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3 unusual facts about Prix Europa


Oliver Hirschbiegel

2009 Prix Europa Special Commendation - TV Fiction "Five Minutes of Heaven"

Prix Europa

The festival takes place in the third week of October in Berlin and Potsdam and is hosted by the German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Set up in 1987 by the Council of Europe and the European Cultural Foundation it now has the backing of around 25 partners, including institutions like the European Parliament, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Alliance for Television and Culture and national broadcasters like Radio France, YLE Finnish Broadcasting, Telewizja Polska, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen or Österreichischer Rundfunk.



see also

Jackie and Daw

The documentary won First Prize at the Prix Europa Radio and TV Awards in October 2000 for the radio version, entitled Nestwatch 2000, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1's Mooney Goes Wild.