THE PRIX JEUNESSE DAILYS 2006

THE
PRIX JEUNESSE
DAILYS
2006
The PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 05 May
THE PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 06 May
THE PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 07 May
THE PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 08 May
THE PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 09 May
THE PRIX JEUNESSE Daily 10 May
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
05 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
Welcome to the Show. This is the 2006 “Daily”, the PJ Festival newspaper for your
information and entertainment, an agenda setting for what is to come and to expect in
the next 24 hours at 2006 PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL. The “Daily” will take you
along days of excitement and laughter, discussions and screenings, work and play on
our, on your Festival site at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich. So, let’s start off right
away – already so many things to see and do on Festival day 1.
At 9 am Kalle Fürst will give a guided tour around the Festival site: so if you haven’t yet
seen (or want to see again) the screening rooms, pigeon holes, discussion round tables
and the beer + karaoke party zone, just to name a few attractions, then watch out for
our young-at-heart Norwegian Kalle, fully equipped with loudspeaker and maybe even: a
tour guide-umbrella. Meeting point is the Information desk.
And after a full day of screening of the 12-15 category, you can look forward to the
Opening Ceremony at the Bavarian State Chancellery. It is promising to be a festive
evening in the historically and architecturally famous cupula dome of the State
Chancellery. Please consult the Festival kit for directions and your personal invitation.
Last but not least, we would like to introduce ourselves, the 2006 PJ-Team. Some of you
already know Maya and Kirsten, PRIX JEUNESSE’s Head and Festival Organizer. At the
Information desk you will further meet with Anne, Laura, Steven, Kathrin and Lisa. You
can further “meet” all participants on the “Most Wanted” Wall in the foyer opposite to
the Information desk. The idea behind this is simple: on the wall you can learn more
about everyone’s professional and personal backgrounds. It’s your turn to become a
“Most Wanted” and we are hoping for many participants to “hang around” at the wall.
So feel free to give us your profile anytime at the Information desk.
The “Daily” will accompany you through the Festival week with different topics and
columns such as Interviews, a Kids corner, Your Screening Highlights and Comments on
the Best I saw today, Heard in Discussion and Video-Bar-Favourites, Country Reports,
Jokes and Photos of the Day. For all this, the “Daily” reporters will be interactive and
around to research and collect material during the next couple of days from you.
Always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for a cup of coffee and for
anything that we may help you with.
Your PJ Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Interview with Frank Klasen, Germany
How did you find your
television?
way into
children’s
By Coincidence. It wasn’t planned at all. My best
friend worked at Super RTL and he asked whether I
would like to join in. That was in 1995. First I was
responsible for TV series in general and when Super
RTL became a Kid’s TV Channel in 1997, I was in
charge for children’s programmes. And I still am.
The 2006 motto of this Festival is: Laugh and the
World laughs with you – Kids, TV & Humour. Did you
as a member of the Nomination Committee have a lot to laugh during the PreSelection?
Yes, we laughed a lot in January. There were really funny programmes we will see at
the finalist screenings and also funny programmes that we forwarded to the Video-Bar.
And the chemistry was right between the jury members. We spent a lot of time
together, got closer – the natural of every single jury member was positive and that is
always important in a group.
What do you expect from our Laughter Yoga Session on 9 May. Can you imagine what
it will like?
Well, I’m an open-minded person and I’m really looking forward to it. I can’t imagine
though laughing for one hour in a row. But I remember doing gymnastics with my wife
when she was pregnant and I always fell asleep during the Yoga-like exercises. Not
falling asleep in front of 250 people on 9 May is one step ahead for me.
You know, the PJ Soccer match is on the 9 May. What is your field position?
I will play where I am needed the most. But I already have one or two players on my
mind who I am afraid I will have to take care of personally.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Interview with Pablo Ramos, Cuba
You’re involved with RedUnial. What exactly is that?
RedUnial is a network for people who are involved in
the „Making-of“- process of media for children. The
members are mostly from Latin America, but there are
also a few producers, editors and professionals from the
field from Spain, who join our annual festival. The idea
for RedUnial – an own festival for children and media –
came up first in 1988 during a meeting at the Havanna
Film Festival.
What is the connection with the Havanna Film Festival and the PRIX JEUNESSE?
It is a kind of „transfer of spirit“ – because all the new inputs I get here at PRIX
JEUNESSE I take with me to present new ideas and excerpts from programmes to my
colleagues there.
You’re also going to present at the Project & Partners Session on 8 May. What are
you going to talk about?
I am going to talk about a network called Educommunication. It is a project which takes
place in Ecuador and the Caribbean. Its aim is to raise the intercultural understanding of
young people. What is maybe most important is that we are not waiting that youngsters
come to us but we show them our programmes wherever the kids are: in the community,
in cinemas, at schools and even at the beach. But in the Project & Partners Session you
will learn more about it.
You come straight from Havanna. What’s the typical Cuban way of life for you?
Oh (starts laughing), I am an untypical Cuban – I do not dance and I do not make music.
A perfect day for me is lying at the beach, having a cold beer and my family around me –
it is just like here, I guess?
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Interview with Ricardo Casas, Uruguay
How many times have you been at a PRIX JEUNESSE
Festival?
I have been to PRIX JEUNESSE Festivals for ten years
now. I have been to Chile twice and to Munich five
times. But I don´t know the city of Munich yet! I
always spent all the time on the Festival site, from the
morning till the evening.
You are also organizing a Festival in Montevideo?
Yes, it is called Divercine. It is also an international
Festival for children and youth. We do cinema and TV
for children. We also do screenings in various countries
of Latin America like Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile
and Argentina. And we always have a little PRIX JEUNESSE section at our Divercine.
Unfortunately it is very hard to find sponsors for our festival, but we’re good at
improvising.
What are you doing when you are not organizing the Divercine?
At the moment we are doing a program on TV every Sunday. There is always one out of
five children from 6-11 years talking about one subject like sexuality, music, animals,
their families and so on. It is very important for me to do TV for children. In Uruguay
there is not a lot of money for things like that but in my opinion it is of great concern for
our culture and for all of us.
