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MITIL 02 - The Only International Market for Independent and Local Broadcasters

June 12 - 15, 2002

Vevey - (Lake Geneva) - Switzerland

PROGRAMME MARKET:MITIL AWARDS 2002

The Programme Market is an important feature of MITIL - selling, buying, exchanging and arranging co-productions is what it's all about.

The entries submitted by Producers, Programmers, and Broadcasters for participation in the MITIL Awards 2002 have been judged by an International Jury. A pre-selection of 16 programmes (see below) out of the more than 150 entered was made by the International Jury comprising:

Roger Worrod (President) (UK)
Almira Comte-Ismail (UZ)
Rastislav Durman (YU)
Fedor Gannenko (RU)
Chuck Sherwood (US)


The Awards were presented on the basis of the undernoted categories:

1. Documentary:
- Pather Chujaeri (India)

2. Special:
- Ma Vie au Congo (Luxembourg)
- N'dingumthi we Krisimesi(South Africa)

3. Fiction:
- To Die in Conchali (Chile)

4. MITIL prize for Best of All Categories and Award of Town of Vevey:
- The Rookie (Norway)

The members of the Jury, conscious of the presence of our invited guests from not only Eastern Europe, but also Central and Southern Europe, not forgetting those from Western Europe, have found, in MITIL, the perfect launching platform for bringing together people with a common purpose - the «bridging of the gap» in the world of television and radio.

Nominated Productions, by Category:

Documentary
- A Ticket for Everybody (Germany) Guido Nageldinger
- Anton (Norway) Original Films
- Freedom..! (India) Amar Kanwar
- D'Ici et d'Ailleurs (France) Cités TV
- Between the Lines (India) Imam Parvez
- Pather Chujaeri (India) Rajiv Mehrotra

Entertainement
- Are we There Yet (UK) Vox Humana
- The Longest Road (Spain) Planeta 2010
- Serbia Song Global (Yugoslavia) TV B92

Fiction
- To Die in Conchali (Chile) Gaston Roca
- Celebrating Mum (Norway) Original Films
- The Rookie (Norway) Original Films

Special
- Ma Vie au Congo (Luxembourg) Brigitte Kerger
- Touchers (Yugoslavia) TV B92
- N'dingumthi we Krisimesi (South Africa) Jeannette Jegger
- Gay Parade (Yugoslavia) TV B92

MITIL 2002
Vevey, June 12, 2002

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