The latest series from the ’50 Ways to Kill your Mammy’ star Baz Ashwamy is among the 231 nominations which are to be presented at the festival from October 15th-21st.
The week-long trimedia festival is the biggest professional forum of its kind and celebrates its 30th anniversary with the slogan ‘Changing Europe!’. It also draws attention to contemporary and effective ways of coverage and the mission of the media in the European crisis.
Other Irish nominations are RTÉ Radio 1 productions ‘An Open Verdict’, ‘The Case That Never Was’, and ‘Junior Cycle Initiative’. RTÉ lyric fm’s Thunderstruck’ and RTEjr Radio are also nominatd alongside Henchman Productions’ ‘William Melville: Eve of War’ and Grey Heron Media’s ‘Limerick In Tune.’
Patricia Schlesinger is the new Director General of Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (rbb) and thereby also hosting Prix Europa. She states:
“As a meeting place for European media makers PRIX EUROPA offers a unique platform for professional debates. The themes this year are obvious: What does responsible journalistic action look like these days? When are the media observers, when do they become players? How do we deal with the loss of credibility, the new technologies and the loss of young audiences? At PRIX EUROPA we have the chance to look at all facets of these themes; this I am very much looking forward to.”
Vist www.prixeuropa for a full list of nominees
Visit www.rte.ie to learn more about ‘Baz: The Lost Muslim’