What is your expectation for the next 5 days?
For me the PRIX JEUNESSE Festival is a very important platform to meet colleagues from
all over the world. It is a good possibility to meet people form Latin America as well as
from Europe and to see programmes of the highest quality.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
Welcome to the festival!
This is the first time that the PRIX JEUNESSE Daily has a Kid’s Corner. During the next
days the focus of this column will be on all topics children are interested in. Background
information about media habits of children will be presented and members of the
children’s jury themselves will get the opportunity to interview people under their own
perspective or just mirror in their own words their impressions of the Festival. Today we
will introduce you to the background of the children’s jury special prize: the Golden
Elephant.
Before all grown-up professionals arrived in Munich, the children were already busy long
before the Festival started. They screened all finalist programmes of the 7 - 11 Fiction &
Non-Fiction categories during their Easter holidays. Their mission: to decide over “what
is hot and what is not." The winner of this Easter selection will be awarded with the
“Golden Elephant," a prize considered to be one of the most sought-after at PRIX
JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL.
So who will win the "Golden Elephant"? The answer to that will be given on 10 May at the
Award Ceremony where all the secrets will be revealed. Until then, take your chance
and meet the jury member on the Festival site - or even tonight at the Opening
Ceremony where they stay up late for the all the action.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
SCREENING & COMMENTS
Video-Bar-Favourites from Members of the 2006 Pre-Selection Jury
I liked the Most delicious Candy in the World which in the end missed
a true child's perspective in e.g. the issue "bribing" and Today is
Maria's Day which we all thought it is a peace of art really worth
seeing, but doesn't exactly fit in a children's festival. Also look out for
Little Warriors which might be interesting to watch for discussion
reasons and The Kid, a charming little film with yet some flaws in the
story. Also worth seeing is Jakers! where maybe that particular
episode didn't work that well, the Chalkzone Lable Police where I
liked the idea although it was too much a 'main-stream-style", the
KIKA Krimi.de Fire at School for its high production value and Girls in
Love - funny and well made although in the end not quite original
enough.
There are two programs I’d recommend at the Video Bar, for very
different reasons. The Eye of the Cat from Canal 13 in Chile, feels like
a breakthrough for Latin America. This high-quality, history-based
animation includes mystery, adventure and supernatural aspects. In
all, I believe it would attract Chilean children to stories that reflect
something of their own culture, competing favorably with series from
the international marketplace. And That is Me! The Balkan Children’s
TV Magazine, from BK TV in Belgrade doesn’t necessarily measure up
to the production quality of its competition at PRIX JEUNESSE. It is
amazing, however, that this program was made at all. Its multi-year
development process has been followed in WATCHWords Online – from
the first meetings at which once-warring factions worked their way
through power outages and personal mistrust, to agreements on
formats and production models, to the series debut. “That is Me!”
deserves your attention at the Video Bar, to see what is possible when
people place children’s future before adults’ past.
Benjamin Manns
ARD/ SWR
Germany
David Kleeman
American Center
for Children
and Media
USA
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
The UK Children’s Media Scene
Written by Greg Childs, Childseye, London
The UK has one of the most advanced digital television
structures of anywhere in the world and families with
children have been amongst the “early adopters”. By
now 80% of households with children have some form of
digital multi-channel television. There are several systems – Satellite, Cable and Digital
Terrestrial Television – all delivered to different types of set-top decoder box.
Broadband internet take-up is also high in the UK, so the future holds the prospect of TV
being delivered direct to kids’ PC’s – and before long maybe to their mobile phones too!
UK children’s television has become highly fragmented. For a population of 12 million
under–fifteens, there are now 21 dedicated channels. There are also still blocks of
children’s programmes daily on BBC ONE, BBC TWO, ITV and Channel 5, with some
weekend slots too. Channel 4 concentrates on teen programmes.
The growth in multi-channel TV has seen the arrival of all the main “international”
players. Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney and Jetix all have several channels
aimed at different demographics – some concentrate on boys, some on live-action
comedy, some on cartoons and some on pre-school. Discovery Kids is a smaller scale
player, as is Pop TV, and Trouble specialises in teen programming – mostly bought from
the USA. While most of these networks commission some programmes locally – the
output and spend is relatively small.
The BBC launched its own 12-hour-a-day channels into this marketplace in 2002. They
are extremely well-funded – probably the best funded public-service children’s
television anywhere in the world. The pre-school service, CBeebies became an instant
hit, building on the success of two years of daytime pre-school on a previous BBC digital
channel, and on the BBC’s long-standing reputation in early years programming.
CBeebies remains the number one children’s channel in the UK, way ahead of all its
rivals. CBBC, the channel for 6-12’s, with a mixed-genre schedule, took longer to get
into its stride, but is now highly competitive, while the daily CBBC block on BBC ONE
does well too. But that’s what you might expect from an integrated commissioning
budget of over £90 million a year!
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
Recently launched into this marketplace is the new CITV channel. Regular visitors to the
PRIX JEUNESSE will know that the UK’s premier commercial network has always been
committed to children’s television, and over the years has produced well-funded shows
across a range of pre-school, factual, comedy, drama and entertainment genres. With
the increasing loss of viewers in multi-channel households, it became essential for ITV to
launch a children’s service in multi-channel too, if they were to be able to continue
their commitment to commissioning from the UK’s production sector and remain in the
international marketplace for drama and animation.
Channel 5 has maintained its commitment too – with its popular Milkshake programming
block, though commissioning budgets on FIVE are lower than at BBC or ITV.
All channels rely on imported programming as well as local production – especially
drama, comedy and animation. But the top shows in the UK at the moment are all made
in Britain, once again proving the thesis that high quality local programming is generally
more popular than imported shows. The BBC’s winner is drama Tracy Beaker, based on
the books by successful children’s author, Jacqueline Wilson. On ITV, situation comedy
My Parents are Aliens is the big success. Both have been running for several years. But
factual programming such as Newsround and Art Attack can still hold their own in the
schedules too.
