CR Porto Conference Promises Shows Galore
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1 Circom Report CIRCOM Regional Newsmonthlyl CR is the European Association of 380 Public Regional TV Stations in 38 countriesl March 2001 / No 15 CR Porto conference From April 25 –29 SVT Orebro, Sweden, promises shows galore hosts Rrix Circom judging panel members The judging panel for this year’s Prix Circom Regional will be held at Orebro, Sweden, from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 April. The members of the Delegates from the European Union, the Portuguese government and from Porto Townhall, RTP President and CIRCOM Regional President will participate in the panel are expected to arrive on opening ceremony of the CR annual conference in Porto, June 21-24. Wednesday (25) and leave on Djalme Neves, CR Vice President and Co-ordinator of the conference organisation, Sunday (29). gave a thorough report on the preparations concerning the participants lodging and All costs in Sweden are correspondent logistics, during the CR Executive Committee Meeting in Maribor, generously paid by host station Slovenia, March 10. Social activities booked for the conference by RTP are a dinner and the show “Body, SVT Orebro, whose director Per Sports and Stage” by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (USA) on the Rivoli Eric Nordquist, was a judge last Theatre (June 21), a typical dinner with popular music and dancing on a restaurant near year. The Members of the Porto (June 22), lunch on Serralves Park and quick visit to the Contemporaneous Art judging panel will have to cover Museum (June23) Also a boat trip on the Douro River and a visit to the Port Wine cellars their travel costs to Sweden. and dinner followed by fireworks. The Porto Training Workshop from June19-24, involves 35 trainees and ten tutors and David Lowen is Prix Circom technical staff, a total of 45 people. All will stay in the Ibis/Novotel complex. Regional Co-ordinator *The deadline for entries at the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2001 is March 31. The jury ([email protected]) members will meet in Orebro, Copenhagen April 25 -29 “Wheels of Time” Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian roll to Crete TV new co - production on EbS Euroregio is now preparing the 11th annual meeting of the “Quartette”, a new co-production between the Polish, Czech, Slovak and European network “ Wheels of Hungarian public TV stations, is now on the EbS (Europe by Satellite) Time” to be held in Rethymno, schedule. Crete (Greece), April 20-24. The bimonthly 30 minute programme , a lille Britain in Nothern France” Supported by the program regular magazine on economy, culture, (France 3 – Lille)”Euro3 – Refugees “Culture 2000” of the European education and environment, will be broadcast in Sangatte” (France 3-lille) to be Commission (Director General by EbS on March 28 (22.00 CET), March 29 broadcast March 21, 22 and 24 at of Education and Culture) the (5.00 CET) and March 31 (12.00 CET) 22.oo, 5.00 and 12 CET. produced by STV Kosice followed by another Already broadcast in the first two “Wheels of Time” meeting 30 minute programme produced by Czech weeks of March were Chronik der besides the working sessions TV- Ostrava. Further transmissions are Wende – Highlights produced by involves visits to Iraklion and foreseen in April and June. ORB – Potsdam, “Nature working Knossos. (Euroregio, 65 rue dela The provisional programme schedule for overtime” produced by TV Syd, “Die Reforme 1050 Brussels, CIRCOM Regional transmission on Europe Insel” by BR Munich, “Slovenian by Satellite in March also includes “Euro 3- Magazine” by RTV Slovenia. Belgium. Fax-phone: 3223443573 2 The Atlantic TV Festival in Porto, June 16 - 20 need to retape to normal format the programmes sent on format 16:9. Art. 11 – The final date of MAT 2001 will award submission is May 20, 2001. The programmes received after 20st May and those that do not comply with the best TV programs the articles herein will not be accepted. Art. 12 – RTP-Azores, as the on sea - ecology issues organizer of the Festival, reserves the right to do a pre-selection of the Porto (or Oporto) will be the host city of this year’s MAT programmes submitted, if necessary. festival, from June 16 - 20. JURY The deadline for the entries at the Atlantic Television Festival Art. 13 – The members of the Jury is May 20. The organisation bears the cost of accommodations in are prestigious personalities in the a four star hotel, for one representative of each application. audio-visual field and are, annually, invited for this purpose by the From the office of Antonio Fragoso, the director of MAT 2001, Organisation. the rules and regulations have just been released and are as Art. 14 – The Jury reserves the right follows: to withhold all the prizes, or some of the