Cologne – The winners of the 2020 CIVIS European Media Awards for Cultural Integration and Diversity have been announced. The €15,000 political prize, CIVIS TOP AWARD, belongs to director and screenwriter Arkadij Khaet for the film “Masel Tov Cocktail” produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR and ARTE. 29-year-old Khaet received the CIVIS Media Award in the YOUNG C category. His film is about a Jewish boy’s search for identity in Germany.
The award in the Video/Information category went to Anna Tillack for “Die Bettler aus der Walachei” (Walachian Beggar, BR/ARTE). “Classe Unique” by Christel Gonnard and Pauline Rocafull topped the Video/Entertainment category (France Télévisions, France 3). The CIVIS SOUND AWARD in the long program category went to Franziska Dorau for “Der Tod des Soumayla Sacko” (Death of Soumayla Sacko, ORF). Peter Voegeli won in the short program category with “Zittau – mitten in Europa aber nicht mitten in der EU” (Zittau, in the middle of Europe but not at the heart of the EU, SRF). Director Caroline Link and producer Jochen Laube win the CIVIS CINEMA AWARD for the film “Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl” (When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit). Presenter Jaafar Abdul Karim is specially mentioned for “JaafarTalk” (Deutsche Welle).
Europe’s most important media awards for cultural integration and diversity will take place in the form of a new television format. WDR and the CIVIS Media Foundation will stream the ceremony online from 2:00 p.m. ET on Friday, October 2, 2020. The program will be available at ARD Mediathek from Saturday, October 3; ARD will broadcast the awards ceremony at 11:35 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, followed by the award-winning film “Masel Tov Cocktail.”
Aminata Belli will preside over the ceremony. The awards will be presented by actors Iris Berben and Lena Klenke, presenter Sandra Maischberger, rapper MoTrip, professional soccer player Neven Subotic and comedian Tedros Teclebrhan. Their speeches will be included in the program by video link. The same applies to the contributions of the partners of the CIVIS Media Awards: Tom Buhrow, Chairman of the CIVIS Board of Directors, President of ARD and General Manager of WDR; Andreas Freudenberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Freudenberg Foundation; Annette Widmann-Mauz, Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration; General Managers Peter Limbourg (Deutsche Welle) and Stefan Raue (Deutschlandradio), General Managers Alexander Wrabetz, (ORF) and Gilles Marchand (SRG SSR), as well as Minu Barati-Fischer (Produzentenallianz).
More than 900 programs from 22 EU countries and Switzerland have been competed for the CIVIS Media Prize. CIVIS is Europe’s most important media award for cultural integration and diversity. It has been awarded in different categories since 1988. CIVIS TOP AWARDS introduced this year. The sponsor of the CIVIS Media Awards 2020 is David-Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament.
CIVIS Europe Awards 2020 – in categories:
CIVIS VIDEO AWARDS:
INFORMATION – Arte Re: Die Bettler aus der Walachei – Bedürftige oder organsierte Bande | Anna Tillack (Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE)
ENTERTAIN – Unique Classe (New arrival) | Christel Gonnard, Pauline Rocafull (France Televisions, France 3)
CIVIS SOUND AWARDS:
SHORT PROGRAM – Rendez-vous: Zittau – mitten in Europa aber nicht mitten in der EU | Peter Voegeli (SRF)
LONG PROGRAMS – Hörbilder: Der Tod des Soumayla Sacko | Franziska Sophie Dorau (Österreichischer Rundfunk)
CHILD C. AWARDS:
Masel Tov Cocktail | Arkadij Khaet (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR / ARTE)
CIVIS CINEMA AWARDS:
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl | Caroline Link, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Clementina Hegewisch (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Next Film Filmproduktion)
CIVIS TOP AWARDS:
Masel Tov Cocktail | Arkadij Khaet (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, SWR / ARTE)
Special mention:
JaafarTalk: Sind Flüchtlinge und Migranten in Deutschland integral? | Jaafar Abdul Karim (Deutsche Welle)
Broadcast date:
https://www.civismedia.eu/en/media-prize/dates-of-broadcast
Press information and photo materials:
https://www.civismedia.eu/en/media-foundation/press
Click contact:
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