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Over 10,000 Euros in Prizes for third International Video Journalist Award

'waiting for godot' by burks berlin on flickr Entries are now being invited for the third annual International  Video Journalist award, which takes places in Berlin in October this year. Prizes range from 500 to 1500 Euros for a range of awards, including Independent Video, TV Production, Reportage and a Newcommer award.

The 3rd international video journalism award is to be held in Berlin from the 27th to the 29th of
October, 2006. In public screenings and discussions, video reporters and journalists, documentary
filmmakers, programme managers, print journalists and television executives from around the world will examine the current state of development of video journalism and sound out the specific
 programming opportunities offered to video reporters and journalists.  

The organisers say: 

We are looking for videos that experiment with the new production methods and excel through an
original journalistic and cinematic narrative form and content. The video makers’ experimental drive
will figure prominently in this appraisal. The videos entered must not exceed a total running time of
15 minutes. Exception is the award for the feature report in the German language. These must also
have been produced by one or more video journalists/reporters.

Smaller cameras allow greater freedom of movement that can often lead to new insights and perspectives.
Furthermore, non-linear editing technology has grown more stable and versatile, so that raw material
gathered by the video makers themselves may be manipulated in more spontaneous, playful and experi-
mental ways. This results in video productions that influence and help to advance television journalism.

We seek video documentaries – authentically rendered stories that win their audiences through their
particular intensity, contemporary treatment and a unique approach by the maker. They should be
able to measure up to time-honored quality criteria of form and content, yet at the same time, further
develop limits of conventional television. Recognition will go to videos that experiment with the new
production methods and excel through a journalistic and cinematic narrative form all their own. The
video makers’ experimental drive will figure prominently. 

The available awards

ONLINE AND AUDIENCE PRIZE (500 €)

Video journalism is one aspect of a global movement. In view of this fact, all entered videos that fulfill the eligibility requirements and are released by their makers are to be put online under www.videomission.com and made available for viewing by all those interested in video production. A specially developed open online voting system will allow the users to cast votes for their favorite entries.

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

TV production – broadcast reports (1500 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, and which has already been broadcast.

independent video (1500 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

DEUTSCHER VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

TV production – broadcast reports (1500 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters and which has been aired by a German-language television channel (please indicate the station and broadcast date). All genres.

independent video (1500 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

Reportage (2500 €)
A feature report in the German language with a minimum duration of 15 minutes and a maximum duration of 29 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

NEWCOMER VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD (1000 €)

A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters. The applicants must be under 28 years of age or currently enrolled in an institution of higher education. Those productions will be considered for awards whose appeal lies in a unique style of content or cinematography and indicate a great potential for the applicant.

SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY (500 €)

The jury will award a special prize for an extraordinarily innovative video production.

 

The award presentation will take place on the 28th of October, 2006 and is supported by: Deutsche Welle | DW-TV, Hessischer Rundfunk (hr), videomission,  Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR),  Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (mdr), Radio Bremen (RB), ZFP (Hanover), Thüringer Staatskanzlei,  Panasonic and Ambient Recording.

Further details and application forms can be found at www.videoreporter.org