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PRESS RELEASE - European Science TV and New Media Awards Evening
The 28th November 2014 at Ciencia Viva, Lisbon, Portugal
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PRIZES FOR EUROPE’S TOP SCIENCE PRODUCTIONS
Scientists and the TV/AV Media link up to debate the key role of the audio-visual
Media in revealing the science and technology behind current environmental
issues.
We are pleased to announce that the European Science TV and New Media Awards Evening
will take place at the Science Centre in Lisbon ‘Ciencia Viva’ on 28 November 2014. This
annual event is organized by Euroscience and EuroPAWS, two public awareness of science
organisations who have joined forces in a continuing partnership with Ciencia Viva to present
awards for the best European science productions in nine categories, and bring cross-cultural
issues to the fore.
An international jury of scientists and TV/New Media people along with the general public were
at ‘the European Science TV and New Media Festival’ earlier this year which took place as part
of the Science in the City programme at the ESOF congress in Copenhagen. Together with
ESOF delegates they viewed productions in various categories and the Jury selected the eight
prize-winners. An innovation this year was to add a further Award for the best Science TV
Documentary as judged by a teenage audience. Three countries, Portugal, UK and Denmark,
took part in this pilot venture and the enthusiasm generated suggests that this development
will flourish in future years. The nine winners will be officially awarded in the categories listed
below in Lisbon on 28 November 2014.
This year, we again welcomed many innovative programmes and productions including from
countries beyond the main players in science productions. Some of these are among the
shortlisted productions below.
The shortlisted productions are on the EuroScience website.
Should you need further information, please send your request to Marie Suchanova, Operations
Manager at EuroScience.
Peter Tindemans
EuroScience
Secretary-General
Sponsors
Andrew Millington
Director EuroPAWS at OMNI
Communications
Rosalia Vargas
President
Ciencia Viva
Strasbourg, 14 November 2014
The productions shortlisted for the Awards per category are
Best TV Documentary
Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson Innovation
In Vitro Meat Soon to be Served
Galaxie Presse for ARTE France/Germany
Last Call
Zenit Arti Audiovisive for NRK Norway, ZDF Germany, and ARTE Germany/France
Madagascar: Beyond Africa
From the series Fascinating Earth, ZDF, Germany
Taming the Quantum World
Masto Media ApS for DR TV, Denmark
The Gut: Our Second Brain
Scientifilms for ARTA France/Germany
The Special Jury Prize was taken from this category, and is supported by Ciencia
Viva
Best TV Drama/Docu-drama
Sponsored by NEF: The Innovation Institute
Coup de Grance
From the series Silent Witness BBC UK
Dangerous Self-experiment
From the series Galileo, Prosieben/sat1 and Propoellerfilm, Germany
Maria
TVP2 Poland
TV General Programme
Sponsored by EuroPAWS/OMNI Communications
Autism
From the series Matiere Grise, RTBF Belgiium
Adventures in Time
From the BBC series: Dara O’Briain’s Science Club, BBC, UK
This is Mathematics
Sociedade Portuguesa de Matematica for SIC Noticias
Showdown on Superbrains
from the series Galileo, Prosieben/Sat1 and Propellerfilm, Germany
New Media
Sponsored by EuroScience
Bloodline: The Search for Speed
University College Dublin, Ireland
Celebrating Crystallography
The Royal Institution/12foot6, UK
Sponsors
The Cosmic Rain
By Daniel vega Martinez
Play to Cure: Genes in Space
Guerilla Tea Games Limited for Cancer Research UK
Stem Cells – Reality and Hope
Universidade Catolica, Porto, Portugal#
The Environment Prize
Sponsored by “La Caixa” Foundation
In Vitro Meat Soon to be Served
Galaxie Presse for ARTE France/Germany
Last Call
Zenit Arti Audiovisive for NRK Norway, ZDF Germany, and ARTE Germany/France
Madagascar: Beyond Africa
From the series Fascinating Earth, ZDF, Germany
Energy
From the series There’s Life in Serrralves, Fondacao de Serralves for RTP
Medical Research
Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson Innovation
Autism
From the series Matiere Grise, RTBF Belgium
Pain
From the series Pain, Pus and Poison, BBC UK
Stem Cells – Reality and Hope
Universidade Catolica, Porto, Portugal#
The Gut: Our Second Brain
Scientifilms for ARTA France/Germany
Women in Science
Sponsored by EuroScience
Coup de Grance
From the series Silent Witness BBC UK
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Froggied Media for France 5
Maria
TVP2 Poland
The Young Jury Prize
Sponsored by EuroPAWS/OMNI Communications
This is a new prize for the best Science TV Documentary as judged by a European teenage Jury.
For winning programme see below.
Sponsors
“Earth on the Edge”
Keynote talk and Discussion Session
Keynote Talk: Professor Jorgen Randers
Professor of climate strategy, Norwegian Business School BI,
Co-author of Limits to Growth, the book which inspired the film Last Call
Panel Session
Enrico Cerasuolo | Writer and Director of Last Call
Sharon Bloom | Series Producer Silent Witness, BBC Drama
Dr Rita Serra | Researcher, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Dr Paulo Ferrão | National Director of the MIT-Portugal Programme
José Vítor Malheiros | Moderator, Science Communication Consultant
Sponsors