Patricia Schlesinger, Director General of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg opens the virtual competition week with a video message to her media colleagues all over Europe.
Babylonian babble of voices should have resounded from Sunday in the state capital Potsdam: Media professionals from all over Europe had planned to gather there for a week to discuss, watch films, listen to the radio and experience digital media. Due to the Corona Pandemic, things have now changed: PRIX EUROPA, Europe’s most important media festival is taking place this year under the motto ‘vote@home’. 269 Jury Members are viewing the programmes online and are voting individually from home. The 262 nominations from 28 countries are divided into nine categories. The top ranged productions in each category will be discussed during the upcoming week in video conferences and the Jury Members will decide in a second ballot who the winners of this year’s competition are.
On Tuesday 27 October at noon (CET) the winners of the ‘Best European Programme of the Year 2020’ will be announced here.