Jury for ADAMI Media Prize - Project Pitching has started in Cologne

Eight Projects from Six Eastern Partnership Countries to be Selected for TV Pitching

A jury of TV and media professionals from all over Europe came together in Cologne on 20 and 21 October to select the eight best projects for ADAMI’s new initiativea in 2021 – live TV pitching of production stage film, video and TV projects containing cultural diversity, ethnic or religious minorities, migration and integration themes.

The eight selected projects from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will be announced on 25 October. They will pitch their projects on Georgian Public Broadcaster on 10 December in Tbilisi. From 1 November the projects will be posted for viewing on the ADAMI website. from 10 November through 10 December, everybody can vote for their favorite project on the website of the ADAMI Media Prize through crowdfunding, thereby directly supporting their realization.

Jury members of the ADAMI Media Prize – Project Pitching competition also had the chance to meet participants of the ADAMI Dialogue – TV Serials, a media conference attended by producers and broadcasting editors from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries to discuss cultural diversity in TV series. The groups networked at the European Series Day events at the Cologne Film Festival.