Press conference in the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Berlin and Potsdam, 6 October 1996
The competition’s role as a bridge builder between East and West has become of increasing importance and its prizes have become stamps of quality that have often given TV films from small countries their only opportunity to cross national frontiers.
The 10th anniversary of the competition sees a record of entries: 318 tv programmes from 34 countries. Public viewings and discussions in both cities are part of the official progamme. Four juries made up of tv directors, authors, producers, distributors, commissioning editors and journalists selected the 8 prize winners. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands handed over the award to the very young team of a very successful German youth magazine – „Moskito“.
Chopsticks
PRIX EUROPA
Television Programme of the Year 1996 – TV Fiction:
"Chopsticks "
Netherlands, Bergen/ NPS (production)
by Hans de Wolf (author) and Ron Termaat (director)
PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL – TV Fiction:
Donated by the European Parliament.
"Bolsche Vita"
Hungary, MIT- Studio/ István Dárday, Budapest in cooperation with ZDF, Das kleine Fernsehspiel/ H. Kutnewsky (production)
by Ibolya Fekete (author and director)
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS – TV Fiction:
"Vaska Easoff" (Hagyjállógva Vázka)
Hungary, Jalán Árvai/ Péter Barbalies/ László Sipos (production)
by László Bratka (author) and Peéter Gothár (author and director)
"30 Minutes - Born In The Wrong Body" (30 Minuten - Geboren in een verkeerd Liemann)
Netherlands, VPRO/ Evelien Jansen (production)
by Arjan Ederveen (author) and Pieter Kramer (director)
"A Life of Her Own" (Sa vie à elle)
France, Vertigo Productions/ La Sept. Arte (production)
by Zaïda Ghorab, Jean François Goyet (authors), Romain Goupil (author and director)
Death by Design
PRIX EUROPA
Television Programme of the Year 1996 – TV Non-Fiction:
"Death By Design" (Une mort programmée)
France, Les Films du Bouc/ Strange Attractions (production)
by Jean-François Brunet and Peter Friedman (authors and directors)
From the Lives of Elves
PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL – TV Non-Fiction:
Donated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe of the Council of Europe.
"From the Lives of Elves" (Is elfu gyvenimo)
Lithuania, Lithuanian Radio & TV (production)
by Janina Lapinskaite (author and director)
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS – TV Non-Fiction:
"So Blue, So Calm" (Si bleu, si calme)
France, Les Films d´Ici/ Canal + (production)
by Elaine de Latour (author and director)
"Living Room"
Germany, Karl-Hermann Reith, Geo Fil/ Premiere Medien GmbH (production)
by Nick Waplington (author and director)
"Yes, You Can" (Jo, du kan)
Sweden, Lars Mullback (production)
by Lars Mullback (author and director)
"Bliss" (Autuus/ Blagodat)
Russia/Finland, MV- Studio/ Vitaly Mansi & YLE/ TV 2 (production)
by Victor Belyakov (author) and Vitali Manski (director)
"Why Are You Alive?"
Russia, Iren Lesnevskaya/ Dmitry Lesnevsky (production)
by Oxana Dvornitchenko (author and director)
The Betrayed
PRIX EUROPA
Television Programme of the Year 1996 – Extra Category:
"True Stories: The Betrayed"
United Kingdom, Clive Gordon, October Films (production)
by Clive Gordon (director)
PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL– Extra Category
Donated by the European Comission:
"The Convoy" (Le convoi, une aventure humanitaire)
France, Archipel 33/ La Sept/ Arte (production)
Patrice Chagnard (author and director)
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS – Extra Category:
"Republica Nostra"
France, Denis Freyd, Archipel 33/ La Sept/ Arte/ INA
by Daniele Incalcaterra (author and director) and David Pinardi (director)
"The Old Man in the Cottage" (Gubben i stugan)
Sweden, Björn Arvas, Sveriges Television (production)
by Nina Hedenius (director)
"Cracker III - Brotherly Love"
United Kingdom, Granada TV, Hilary Bevan Jones (production)
by Jimmy McGovern (author) and Roy Battersby (director)
"Our Friends in the North"
United Kingdom, Charles Pattinson, BBC (production)
by Peter Flannery (author), Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James and Stuart Urban (directors)
"Emigration, N.Y. - The Stry of an Expulsion" (Emigration, N.Y. - Die Geschichte einer Vertreibung)
Austria, Prisma Filmproduktion GmbH Vienna (production)
by Egon Humer (author and director)
Princess Margriet
PRIX EUROPA
Television Programme of the Year 1996 – Youth Category:
"Moskito - Shalom"
Germany, Tag Traum Berlin for SFB (production)
by Meyen Wachholz (producer)
PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL – Youth Category:
Donated by the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe:
"Street of Fire" (Vatrene Ulice)
Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (production)
by Adi Sarajlic, Sasa Kaljanac, Sead Alispattic, Zadina Gafic, Jasna Kasalo (authors), Dragan Pejakovic (author and director) plus team and some help of Slavisa Masic
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS – Youth Category:
"The Boy from Mercury"
Ireland/France, Marina Hughes, Mercurian Prod./ Sylvaine Sainderichin, Canal + (production)
by Martin Duffy (author and director)
"Wise up"
United Kingdom, Mick Robertson/ Jan Leventhal (production)
by Julian Kemp (director)
"Mum's Lab Animal" (Mama´s Proefkonÿn)
Netherlands, ID TV/ NPS (production)
by Ger Beukenkamp (author) and Monique van De Ven (director)
"Anke"
Belgium, BRTN - Wim Vanseveren
by Bart de Pauw (author) and Luc Coghe (director)
"Crossed Lines: 7. Seduction" (Buiten de zone - 7. Verleiding)
Belgium, BRTN- Wim Vanserveren
by Bart de Pauw (author) and Luc Coghe (director)
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