The astonishing range of channels and the multiplicity of choice in the UK surprise many
of our colleagues from around the world. But UK kids seem perfectly happy to handle
the choice of media on offer and have become adept at targeting the shows they love.
So much so, that it’s felt to be only a step away to their embracing the personal digital
video recorders and video-on-demand services which are on offer, or about to launch. If
we can draw any conclusions form this complex marketplace it’s that kids will cut
through the complexity and get the shows they want, when they want them – and this
has real implications for advertising revenues, funding models, channel brand loyalty
and the entire structure of TV as we currently know it.
Greg Childs
May 2006
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
Touring of the PRIX JEUNESSE Festival Site & Official PRIX JEUNESSE Festival Opening
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
Opening Ceremony in the Domed Hall of the Bavarian State Chancellery
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
06 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
Welcome to Festival day and edition 2 of the PJ “Daily”. We hope you had a great time
at the Opening Ceremony yesterday and we also hope that you got some rest at night
because today will be another busy day on and off the Festival site.
Today, everyone is invited to one of the key elements of this Festival, the group
discussions. After the screening of the 12-15 category, you get the chance to state your
opinions on the programmes and express your ideas and critics in one of the five
discussion groups. Each group has a moderator who speaks at least one other language in
addition to English, namely Arabic, Spanish, Norwegian or German. So in case you are
looking for a “backup”-language asides to English, you can select the bilingual group
that suits you the best and your moderator will be more than happy to translate.
Later on tonight, from 6 – 7.30 pm, you will encounter a highly interesting session: the
“Guided Tours” through Web Prize Finalists. Greg Childs, Head of Childseye and David
Kleeman, PRIX JEUNESSE Veteran will screen and guide us through the Top 3 Pre-school
and Top 3 School-age Finalist Web Sites. The winner of each category will be chosen in
the transparent and democratic PRIX JEUNESSE tradition: those participants attending
the “Guided Tour” may also elect the winners of the Web Prizes.
Right after the “Guided Tour” through Web Prize Finalists everyone is summoned to the
1st PRIX JEUNESSE Beer Party of this Festival season. Weather is on our sides, it is
supposed to be really sunny and warm tonight – ideal for some cold beers inside the
Bayerischer Rundfunk courtyard and another great chance to meet old and new peers
from all over the world.
Always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for a cup of coffee and for
anything that we may help you with.
Your PJ-Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Anupa Shestra, Nepal
Anupa, you come from Nepal – a country that is
experiencing a transition as we speak. Under
these circumstances, was it difficult for you to
come to the Festival?
No, for me it was not difficult, because I went to
the Embassy to get my visa just a day before the
crisis started. And with the invitation letter from
PRIX JEUNESSE it was no problem at all. But in the
last days I was really confused if I even would be
able to reach the airport, because the situation in
the streets is really dangerous.
Do you think the political change will have any
impact on the children’s media landscape in
Nepal?
Oh yes, it already has an enormous influence on the
whole field of children’s media. It is now much
easier to present new ideas – the children’s media landscape will rise up. It is a feeling
like having falling walls around you and the horizon spreads.
You will also be presenting at the Project & Partners Session on 8 May. What will you
be talking about there?
In Nepal the PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcases are very popular. Wherever I show the material, it
is a success – the people are very interested in the new programmes. You can say it is
the beginning of a new network. In the Project & Partners Session I will present you my
work as a multiplicator.
You have been to Germany before. Do you have a favourite gift you take back with
you to Kathmandu?
Over the last years I took chocolate back home with me, because there is chocolate of
all sorts here in Germany. But I think this time I will try to get a few typical Bavarian
souvenirs – maybe something that has the skyline of Munich illustrated in it.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Rahid Kasmi, Morocco
Rahid, You are the Contact Person for
Newcomers at this PRIX JEUNESSE Festival. What
is your advice to Festival Newcomers?
If you miss something in the screenings, just take
the chance to watch these programmes at the
Video Bar. Or if you did not get something right
during the screenings, look them up there again to
get the message. And join the Award Ceremony –
it’s an impressing event.
When newcomers would like to contact you, how
can they find you?
This is very easy – just write me a short message on
a piece of paper and put it into my pigeon hole:
Nr. 136. Then I will contact you. Or you just ask
me when I am walking next to you.
What is the one thing you remember the most from your first Festival?
The first PRIX JEUNESSE Festival I attended was in 2004. My memories are so good,
because I met so many other film makers. I watched many good programmes and last
but not least I enjoyed the whole atmosphere.
You speak five languages: Arabic, French, a little German, English and Spanish. What
will be your next language?
Oh, I think it will be Amazigh. It is a dialect which is spoken in Morocco.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
For us, Quality in children’s programmes is…
The 30 kids who build up the core of the children’s jury met during their Easter holidays
to screen the programmes in the categories 7 – 11 Fiction and 7 – 11 Non-Fiction. The
PRIX JEUNESSE Team visited the children’s jury in their screening room, a small cinema
and found out that they did far more than just to lean back and take in the 7 – 11
finalists: they talked intensively about every single programme and touched various
topics in the course of the discussions. Listen to what they had to say on… Quality in
children’s programmes.
The commenting and final judging of each programme depended on clear criteria: Most
of the kids preferred entries without commercials and were particularly interested in
programmes that have a clear focus on children’s interests. Additionally they
emphasized to vote on programmes where they feel they can learn something.
Discussions were also gender-specific at this young age: Mostly the girls of the children’s
jury mentioned that they did not want to be confronted with violence or nonsense,
whereas the boys pronounced the funny or scary intentions of these scenes.
Listening to the children’s jury we realized
that a good programme for kids definitely
needs elements of both excitement and
entertainment. Also, the kids seemed pretty
upset when they had to watch programmes
where they were not taken seriously; a few
times mentioning moderators who tried to
behave target-group orientated, but simply
appeared as silly.
As you can see the kids were really engaged
in discussing, sometimes there was not even
enough time to let everyone say what they
wanted to. But in the end, they found a
solution everyone was satisfied with.
