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Prix CIRCOM 2022
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The Best Regional TV Programmes and Skills
Winners of the 2022 awards for the finest content and skills in European regional television broadcasting and media delivery, were announced on April 13 2022. The outstanding performance this year is by NRK (Norway) which won four of the 11 categories.
The judges, face-to-face for the first time in three annual competitions, met in Sitges, near Barcelona, Spain, from 4-7 April, hosted by CCMA Catalonia. They viewed more than 130 entries from Europe’s public service media organisations covering programme genres and production skills – including, for the first time, a category Digital Multimedia.
The winner of the Grand Prix – The documentary First Do No Harm – The Real France (D'abord ne pa nuire – La France en Vrai) - was announced on May 26th in a gala awards ceremony during CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference in Galway, hosted by TG4 (Ireland).
The full Jury Report detailing comments from the judges on all of the entries and the Co-Presidents' Report on the competition can be found HERE.
The list of category winners and commended is:
DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
sponsor ORF Austria
Winner:
Jennifer Stript (Jennifer Stript), Omrop Fryslân, Netherlands
Commended:
There's no Good Way to Say Goodbye in Wartime (A háborúban nincs jó búcsú), TVR Timisoara, Romania
DOCUMENTARY
sponsor RTÉ Ireland
Winner:
First Do No Harm (The real France) - (D’abord ne pas nuire (La France en vrai), France 3 Grand Est, France
Commended:
Doctor (Doktor), TVP3 Bialystok, Poland
ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors TPA Asturias-TVG Galicia
Winner
Teddy Bear Doctor (Bamselegen), NRK Trøndelag, Norway
Commended
3 Caminos (3 Camiños), TVG, Spain
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
sponsor Council of Europe
Winner
The Misoperated (De feilopererte), NRK Sørlandet, Norway
Commended
Here and Now (Aquí y Ahora), Euskal Telebista, Spain
MINORITIES IN SOCIETY
sponsor France Télévisions
Winner
We Are England: Farming On The Spectrum, BBC England (London hub), United Kingdom
Commended
Starting Point (Abiapuntua), Euskal Telebista, Spain
MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
sponsor NRK Norway
Winner
Don`t Do This To The Climate! (Ikke gjør dette mot klimaet!), NRK Trøndelag, Norway
Commended
Antibodies (Anticossos), CCMA, Spain
MUSIC AND ARTS
sponsor TG4 Ireland
Winner
The Skin Of The Walls (La pell dels murs), CCMA, Spain
Commended
Dancing With Tomke (Dûnsje mei Tomke), Omrop Fryslân, Netherlands
NEWS PROGRAMME
sponsor RPO The Netherlands
Winner
BBC Newsline Ballymurphy Special, BBC Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Commended
Start of Election Period (Vaalistartti), Yle, Finland
NEWS REPORT
sponsor SVT Sweden
Winner
The Case Of Morris (Morris-saken), NRK Nordland, Norway
Commended
Life On The Front Line (Животът до фронтовата линия), BNT, Bulgaria
VIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK
Winner
Darko Bulatović, RTV Crne Gore, Montenegro
Commended
Magnus Brenna-Lund, NRK Østfold, Norway
YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT
sponsor TVR Romania
Winner
Noelia Rey, TVG, Spain
There is no Commended in this category
Winning stations receive a trophy, 1000 euros and travel to and accommodation at the awards ceremony. The Grand Prix winner receives a further 2000 euros in cash and another trophy.
Mojca Recek, Co-President of the Prix CIRCOM and Chair of the juries, said:
“It has been an honour to be a Chair of the juries. Such a pleasure to be back to a face-to-face gathering! The Prix CIRCOM sets a benchmark standard of excellence to which all producers, all directors and all stations can and should aspire. All regional stations, even smaller with fewer resources, should feel more confident to enter the competition.”
David Lowen, Co-President of the Prix CIRCOM and Chair of the juries, said:
“Once again, we have clear evidence of the quality and range of public service media, exemplified by the outstanding performance of NRK: congratulations. We thank our hosts, TV Catalonia (CCMA). We thank the judges for their hard work and decisions. We thank the CIRCOM support team for its management of the event and, especially, Mojca Recek, for leading the juries so effectively in her new role.”
Fernando Ojea, Secretary General of CIRCOM Regional, said:
“The President of CIRCOM Regional Jean-Marc Dubois and I visited the judges’ gathering in Sitgès to praise that the CIRCOM in-person activity is back and to appreciate the CCMA-Catalonia unwavering hospitality. The work of Mojca, the Judges and the Secretariat proved excellent. Through them we know now this list of superb productions and professionals that we are proud to award as the best in Europe“.
Jordi Fortuny Batalla, host of the judging, said:
“It has been very positive that the jury meeting of the Prix CIRCOM has finally been held in Sitges, Catalonia, more than two years after it was planned. It is a sign of returning to normality. It is good news that the Prix CIRCOM managed to overcome challenges the pandemics posed. A meeting like this is valuable and enriching both for the participants and for all CIRCOM public broadcasters because they allow you to see how everyone copes with changes.”
