What makes PRIX EUROPA special is that adjudication is in the hands of open jury groups instead of traditional juries.
At PRIX EUROPA the judging is open to all festival delegates who undertake to jointly view all the programmes in one of the categories, discuss them in public, and then assess them using a points system.
Each television organisation and independent producer - irrespectively of having entered a programme in the competition - may send two delegates to serve in each jury group.
In addition, an unlimited number of observers may participate in all sessions of the jury groups. Observers may take part in the discussions, but not in the selection of the prize winners.
The competition in the three media Television, Radio and Emerging Media will be held in nine categories, running parallel to each other, each with its own responsible jury group.
The 13 PRIX EUROPA Awards of the Year 2009:
• PRIX EUROPA*
Best Television Fiction Programme of the Year 2009
• SPECIAL PRIX EUROPA*
Best Episode of aTelevision Fiction Series or Serial of the Year 2009
Donated by YLE Finnish Broadcasting
• PRIX EUROPA*
Best Television Documentary Programme of the Year 2009
Donated by the European Commission (Directorate General of Communication)
• SPECIAL PRIX EUROPA*
Best Regional, Local or Low-Budget Television Documentary of the Year 2009
Donated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of
Europe
• PRIX EUROPA*
Best Television Current Affairs Programme of the Year 2009
Donated by the Directorate of Communication of the Council of Europe
• PRIX EUROPA TV IRIS*
Best Multicultural Television Programme of the Year 2009
Donated by the Nederlandse Programma Stichting
• PRIX EUROPA
Languages through Lenses
Donated by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European
Commission
• PRIX EUROPA*
Best European Radio Documentary of the Year 2009
Donated by the European Commission (Directorate General of Communication)
• SPECIAL PRIX EUROPA*
Radio Documentary
Donated by Radio Österreich 1
• PRIX EUROPA*
Best European Radio Drama of the Year 2009
Donated by Radio France
• SPECIAL PRIX EUROPA*
Best Episode of a Radio Drama Series or Serial of the Year 2009
Donated by NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting
• PRIX EUROPA EXPLORATION*
Best European Emerging Media Project of the Year 2009
Donated by the European Commission (Directorate General of Communication)
• PRIX GENÈVE-EUROPE*
Best Television Fiction Script of the Year 2009 by a Newcomer
Donated by the European Alliance for Television and Culture
Prize Money and Trophy
Each prize marked * is worth €6,000 to the winner.
The prize money in all categories will be paid by the organisers to the persons named by the entering organisations.
In addition, the PRIX EUROPA TROPHY will be handed over to the representative of each winning entry at the PRIX EUROPA 2009 Awards Ceremony.
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