Being a member of the children’s jury surely
is a unique experience, a step towards a
career maybe even in children’s television.
Some of these jury members might be
around PRIX JEUNESSE Festivals for longer than they know for now…
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
SCREENING & COMMENTS
Video-Bar-Favourites from Members of the 2006 Pre-Selection Jury
These are the ones I kept in mind after the Pre-Selection was
over: Awfully embarrassing – this charming animation from DR is
deals with an everyday problem known to all six years old (as well
as older people!): how to find the courage to address the girl you
secretly love. In Danish it was called “Red ears” which is just
what it is about. Capelito, a Clay-animation from Spain, no
words, crazy and funny. And watch Noah and Saskia from the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This is something you
absolutely should see. A different story and very well told.
Ragna Wallmark
UR
Sweden
One of my Video-Bar Favourites is Today is Maria's Day from TV
Globo Brasil. It's really worth watching it, although it's not a real
children's program. We have been discussing it a lot during the
nomination, since some of us actually were sad that it couldn't be
one of the finalists because of that reason. It's visually and
dramatically very powerful and the little actress that plays Maria
is wonderful. As well as the other actors are. The design of the
studio sets and the lighting is also great. The editing, the script...
you name it. It's a great piece of family drama, although you could
wish it was made in a way that children of the same age as Maria
could watch it too. But the general opinion of the nominators was
that it was more a story about children that for children.
But you should judge it yourself!
Jan-Willem Bult
NPB/ KRO
The Netherlands
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
Turkey – Children like to have Fun...
Written by Sevilay Koray, TRT, Istanbul
In Turkey, there are different regions and we have a wide scale of
kids’ profiles.
TRT Turkish Radio and TV is a public TV Channel and has 5
different channels broadcasting to a wide zone. We produce
Children and Youth programmes and schedule them on all
channels according to their content, aim and target group. There
are several private channels in Turkey since 1990. Children from urban areas can watch
at least 3 public channels, 4-5 commercial channels and 3-4 local channels. Kids from
rural areas have access to 5 public channels, 10 nationwide private channels and many
local channels. But to say that these children are fortunate can be dangerous since in
Turkey, children watch an average of 4 or 5 hours TV a day. This is an aspect we really
have to pay more attention to.
Generally at TRT, we are working on projects for the following target groups: Preschool
2-4 and 4-6 years olds, further 7-11, 12-15 and 15-18 year olds. The target groups’
viewing habits depend on different points: Preschool viewers like edu-entertaining
programmes and these must contain magazines with a length of two – two and half
minutes, should include musical approaches and lots of fun. Older children like
adventure, entertainment, sports and music. Also, the general demand for movies and
sitcoms is high. Some private channels purchase cheap foreign productions, mainly
cartoons and animations, but their policy changes many times a year. We as the public
TV channel, try to produce 70-75% of all programmes for the various target groups on
our own.
The big challenge for TRT as a public TV channel is that we have to compete with
commercial channels, soap operas, reality shows, family drama series, game shows and
competitions. Viewing hours of commercial TV is higher than the ones of public TV,
though the reach of public TV is higher than the one of the commercial channels. In
addition, there are some other genres on cable TV, digital TV and on satellite in the
name of children channels or programmes, such as ‘JOJO- Baby TV-Fox Kids- Jetix’.
Their supportive marketing proceeding is amazing. The main public TV problem is
marketing here in Turkey. Private channels have their own papers, magazines, and
delivery companies.
To obtain interactivity in programmes, we generally use telephone connections.
Internet, Websites and Emails are also alternatives. We try not to push children to use
mobile phones and send SMS. They are good at using such technological devices and they
are getting more popular day by day. We cannot stay too far away from these
developments.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
Our working conditions in children’s TV are not so critical. Some obstacles such as
finding a qualified crew, handling budgets and compromising with TV owners’ policies
may cause trouble for some producers. Nevertheless, it is exiting and challenging for all
to produce interesting and innovative items for kids. For example at TRT we have young
colleagues in small groups working on 2D and 3D animations and on interactive
competitive shows which we have been broadcasting over the last 18 months, constantly
increasing the children’s interests and improving the programmes’ contents.
In Turkey children population ratio in comparison to the country’s population is high
(40%), so advertisements are given into kids’ scheduling. But this situation does not
change the rating results: The main tendency to watch sit-coms or drama series aimed
at 12 year olds and higher stays the same.
Sevilay Koray
May 2006
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
07 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
Welcome to festival day and edition No. 3 of the „Daily“. We hope you enjoyed the
beautiful evening yesterday, be it at the beer party in the Marmorfoyer & Courtyard of
Bayerischer Rundfunk or in other parts of beautiful Munich.
Let’s see what’s on today:
“What’s so funny”? That’s the motto from tonight’s Info session at 6 pm. Tune in when
Dr. Maya Goetz and an international research team give us a full update on crosscultural scientific facts and figures on how children responded to various children’s TV
formats and on what makes them laugh on TV. Use this chance to adapt your current
formats or invent future formats that tickle the laughing nerves of your audience.
And of course, with the ending of the 7-11 Non-Fiction and the beginning of the 7-11
Fiction categories, don’t miss the vital discussion rounds and the following Moderators’
Report where Preben Vridstoft from Denmark, together with the other group
moderators, will sum up the key elements from all the individual group discussions of
the last 3 days.
At the Reception & Beer Party after the Info Session you will have the chance to talk
about all you heard so far. It will be another long day with so many inputs on the world’s
most contemporary trends in children’s television that this is again a wonderful
opportunity to stretch out and communicate with international colleagues on what you
have experienced so far at this Festival.
Always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for a cup of coffee and for
anything that we may help you with.
Your PJ-Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Pádhraic ó Dochartaigh, Ireland
Pádhraic, you are here not only as a festival
participant, but also as a delegate from
Deutsche Welle, accompanying 12 young
producers from all over the world. Can you tell
us more about that?
I work for an organization called Deutsche Welle
Academy and our assignment says that we offer
training for experts who already work in media.