The Judges in 2022 were:
Erica Stenback (SVT Nyheter Dalarna, Sweden), Roisin Ni Thuarisg (TG4, Ireland), Sybren Terpstra (Omrop Fryslân, Netherlands), Françoise Erb (FTV, France), Montse Armengou Martin (CCMA, Spain), Cathrine Gaukerud (NRK, Norway), Klaus Unterberger (ORF, Austria), Dite Dinesz (TVR, Romania), Neil Bennett (BBC, UK), Tania Fernandez Lombao (TVG, Spain), Gordana Škaljac Narančić (HRT, Croatia), Adriano Nazareth (RTP, Portugal), Daniele Guido Gessa (RAI, Italy), Piotr Socha (TVP, Poland), Joe Reddington (RTE, Ireland), Guillaume Kuster (CIRCOM Regional).
List of information you need to provide when entering Prix 2022
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List of information you need to provide when entering Prix 2022, depending on the category
For categories:
Documentary, Entertainment and Drama, Investigative Journalism, Minorities in Society, Most Original and Innovative, Music and Arts, News Programme, News Report
Applying person*:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Contact for entry*:
Name:
Telephone:
mobile:
E-mail:
Who collects the trophy**:
Original title:
Title in English:
Director:
Producer:
Date of first transmission: (must be between between 20/03/2021 and 11/03/2022)
Running time: (please provide complete running time, it is necessary to plan the time for judging)
TV channel:
* the "Applying person" and "Contact for entry" can (but don't have to) be the same
** „Who collects the trophy“ is the person who will, in case of winning a prize, be at the prize giving ceremony. Please make sure you have al the permissions you need from your broadcaster and from your national coordinator. In the case of any dispute over the right to enter, the CIRCOM co-ordinator's view will be taken into account.
For category Digital Multimedia
Applying person*:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Contact for entry*:
Name:
Telephone:
mobile:
E-mail:
Who collects the trophy**:
Original title:
Title in English:
Date when the entry was published for the first time (must be between 20/03/2021 and 11/03/2022)
* the "Applying person" and "Contact for entry" can (but don't have to) be the same
** „Who collects the trophy“ is the person who will, in case of winning a prize, be at the prize giving ceremony. Please make sure you have al the permissions you need from your broadcaster and from your national coordinator. In the case of any dispute over the right to enter, the CIRCOM co-ordinator's view will be taken into account.
For category Video Journalism
Please note: you will fill-in ONE form for one VJ and upload THREE reports made by that VJ under the same ID number (ID number will be emailed to you when you fill-in and submit the form)
Applying person*:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Contact for entry*:
Name:
Telephone:
mobile:
E-mail:
Who collects the trophy**:
Name of the VJ:
Director:
Producer:
Date of first transmission: (must be between between 20/03/2021 and 11/03/2022)
TV channel:
* the "Applying person" and "Contact for entry" can (but don't have to) be the same
** „Who collects the trophy“ is the person who will, in case of winning a prize, be at the prize giving ceremony. Please make sure you have al the permissions you need from your broadcaster and from your national coordinator. In the case of any dispute over the right to enter, the CIRCOM co-ordinator's view will be taken into account.
For category Young Onscreen Talent
Applying person*:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Contact for entry*:
Name:
Telephone:
mobile:
E-mail:
Who collects the trophy**:
Name of the Young Onscreen Talent:
Date of birth:
Station of Employment:
TV channel:
* the "Applying person" and "Contact for entry" can (but don't have to) be the same
** „Who collects the trophy“ is the person who will, in case of winning a prize, be at the prize giving ceremony. Please make sure you have al the permissions you need from your broadcaster and from your national coordinator. In the case of any dispute over the right to enter, the CIRCOM co-ordinator's view will be taken into account.
Video upload instructions
Video files are uploaded via FTP server. Each video, including those in English, must have full subtitling in English sufficient for the judges to be able to understand what is being said.
On FTP server you can also upload additional materials, like images or .doc/.pdf presentations of your programme (please make sure all materials are clearly marked!). FTP credentials you will receive by email when you submit your entry.
Please upload files up to 10GB in size (broadcast quality is NOT needed for judging purposes; 5 Mbps quality is sufficient).
The required video codec is H.264.
VLC Media Player will be used for viewing the videos during judging, so you may want to check your video in VLC player before upload (VLC is a free open source cross-platform multimedia player - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
Please MARK CLEARLY your video file, using your entry's ID, category, station, programme title or VJ/Rising star name in the name of the file - see examples:
ID2022003_documentary_BNT_Tomorrow.mov
ID2022061_video-journalism_BBC_Kevin_Smith.m2p
ID2022112_entertainment_TG4_song.mp4
Prix 2022 - Contacts
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When entering the Prix 2022
Questions about the Rules of Entry only to David Lowen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Questions about or problems relating to the web-based entry form, video delivery, or other technical issues contact Tonja Stojanac at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you are a Winner or Commended
For all information and arrangements on attending the Gala Awards Ceremony and Meet the Winners sessions contact Branka Pražić at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.