FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
GENERAL QUESTIONS
Contributions can only be submited online. By using the online registration form at registration.civismedia.eu
Entries can be submitted online between 06.12.2023 and 19.01.2024.
Extension up to and including 24 January 2024!
The closing date for entries is 19.01.2024.
Extension up to and including 24 January 2024!
Yes, the total prize money is EUR 27,000.
All radio stations and online providers of audio features, TV broadcasters, TV production companies, streaming services and providers of online videos (social media formats – moving images) can submit entries. The same applies to all film and TV schools, journalism schools, academies and universities for journalism, communications and media within the EU and Switzerland. All rights to the submitted production must have been secured.
Productions must be submitted in German or English or with appropriate subtitles from the original language into German or English.
For a series or serial, a maximum of three episodes can be submitted.
CIVIS TOP AWARD
The CIVIS TOP AWARD is an additional prize awarded to the best production of the year in the AUDIO, VIDEO and YOUNG C. fields.
No direct entries can be accepted for the CIVIS TOP AWARD.
The CIVIS TOP AWARD is endowed with 15,000 euros. If the TOP AWARD is won, the endowment for the individual prize of 2,000 EURO is waived
CIVIS AUDIO AWARD
The CIVIS AUDIO AWARD is presented to German-language audio or radio programmes from within the EU or Switzerland. It is divided into categories for short programmes (up to six minutes), long programmes (between six minutes and 120 minutes max.) and podcasts (120 minutes max.). All forms of production are eligible.
The AUDIO jury will select five podcasts for online voting from the submitted entries. The podcast prize is an audience award and will be determined from these five entries via online voting.
The AUDIO jury will select five podcasts for online voting from the submitted entries. The podcast prize is an audience award and will be determined from these five entries via online voting.
CIVIS VIDEO AWARD
The CIVIS VIDEO AWARD is awarded for productions in the field of television and Internet in the categories >Information< (non-fictional) and >Entertainment< (fictional). In the Internet segment, there is an additional award for social media formats (moving images). All forms of production are eligible.
YOUNG C. AWARD
Productions submitted for the YOUNG C. AWARD must be publicly broadcast and/or accessible or have been officially recognised as a final project for the main subject of the respective training course (academy, university, etc.).
Participants must not be older than 38 years.
CIVIS CINEMA AWARD
The CIVIS CINEMA AWARD is awarded for European feature films shown in German cinemas which address the issues of migration, integration and cultural diversity. All film productions from the EU and Switzerland are eligible for entry.
Direct entries are not permitted. CIVIS will nominate three to five films for audience voting online.
The award is not subject to prize money. The award winners are the director and the producer of the film chosen by the audience.
Header: CIVIS Media Foundation/ Bernhard Ludewig | edited