The people of our group have all been selected
within their own organizations and are
recommended by their bosses to join the
academy. Most of them who can present our
certificate have good chances to develop their
career. We offer upgrading and support - we can
summarize that I work as a kind of bridge builder: I bring them in contact with other
professionals.
You have been traveling a lot around the world lately. What is your impression on
children’s TV and media in the different areas you visited?
Well, I got the impression that the importance of children’s television is increasing. Take
China for example. A few years ago the government decided to establish children
channels within the structures of their telecasters in each of their provinces – and there
are more than 20. So you can imagine there is a lot in the development in children’s
media. I heard about all this when I went to China in November 2004 and I am quite sure
I will learn more about the latest developments when I go there again holding a
workshop end of 2006.
You’re a very active guy. What are your plans for the next years to come?
Oh, that is a good question. At the moment I prepare workshops which I will hold in
Malaysia and China. I have to quit officially in 2008, but indeed I think I will continue - in
some way.
Do you think working in children’s TV keeps people young?
Yes of course! Just look at me :-)
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Beryl Richards, United Kingdom
Beryl, you are not only the director of the 2006
finalist programme “My life as a POPAT” in the 7 –
11 category from Feelgoodfiction; you are also an
executive producer of the European Broadcasting
Union (EBU) drama exchange. How did you become
an executive producer at EBU and what are your
tasks there?
Well, it was about five years ago or so that I was one
of the Co-Producers on an EBU drama. In these days
Tone Ronning from Norway was executive producer of
the EBU drama exchange and we stayed in touch. In
the middle of 2004 she asked me whether I was
interested in doing this job. My task is to act as a
kind of supervisor which means: I select the dramas
which shall be produced, I organize the script development and finally I bring all the
professionals together. And in between, I travel around to see how things proceed in the
projects.
How long does it take to complete one EBU drama programme? And how does it
work?
It lasts round about one year. Normally you start with a big meeting in the beginning of
the year. All professionals meet for three days and at the end of the same year, we have
the final presentation of their work. This year’s theme is temptation and each of the 11
countries has 15 ½ min to present their versions. The participants of this project are
Egypt, Turkey, Serbia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Iceland, Finland, the
Netherlands, Germany and Spain.
Let’s switch back to PRIX JEUNESSE. What are your expectations?
It is my first PRIX JEUNESSE Festival and I hope to get a lot of input concerning creativity
and new ideas. And if somebody has a good idea for an EBU drama – let me know about
it!!!
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
I like to know…
Sarah Young, member of the 2006 children’s jury and one
of our kids’ reporters knows exactly what she wants to ask
producers participating in the PRIX JEUNESSE Festival. She
interviewed Aleksandar Jankovic from DTV Productions in
Belgrade.
Which film did you make here?
My program is THAT IS ME! BALKAN CHILDREN’S TV
MAGAZINE. It is about children who are living in Ex
Yugoslavia.
How did you get the idea for this film?
Oh, I was inspired by the PRIX JEUNESSE suitcase a few
years ago and this is why me and my colleagues decided to make a film for and about
children in the Balkan region.
Do you wish that your programme is broadcast internationally and would you like to
offer it in several languages?
This is a nice question. Well, of course it would be nice if more people would see our
programme, but in this case we would have
to synchronize it. Our purpose is to show
young people in Balkan their own culture and
language is a strong instrument to transport
cultural values. So the message of our
magazine would be irritated if we transferred
it into different languages.
Have you ever been dreaming of working in
the media?
I grew up in a really media orientated family.
My mother was an actress and my father worked as a producer. So it was quite clear for
me that I would stay in media also, but it happened by chance that I am now in
children’s television. Originally I wanted to work in film, not in TV.
How did you step into the film business?
I studied law and media sciences and after this I started working for a telecaster.
Do you have own children? And how old are they?
Yes my son is 9 years old and my daughter is 6.
Thank you for the Interview.
I thank you too.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
SCREENING & COMMENTS
Heard in Discussion
Here is a variety of quotes from the discussion groups after the screening of the 12 – 15
category:
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“Humour has to be right on time: the punch line not too early, and not too late”
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“A story has to be true, it’s important that you can actually believe it. You need
good actors and a good cast. This is the basis in order to believe in a story.”
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“It’s difficult for children to understand ironical humour.”
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“Is it a new trend in children’s television that drama is often linked with
humourous elements?”
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“Are heroes of television dramas now more often female than male?”
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“Good acting has to be natural: Quality in children’s television means a good story
combined with (e)motion, identification, relief and good acting.”
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“Is there more style than content in magazine formats?”
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“Humour is a good way of dealing with embarrassment and problems of
adolescence.”
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“A trend in dramas is to use… lots of humour.”
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
“Beer Party” at the Marmorfoyer of Bayerischer Rundfunk
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
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EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
08 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
It’s halftime at this year’s festival and just as the last 3 days were packed with action,
the next 3 days are already standing in line with many colourful and diverse activities
ahead.
Today we will continue the 7-11 Fiction screening which will eventually result in the 3rd
discussion round. If you have been sitting in one discussion group so far, why not change
to another one this time? It is such a unique chance to hear comments and topics that
arise from totally different cultural backgrounds and perceptions.
Later you are invited to the PRIX JEUNESSE Project & Partners Session where 10
presenters from 4 continents talk and discuss about the activities they are involved in,
such as PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcases, other PRIX JEUNESSE festivals, the World Item
exchange, OneMinutesJr’s media work with young people and a Peace building initiative.
The Session is not only a chance to learn more about the PRIX JEUNESSE’s Projects &
Partners, it is a chance to become inspired on how to actively build up a project in your
world regions.
And after that, the Scandinavians invite you to the traditional Karaoke-Night at the
Marmorfoyer. As an upgrade to yesterday’s beer party, this time you can Sing and Dance
along to your own Tunes. So lean back in the lobby of the Hotel California, Do it Your
Way and beware of Strangers in the Night.
Always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for a cup of coffee and for
anything that we may help you with.
Your PJ-Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Riad Raad, Syria
Riad, you are Head of the Training Department of
ASBU. What is the ASBU and what happens at your
training center?