prizes, if the programmes Art. 6 – There are two categories: OBJECTIVES submitted do not qualify. News Reporting and Art. 1 – The Atlantic Television Art. 15 – The Jury may propose the Documentary. Festival is produced by RTP- distribution of honourable mentions Art. 7 – Whenever there are Azores with the objective of for programmes that, due to their doubts regarding how to classify rewarding the best television quality, are seen as deserving the programmes, these may be programmes about “ The Sea”. special recognition, up to two for changed from one category to Art. 2 – The programmes, each category. another after an agreement has because of their quality, must PRIZES have content and form and reflect been reached between the Art. 16 – The prizes “Açor de Ouro” the variety and wealth of the organizers and the participant. (Golden Azor), “Açor de Prata” oceans at scientific and artistic Art. 8 – The programmes to be (Silver Azor) and “Açor de Bronze” levels, promote the protection and submitted must have been (Bronze Azor), will be distributed to defense of the seas in a produced during the five years the first, second and third best perspective of ecological balance, previous to the date of the programmes in the categories of highlighting man´s relationship Festival, and the programmes Documentary and News Reporting with coastal communities. that have already been submitted APPLICATIONS in previous editions of the Atlantic presented at the Festival. Television Festival, may not be Art. 17 – To the winning Art. 3 – Television Producers programmes, in the categories of may apply to MAT, particularly re-submitted. ENROLMENT Documentary and News Reporting, participants from Regional the following prizes will be given by Art. 9 – Enrolment in the Festival Television Centres, Independent the sponsors of the Festival: is free of charge. In the event of Producers and Co-productions. 1st Prize – 15.000 € a Co-production, enrolment will Art. 4 – Each participant may 2nd Prize – 10.000 € be considered as a programme of enter with as many productions 3rd Prize - 5.000 € the Station that submits it. as he/she wishes – providing that Art. 18 – The winning programmes Art. 10 – The programmes, the productions entered do not may be shown by RTP, with the submitted together with the Entry belong to the same series – by obligation to credit the Station that Form, must be sent at the cost of submitting each entry on a produced it and the prize received at the applicants, format Betacam separate Entry Form. MAT. (SP, SX or digital), Pal System, PROGRAMMES Art. 19 – Events and situations not subtitled or dubbed into English Art. 5 – The programmes may be included in these Rules and or French, to the address referred presented in video form as long Regulations will be solved by the to in the Entry Form. For viewing as they can be televised. Organisation. purposes, the Organisation may 3 T h e m e e t i n g p o i n t of C I R C O M R e g i o n a l m e m b e r s, J u n e 21-23 Porto, the site of the 2001 10. Admire the neo-gothic CIRCOM Regional conference and façade of the Lello the surrounding countryside is Porto: getting bookshop, then go inside yours in a two-day visit schedule. and see one of the city’s Here’s the plan: most surprising interiors, First day: The Historical Centre to know the and, if you want to , by a 1. The best way to get knot this good book. city overlooking the river Secondeday: Douro is to stroll leisurely historical centre Porto/Gaia/Leca/Matosinhos through its narrow, irregular, 1. Spend the morning of the granite-fronted streets. Start second day discovering from the shopping zone and its the city’s museums and principal through-fare, the Rua some of its surrounding de Santa Catarina, where you countryside. Those with can admire the art nouveau an interest in the fine arts décor of the shops and stop off should start at the the elegant Café Majestic. Museum of Soares dos 2. Then go down the Avenida Reis, a collection of dos Aliados past the Portuguese painting, Municipal Council building sculpture and decorative and on through the atmosphere arts from various periods of turn-of the-century housed in an attractive architecture. now-classical palace. If 3. Pass Sao Bento Station and you prefer to find out admire the marvellous blue about the atmosphere and and white glazed tile panels everyday life of one epoch which refer to the railways, in particular, visit the the history of transports and Museu Pomantico in the famous events in Portugal’s Quinta da Macieirinha history, the work of the painter (Macieirinha Estate) or the Jorge Colaco. Casa-Museu Guerra 4. Go up the hill and head Junqueiro, a beautiful towards the Se, a structure baroque building where remarkable for its the poet lived and which juxtaposition of Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque styles.