CIVIS Media Prize 2017 – 13 Programmes Honored in Berlin

– Thirteen European radio, film, television and internet programmes were awarded on Thursday evening (June 1) in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin with the renowned CIVIS Media Prize for Migration, Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. All together 783 programmes from 24 EU member states and Switzerland participated in the 2017 competition.

The gala award ceremony and TV gala will be broadcast on ARD/Das Erste (First German Television) and on numerous European television programmes (see broadcast dates).

The German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, and the German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel are patrons of the CIVIS Media Prize 2017.

Awards 2017

The CIVIS Media Prize 2017 awarded prizes to programmes of ARD, BR, Deutschlandradio, France Te’le’visions, HR, MDR, NDR, RAI 3, SRF, WDR and the Hamburg Media School. The awards are endowed with prize money.

Already known were the award winners of the >European Young CIVIS Media PrizeCIVIS Special Prize “Football and Integration”

Prominent guests at the CIVIS TVGala

The Integration Commissioner of the German Federal Government, Minister of State Aydan Ozoguz, and the German Federal Government’s Human Rights Officer, Barbel Kofler, took part in the gala award ceremony in the Federal Foreign Office.

Along with them were the ARD Chairwoman and MDR Director-General Karola Wille, WDR Director-General Tom Buhrow, SRG Director-General Roger de Weck, Director-General of Deutschlandradio Willi Steul, the CEO of the Freudenberg Group Mohsen Sohi, Minu Barati Fischer from the German Producers Alliance, BR Radio Director Martin Wagner, WDR Television Director Jorg Schonenborn, WDR Radio Director Valerie Weber, WDR Administrative Director Katrin Vernau, Head of the Research Cooperation of NDR, WDR, SZ Georg Mascolo, DFB Vice President Eugen Gehlenborg, DFB Media Director Ralf Kottker. Also attending were the TV presenters Ingo Zamperoni (ARD), Frank Elstner (ARD), Anja Reschke (NDR), Dunja Hayali (ZDF), Siham El-Maimouni (WDR), Cherno Jobatey (ZDF), the crime scene (Tatort) police inspectors Harald Krassnitzer (ORF) and Miroslav Nemec (BR), film director Buket Alakus, Michael Loeb (WDR mediagroup), Michael Radix (CIVIS Media Foundation), among others.

The winners (overview)

The European >CIVIS Television Prize in the magazine segment

The European >CIVIS Television Prize in the information segment (non-fictional)

The European >CIVIS Television Prize in the entertainment segment (fictional)

The European >CIVIS Radio Prize in the long programme segment (starting from six minutes)

The European >CIVIS Radio Prize in the short programmes segment (up to six minutes)

The European >CIVIS Special Prize in the “Football and Integration” segment

The European >CIVIS Online Media Prize in the web offers segment

The European >CIVIS Online Media Prize in the web videos segment

The >European Young CIVIS Media Prize

The CIVIS Media Prize has been awarded for 30 years now for programme achievements in radio, film, and television, and on the Internet since 2010, which promote the peaceful coexistence in the European immigration society.

Jury assessments for downloading:https://www.civismedia.eu/downloads/2017_CIVIS_Jurybegruendungen_englisch.pdf

Broadcast dates:

June 2, 2017 ARD/Das Erste, 0:50 a.m. – 2:05 a.m.

June 1, 2017 ORF III Television, 11:30 p.m. – 0:45 a.m.

June 2, 2017 tagesschau24, 11:30 p.m. – 0:45 a.m.

June 2, 2017 WDR Television, 8:20 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

June 11, 2017 3sat, 10:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

ARD Radio and Deutsche Welle TVgive up-to-date reports.

Press contact: CIVIS Media Foundation for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe Michael Radix Tel.: +49-(0)221-2775870[email protected] | http://www.civismedia.eu

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