ASBU stands for Arab States Broadcasting Union and
it is the equivalent to the EBU in the Arab world. We
offer further training for professionals – and
depending on the course, the participants have to
fulfill certain conditions, like special language skills.
Our trainers are from different parts of the world,
whereas our participants are from the 22 Arab
countries, e.g. Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Kuwait.
Our workshops last at least one and maximum up to
3 weeks.
What happens at the ASBU regarding children’s television? What are the
perspectives?
Twice a year, our training center offers special workshops concerning children’s media.
The next one for example will be held by Preben Vridstoft from Denmark. We hope that
these workshops help to increase the exchange of experiences between the trainers and
the workshop participants. Additionally it is our aim to establish more children’s
channels in the Arab World.
What is the stand on children’s TV in Syria at this moment?
Well, we still need support concerning experience here in Syria because we want to
develop a children’s television channel. This is why we try to get as many trainers as
possible from countries that have more experience in this field. This year our program
only made it to the Video Bar, but with more help we are optimistic to make it to the
finals one day…
Do you have special expectations to this PRIX JEUNESSE festival?
Oh yes, on the one hand our young people are very interested in the newest trends in
children’s TV, so I have to collect new ideas here. On the other hand I am looking for
inspiration in general. It is great that in this year, 5 countries from the ASBU participate
at this festival and of course all of us will take our experiences back home with us to
increase the reputation of PRIX JEUNESSE in the Arab States to continue the work we are
doing. Maybe I can get nice programmes here as a window to the world to present them
later at the Arab Festival for Radio and Television in Tunisia.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
I like to know…
Lucia Barbero, 10 years old, is our second kids’ reporter of
this week who takes her chance to talk to one of the
producers here at the festival site. She talked to Atle
Knudsen from the Norwegian public TV station NRK.
Which film did you make?
It’s a finalist programme in this festival called “Linus and
his friends.”
What’s the story? Because it was not in the category we
screened in the children’s jury.
Oh, this episode deals with a fishing competition between
father and son. Generally each episode has its own story and you always find the same
protagonists: Linus and his friends.
Is it an animated film or with real actors?
It’s with real actors. And the children who play their roles are really good.
How long have you already been working in the film business?
I started ten years ago after I have finished my studies. Actually I wanted to become an
actor, but one day I watched E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial – and that is when I knew that I
wanted to work behind the scenes.
What exactly is your job position at NRK?
I am a producer.
Have you already been to PRIX JEUNESSE before and if yes, did you already win?
I have been here three times, but (starts laughing) I didn’t win yet.
And do you like it here in Munich?
What I have seen from Munich is really
nice, but most of the time we are
sitting inside the festival watching TV.
So mostly I don’t have time enough to
walk around to do sight-seeing.
Thank you for the interview!
I thank you too. It was a pleasure to
meet you.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
SCREENING & COMMENTS
Best I saw today
Here festival participants get the chance to state which programmes they found
outstanding in the finalist screenings:
Petra Holm, Susanne Norrbach Kaman, Finland:
The Show with the Mouse: Japan
“We liked it a lot! It was really good! Well done,
well researched, explained things really funny and
takes kids for serious.”
Juan Pablo Zaramella, Argentina:
STARK! Kevin - Hear me out
“It represents a lot of children’s problems in one
programme!”
Lu Di, China:
If the world were a village
“The idea of the programme to educate children is already
known, and yet it is very difficult to realize such topics. But in
this case the producers did a really brilliant job.”
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
Children’s Programmes in Lebanon
Written by Salwa Saab, Al-Manar TV, Beirut
In May 2004, a conference on media and children
was held in Lebanon under the auspices of the
Minister of Social Affairs. The one-day conference
that was attended by many academics and people
who take interest or work in the production of
children-targeted TV and radio programmes had
several recommendations, asserting the necessity of
respecting the child's mind and rights besides
minding the age categories and allowing children to
take part in the production process - with the aim of
knowing the programmes that they would like to
watch. The recommendations, furthermore, stressed
that children programmes should not be exploited
for commercial marketing.
A sub-committee was formed to follow up the efforts to produce state-sponsored TV
programmes that can be broadcast simultaneously by all Lebanese channels. As I was a
member of that committee, I agreed with my two colleagues, one of whom was a
producer in a Lebanese TV and the other a manager of a statistics company, on some
primary ideas for a program whose essential topic would be civil education.
Unfortunately, however, the issue was not followed up officially, and the efforts went in
vain, as we could not achieve this idea which could have spread a unified national and
social education to which the children of Lebanon, who hail from different milieus
according to the different social and religious classes that their parents come from,
would grow up.
There are seven local TVs in Lebanon, one of them is Tele Liban, which is the weakest
among them although it is the only state-run station. The other stations are Al-Manar,
Future, LBC, Telelumiere, NBN, and New TV. Each of these are private TV stations. They
all broadcast an average of two hours per day of local, Arabic-dubbed or imported
children’s programmes. But in total, there is not one channel that is specialized in
children programmes in Lebanon.
Children’s programmess include Future TV's Alam Simsim (similar to Sesame Street), the
two programmes of "Al-Am Waddah" and "Bait Biout" on Al-Manar. These are of the
programmes that participated in the PRIX JEUNESSE 2006 Festival; the first is a scientific
TV magazine presented in an exquisite dramatized format while the second is a variety
show including educational, artisan, and children opinions' sections. Kids' Power on LBC
is a variety show with songs, stories, artisan activities and other sections. There are also
interactive telephone quiz shows which rely on computer games.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
COUNTRY REPORT
Nevertheless, there are international children programmes that are Arabic-dubbed, such
as Teletubbies, or translated, like Bill Nye and Art Attack, that are aired on these TV
stations in addition to the dubbed and translated cartoon programmes.
As for satellite channels, they are received easily but illegally. For a $10 a month, each
house can get scores of channels, including those specialized in children programmes
like Disney, Cartoon Network, Tiji, Space Toon and others.
