Open call for European TV format award of €100,000 for production of a pilot programme, submission deadline 16th Sept. 2015.
Please see below information about the San Sebastián 2016 Foundation, European City of Culture Prime Time project which is open to European production companies.
The San Sebastián 2016 Foundation, European City of Culture, has started the Prime Time project to select and produce the best original television format about European culture and values, created to be broadcast at prime time and with the possibility of being distributed internationally.
This is a call open to all European production companies that, on their own or in co-production, should submit their proposal for an entertainment television modelwhether non-scripted (contests, reality shows, talk shows, talent shows...) or scripted (documentaries, fiction, series...) with the only condition being that they are about European culture and values.
Also, the submitted projects will have to take into account interactive multimedia treatment in line with television industry tendencies worldwide and also the possibility of being broadcast in different countries in the world.
International Jury
The call is open from 18 June to 16 September, and the projects will be evaluated and the winner chosen by an international jury formed by professionals from the audiovisual sector.
The winning format will receive €100,000 for the production of a pilot programme.
Objectives and values
The objective of Prime Time is to promote the development of an audiovisual product that focuses on some of the priority matters for San Sebastian 2016, such as the generation of cultural spaces, both for dissemination and entertainment; to favour multilingualism in audiovisual productions; to facilitate interactive models and processes that allow cross-channel dissemination of themes and matters linked to art and culture; and to create transmedia content with educational and playful aims.
Another objective is to promote collaboration and interchange between cultural agents and European / international artists with the aim of sharing knowledge.
To sum up, Prime Time tries to underline the educational and cultural potential of the mass media par excellence and reconsider public matters through television.
The Terms and Conditions are available here.