Abstract
The Prix Europa competition was founded in 1987, and it is the largest European competitive festival of media production. Today, Prix Europa has become one of the most influential European competitions focusing on media production (radio, television, digital media) with the aim of promoting good quality broadcasting. It gives creators the opportunity to gather and watch, listen, and discuss selected programmes from all over Europe. Each participant can also become a judge and has a voice in a decision as to who receives the prestigious festival award, which contributes to the community nature of the event. Due to a fully transparent evaluation of all categories, everyone can learn something new.
This chapter deals with the history of the event and brings a description of its competitive aspect. The author of the book addresses also a competition Prix Futura, which merged with Prix Europa in 1997. This approach is rather unique as there are not many accessible information about Prix Futura, even though it was an important event in the history of European radio competitions. Reková compares Prix Europa with the IFC, too.
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A European Capital of Culture is a city selected by the European Union for a calendar year. This city subsequently organises many cultural events and happenings to honour the title.
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Before 1996, Prix Europa took place in the following cities: 1987 in Amsterdam, 1988 in Berlin, 1989 in Strasbourg, 1990 in Barcelona, 1991 in ReykjavĂk, 1992 in Berlin, 1993 in Porto, 1994 in Berlin, 1995 in Marseille (PRIX EUROPA, © 2020).
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Jan Maxa (*1964, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech producer and, from 2012, the director of the content development and programme formats. He used to work in IT and consulting in the UK and Sweden.
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“Since we honour the best media productions of the continent: PRIX EUROPA is the festival for the programme makers!” (PRIX EUROPA, © 2018).
Works Cited
McLeish, Robert, and Jeff Link. 2016. Radio production. New York: Focal Press. ISBN 9781138819979.
Interviews Conducted via the Method of Oral History
OH Braun. 2017. An interview with Peter Leonhard Braun, April 11 and 12, Prix Europa office, Berlin.
———. 2019. An interview with Peter Leonhard Braun, a phone interview, May 14.
OH Grissell. 2019. An interview with Laurence Grissell, October 8, Prix Europa, Berlin.
OH Sandell. 2018. An interview with Neil Sandell, October 17, Prix Europa, Berlin.
OH Zenti. 2018. An interview with Jonathan Zenti, October 6, Third Coast, Chicago.
Festival Brochures
Benkö, Cilla. 2018. Changing Europe – Reflecting all voices! Vol. 4. Berlin.
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Reková, T. (2024). Prix Europa. In: European Radio Documentary. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57185-5_9
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