Children programmes in Lebanon encounter a set of problems, including:
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The strong competition from the children-specialized channels that broadcast
24/24.
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The financial production budgets that are always tight and never enough.
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The unsuitable air times, as these programmes are broadcast between 16:00 and
18:00 when children arrive from school and have to eat their meals and prepare
their lessons.
Here I would like to note that children in our schools take a great deal of assignments
and lessons as primary school children spend around three hours a day in reviewing their
lessons and preparing their homework and assignments besides the time they spend in
school.
As for the children-specialized radio programmes, they are few, and most of them are
live telephone quiz shows. Besides, the Lebanese radio stations that air children
programmes allocating one or two hours a week for these programmes are quite few.
Regarding the internet, the children in Lebanon have received this technology with a lot
of passion, since we have many internet cafés and these are frequented by children and
adolescents, who look for information, Email or chat. The cost of using the internet for
an hour in these centers does not exceed one US dollar.
Salwa Saab
May 2006
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
“Karaoke Night” in the Marmorfoyer
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
09 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
Today is a festival day with screenings on the one hand and leisure time activities on the
other hand – basically a well-tried PJ mixture and yet, you can expect something
completely different.
We will be seeing the end of the Up to 6 Non-Fiction category, a category intensely
discussed at the festival in 2004 and with discussion potential again. And then eat up
quickly because everyone is invited to do something very special: Dr. Madan Kataria
from India will make a 2-day landing in Munich to celebrate the PRIX JEUNESSE
International 2006 motto „Laugh…and the world laughs with you”. As health professional
and founder of 5.000 laughing-clubs worldwide, he will take us with him to experience a
highly interesting ride through the world of Laughter Yoga. Only by the means of body
exercises, classical yoga elements and enjoyment in the group, you will literally laugh
for no reason and results will include relaxation, health and happiness. Meeting point is
in Studio 1 and in good weather, we’ll move outside to the courtyard of the Bayerischer
Rundfunk.
And after the first part of the Up to 6 Fiction category screening, you will have a nice
evening off. Nothing planned here. No strings attached. Go out and explore Munich, if
you haven’t done so up until now. Enjoy the beautiful capital of Bavaria and feel why
this city is constantly rated as the city with the highest living quality in Germany. For
inspiration on where to go, you can consult your Munich guide in the festival kit.
Well, actually there is one activity planned for tonight and in case you haven’t met out
Dutch friend Jan-Willem Bult yet, the Daily will at this point remind you that we will
have the PRIX JEUNESSE Soccer Match tonight at 7.30 pm. Meeting point is either at 7
pm at the Regent Hotel or at 7.15 at the fountain of the Munich University.
Always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for a cup of coffee and for
anything that we may help you with.
Your PJ-Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
INTERVIEW WITH
Andi Irwan Mastulen, Indonesia/Sulawesi
Andi, you are a member of the Deutsche Welle
Academy group here. How did find your way into
the media business?
I decided to work for media in high school. I met a TVProducer by coincidence and I liked what he told me.
This is why I applied at TV Republic of Indonesia after
I finished my studies at MMTC (Multi Media Training
Centre). I started as a program manager assistant and
now am a program director of children’s programmes.
What do you think about the situation of children’s
television in Indonesia?
Actually, we just started with programmes designed for kids two years ago. We do not
yet have an own children´s channel, so our programme for kids is placed in the normal
TV channels. But I hope to improve this and with more help from experienced people I
am confident that we may establish children’s TV in Indonesia.
When did you first get in touch with PRIX JEUNESSE?
In 2005 I was a participant in a PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase workshop in Indonesia moderated
by Kirsten Schneid. Kirsten made the contact to the Deutsche Welle Academy. It was a
surprise to me that she recommended me, and I am very happy to be here.
What do you expect from the festival?
To increase my knowledge. It is a perfect possibility to learn from experienced
producers to improve my own programmes. On the basis of the programmes screened at
this festival, I will continue my work in my TV station.
Have you already seen something from Munich?
No, not yet. But if I had time I would like to visit Bayern München.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
I like to know…
Celine Iding and Katie Clark are members of the children’s jury and kids’ reporters
for a radio show. This is why they collected festival voices
… from Juan Pablo Zaramella and Silvina Cornillon, Argentina.
Who are you?
We are Juan Pablo Zaramello and Silvina Cornillon
from JPStudio. We made the finalist programme
“Journey to Mars”.
What is the difference between a director and a
producer?
Well, in short words a director is responsible for the
creative input and a producer takes care of the
realization.
How did you get the idea of making it with fimo and not as an animation?
We were used to this kind of material and this is why we decided to stay in this field.
… from Andrzej Maleszka, Poland.
Who are you?
I am a person who likes working for and with
children.
Why do you like to work with children?
Oh, it is great. They inspire me very much. I can
say that when I work with children and finish a
film, it contains just 30 % of my original idea –
the last 70% are improvisation.
What are you working for at the moment?
It is a series called “The Magic Tree”, and every
one has a closed story. The one presented here at this festival is called “The Scepter”.
How do you get the ideas for your programmes?
That’s a difficult question. I am full of ideas but it is not easy to transfer them. The idea
for “The Scepter” comes from a game for children, in which for a period of time one
child is for the master of the other children and they have to do whatever he wants. The
rest is imagination and creativity. You know, if we close our eyes, we can see more.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
SCREENING & COMMENTS
Cassia Borsero, Brazil and one of the PRIX JEUNESSE
Video-Bar Keepers
Cassia, you are one of our Video-Bar Keepers – how do
you like your job?
I like it a lot to work at the Video Bar. All the
participants of the festival come to my place and want
to get the programmes. So I have contact to nearly
everybody here. It is also very interesting to see which
programmes the directors take. But sometimes it is very
busy!
What is your impression - are there trends concerning
the most popular programmes?
Maybe it is “Journey to Mars”, “Julie” and “Little peace of mine”. But in general people
do not ask for something special. They come here when they have been missing the
screenings and want to see as many programmes as possible.
Do you get any feedback after the people finished screening the videos?
