TV Masterpieces Awarded at the VENICE TV AWARD 2018

Two Weeks after the Venice Film Festival, international Jurors met in Venice for the first VENICE TV AWARD, supported by IMZ (International Music + Media Centre), egta and ACT (Association of Commercial TV). Celebrating the masterpieces of TV.

Outstanding works were rewarded from United Kingdom, Germany, India, France, USA, Singapore, Sweden, Italy, Ireland, Czech Republic, Spain, Austria, Lithuania, New Zealand, Croatia, Taiwan, Australia, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa.

The leading countries were United Kingdom and Germany, each with 2 Gold Trophies. United Kingdom won in Documentary with Mosul (Channel4/Mongoose Production) and in Light Entertainment - Cruising with Jane McDonald (Channel 5). German Winners were 4Blocks in TV Series (TNT Series) and Generation 44 in Best TV Movie Generation 44 (ARD) produced by Zieglerfilm. 

The jury evaluated programmes from around the world in the categories Performing Arts, Documentary, Light Entertainment, Program Promotion, Branded Entertainment, Sport, Children/Youth, Comedy, Reality TV, Technical High Quality, Cross-Platform, New Talent, TV Series, TV Film.

The award is seen as a statement that the TV Industry remains active and successful in today’s social media based society. In a changing Media-Landscape TV still very creative and a cornerstone of peoples lives and democracy.

Among the jurors Malin Häger, TV 4 Sweden, President of egta; Nicola Caligiore, Rai, Vice-Chairman of the TV Committee, European Broadcasting Union; Anke Greifeneder, Director Original Productions, Turner CEE;  Rohit Gupta, President, Sony Pictures Network India; André Takada, Vice President Creative Services Fox Network; Igor Tavares, Producer TV Globo Brazil; Barbara Aparo, Art Director, Fashion TV; Ute Biernat, CEO UFA Germany Show and Factual; Sapangeet Rajwant Senior Vice President, Viacom18 Media; Lothaire Burg, Creative Director, ARTE; Nayo Titzin, Producer, Director, Artistic Director, Master of Art Film Festival.

List of Gold Winners

DOCUMENTARY

Mosul - FRONTLINE, PBS, Channel 4, United States/United Kingdom - Production: Mongoose Pictures

PERFORMING ARTS

Carmen - France Televisions, France - Production: Wahoo Production

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

Cruising with Jane McDonald, Channel 5, United Kingdom - Production: Elephant House Studios

CHILDREN/YOUTH

ZombieLars - NRK Super, Norway - Production: Tordenfilm

REALITY TV

Employable Me - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia - Production: Northern Pictures

CROSS-PLATFORM

Bigg Boss 11 – Colors, India - Production: Viacom18 Media

BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT

Route Awakening Season3 - National Geographic Asia, Singapore - Production: Sitting In Pictures

SPORT

Rainbow Warriors - SVT Sweden

PROGRAM PROMOTION

PRIMA Krimi Brand Identity - PRIMA TV, Czech Republic - Production: Department for TV PRIMA

TECHNICAL HIGH QUALITY

TV’s AR tactical analysis of FIFA World Cup 2018 - Nova TV, Croatia

COMEDY

De Luizenmoeder - AVROTROS / NPO3, Netherlands - Production: Bing Film & TV BV

BEST SERIES

4 Blocks - TNT Serie, Germany - Production: Wiedemann & Berg

BEST TV MOVIE

Summer of ’44 – The Lost Generation - ARD, Germany - Production: Zieglerfilm Baden Baden

BEST TALENT

Wave - Ireland  - Production: Assembly

Please visit the website venicetvaward.com for the full list of winners.