeshwar.

CIVIS Partners in Europe

The CIVIS Media Prize is organized by the Association of Public Broadcasting Corporations of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD), represented by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, together with the Freudenberg Foundation. Österreichischer Rundfunk, the Swiss SRG SSR, Deutsche Welle, Slovenian Radio and Television, Deutschlandradio, the German-French culture channel ARTE, 3sat, Phoenix and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are media partners.

The German Savings Banks Association (DSGV), the European Parliament, the Commissioner of the German Federal Government for Migration, Refugees and Integration, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the WDR mediagroup, the Bavaria Film and Bavaria TV production are cooperation partners. The European CIVIS Media Prize is organized by the CIVIS Media Foundation for Integration and Cultural Diversity.

A summary of the nominated contributions:

EUROPEAN CIVIS TV PRIZE 2013

Magazines - short programmes up to 10 minutes

Fakt: NSU victims | MDR - Report

Authors: Inga Klees, Marcus Weller

Editor: Jörg Wildermuth

Panorama 3: Foreigners out! Smear Campaign against home for refugees | NDR - Report

Authors: Anna Orth, Anne Ruprecht, Djamila Benkhelouf

Editors: Maike Rudolph, Jochen Becker

EUROPEAN CIVIS TV PRIZE 2013

Information (non-fiction)

Seeking Refuge |BBC (GB) - Animation

Author: Andy Glynne

Editor: Andy Glynne

Kreuz und quer: God and native country - Muslims in the armed services | ORF (A) - Report

Author: Georg Misch

Editor: Helmut Tatzreiter

die story: Cemetery of the illegal| WDR - Documentary

Author: Andreas Morell

Editor: Norbert Hahn

EUROPEAN CIVIS TV PRIZE 2013

Entertainment (fiction)

Shameless | TVP (PL) - Television film

Author: Grzegorz Loszewski

Editor: Carmen Szwec

Director: Filip Marczewski

Operation Sugar | BR/ ARD Degeto/ WDR - Television film

Authors: Philip Koch, Dr. Gabriela Sperl, Rolf Basedow

Editors: Dr. Stephanie Heckner, Bettina Reitz, Birgit Titze, Michael André

Director: Rainer Kaufmann

GERMAN CIVIS TV PRIZE 2013

Information (non-fiction)

Exclusiv im Ersten: Four weeks of asylum - a personal trail with the right to return | rbb - Report

Authors: Caroline Walter, Bertram von Boxberg, Chris Humbs

Editor: Reinhard Borgmann

Panorama: From baby of the family to terrorist | NDR - Documentary

Author: John Goetz, Djamila Benkhelouf, Anke Hunold, Anna Orth

Editors: Dietmar Schiffermüller, Volker Steinhoff, Britta von der Heide, Stephan Wels

ARTE Themenabend: The terror trio - why the authorities failed | MDR/ ARTE -

Documentary

Authors: Inga Klees, Marcus Weller

Editors: Jörg Wildermuth, Burkhard Kunst

Cosmo TV: Growing old with dignity, the foreign worker generation in care | WDR - Report

Author: Nicole Rosenbach

Editor: Nicole Husmann-Ripperda

GERMAN CIVIS TV PRIZE 2013

Entertainment (fiction)

Danni Lowinski - Gypsy Boy | SAT.1 - Series

Author: Marc Terjung

Editors: Thomas Biehl, Solveig Willkommen

Director: Richard Huber

The scene of the crime cleaner: Schotty's battle | NDR - Series

Author: Mizzi Meyer

Editor: Dr. Bernhard Gleim, Adrian Meiling

Director: Arne Feldhusen

EUROPEAN CIVIS RADIO PRIZE 2013

Short programmes

Echo der Zeit: Meschugge Party - Jewish Life in in Berlin | SRF 1 (CH) - Report

Author: Casper Selg

Editor: Judith Huber

Cosmo: My neighbour-the unkown creature | WDR Funkhaus Europa - Series

Folge 3: Dragos nice blonde

Author: Slavica Vlahovic

Editors: Maria Consiglia Squillante, Uwe Meyer

Radiofritzen am Morgen: Kiezdeutsch - | rbb Radio Fritz - Reportage

Bad German or new youth dialect?

Author: Marwa Eldessouky

Editor: Mandy Haberland

EUROPEAN CIVIS RADIO PRIZE 2013

Long programmes

Threatend, pursued, hunted - Christians in the Middle East | SWR 2 Wissen - Feature

Author: Martin Durm

Editor: Udo Zindel

Director: Maidon Bader

Journalpanorama: "Special institution" Saualm. Jörg Haider's Bequest | ORF/Ö1 (A) - Report

Author: Cornelia Krebs

Editor: Cornelia Krebs

Privat Radio: Farid Vatanparast and his liking for " Liebesstützen" | WDR 5 - Feature

Authors: Andrea Kath, Martina Meißner

Editor: Thomas Nachtigall

Director: Matthias Kapohl

EUROPEAN YOUNG CIVIS MEDIA PRIZE 2013

bear me | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg - animated Filmlet

Authors: Kasia Wilk, Anna Matacz

Examination board: Marianne Gassner, Thomas Hägele

Prize-winners and nominees:

EUROPEAN CIVIS ONLINE PRIZE 2013

>raputation-casting.tv< | UFA Film & TV Produktion

Authorized representatives: Anna Mauersberger, Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer

>no-nazi.net< | Amadeu Antonio Stiftung

Authorized representatives: Anna Groß, Simone Rafael, Anetta Kahane

>mediendienst-integration< | Rat für Migration

Authorized representatives: Ferda Ataman, Prof. Dr. Marianne Krüger-Potratz

A detailed description of the nominated programmes can be found at:

http://www.civismedia.eu

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