No, people usually don’t comment the programmes they have seen. If I want to get some
feedback I always have to ask for it. The answers I get are not so detailed, people just
tell me if they like or didn’t like the programmes. Everyone is in a rush. People want to
see as many programmes as possible.
What are your personal favourites?
There are three programmes I like the most. One of them is “Julie”. It has a really well
done script, very moving and touching. And I like the flashbacks a lot: You can see into
the past of Julie while she is telling her own story in the present.
The second one is “Haunted tales for wicked children”. It is a bit scary but in my opinion
it is not too scary. The animation really is a piece of art! The concept is very original!
And my absolute favourite is “Journey to Mars”!!! The Animation is very well developed.
The story has a surprise ending and it is very difficult to develop such an ending in a
programme. The storyline altogether is very conclusive. I was also deeply moved seeing
the grandfather doing everything to make the dream of the little boy come true. I am
very proud that this is a production from Latin America!
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
“Soccer Match” at the English Garden
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com
THE
PRIX
JEUNESSE
DAILY
10 MAY
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
TODAY AT PJ
Dear Friends, Partners, Newcomers,
This is the last day at PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL 2006. But before you pack your
suitcases, the “Daily” will let you into the mood for what a grand finale it will be at the
festival! Let’s take that last look at today’s profile.
After the final screening from the Up to 6 Fiction category with the up following
discussion rounds, Dr. Maya Goetz and her research team will take you through Info
Session No. 2. All of you are invited to “Test your sense of humour”. If you ever thought
you had the guts and wits for children’s humour, these assumptions can be validated in
Studio 2.
In the afternoon, a moment approaches everyone will have been longing for the last
days: the final Moderators’ Report & the Announcement of Nominees. That is when you
find out whether your programmes have been voted as one of the Top3 programmes
eligible for prizes at the Award Ceremony.
After that you will have time to dress up for the festive and glamourous Award
Ceremony. The PJ-team and one of Germany’s most popular children’s TV moderators,
Willi Weizel, will be awaiting you at the Munich Muffathalle at 19.00, to guide you
through the night and help 14 prizes find their way to the fortunate 2006 PRIX JEUNESSE
winners. Following the gala, everyone will have the chance to say Good-bye at the final
party in the stylish Ampere. Please consult the festival kit for directions to the
Muffathalle.
Also time for the “Daily” to thank everyone who has read, interacted and contributed to
this year’s editions. And in case you would like to look back to the festival week on your
return, you will find all 6 editions online on the PRIX JEUNESSE homepage. You are also
very welcome to give Feedback on what you liked about the “Daily” (or about the
festival in general) and on what you missed, in order to help us bring the “Daily” even
closer to the festival pulse in future.
As you well know by now, always feel free to stop by the Information desk for a chat, for
a cup of coffee and for anything that we may help you with. We’re already looking
forward to you!
Your PJ-Team
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
THE EXPERTS SPEAK: KIDS’ CORNER
I like to know…
Celine Iding and Katie Clark, members of the children’s jury, took their chance to
collect many interviews at the festival. They were mostly interested in interviews with
people responsible for programmes they screened and discussed in the children’s jury.
First of all, who are you?
My name is Ingeliese Rasmussen and I am
from the Danish Broadcast Television in
Denmark.
And which programme did you make?
I made a game show named “Amigo”.
Are you the director or the producer?
Well, in English we call it a programme
director who is the one receiving all
kinds of great ideas - and then we turn
them into a programme. And during the
game show I am the one talking into the
ear of the host, to our presenter Jacob.
That’s my function.
Why do you like makings films for children and not for grown-ups?
It’s very important that children have nice programmes to watch. It’s challenging
because there are so many things that children can watch on TV, like cartoons, series,
and movies. And besides that there are some very nice German programmes in this
festival, it’s important that children can also watch Danish programmes with Danish
children and a Danish idea.
Is this your first production?
No, it’s not my first production. I have been making television for 20 years now. Before
we made “Amigo” we had another game show called “Rutsch” where children were also
singing and everything. I have been into game shows for 6 years… so I tried it before.
Did you notice any differences in humor in the programmes you watched so far at
this festival?
Yeah! That’s very interesting because certain kinds of humor are international. Children
all around the world laugh about someone who does a fart noise. I guess some of the
crazy or ironic parts in “Amigo” are not for all children, but the classic jokes where a
man slips on a banana – all children loves that.
Do you have a favorite programme at PRIX JEUNESSE this year?
There is a Heart Prize where we, the festival participants, give a little red heart sticker
to the programme we loved the most. The one I would like to give my heart to is a
movie from India called “Children of Nomads”. It shows how children grow up and live in
very different places and that was so impressive, and so beautiful.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
Laughter Yoga in the Marmorfoyer
Laughing without reason – it is possible!
“HO– HO -HA – HA –HA!” That’s what you could hear this afternoon at a very special
session connected to this year’s festival motto: “Laugh and the world laughs with you –
Kids, TV and Humour”: the PRIX JEUNESSE Laughter Yoga Session with the founder of
over 5.000 Laughter Yoga clubs worldwide and Yoga-Guru Dr. Madan Kataria from
Bombay.
Dr. Kataria developed a special Yoga – technique that enables everybody to laugh
without any reason, only stimulating mind and body through breathing techniques and
interactivity. No surprise that this technique also applied to the colourful and openminded participants of the festival.
After the introduction in which Dr. Madan Kataria explained the theoretical groundwork
and philosophy to his audience, the whole crowd went over to the Marmorfoyer to do
the yoga – practices.
The festival participants got the chance to experience for themselves the unique
connection between yoga and laughter: the ones who joined the session evidently had
their share of fun, as did the ones who observed the mad crowd, some crying tears of
laughter.
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
“Award Ceremony” at the Munich Muffathalle
PRIX JEUNESSE DAILY
PHOTOS
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EDITORIAL
Chief Editor, Layout & Design
Steven Munn
Editors
Laura Streitbürger
Lisa Riegel
Online Realization
Kathrin Dickmann
www.blaupause.com
Elisabeth Stohl
www.celisto.com