The Jury of the 30th International URTI Radio Grand Prix (Belgium, Benin, Cameroon, Egypt, France and Romania) met to draw up the prize list of this year on the theme of «CULTURAL INTANGIBLE HERITAGE».
GRAND PRIX:
Mutibe, le rituel d’hommage aux divinités de l’eau chez les Sawa Pouth Pouth Serge Bertrand – CRTV – Cameroon
Silver Medal:
La Mimouna : Retour sur les dessous d’une tradition judéo-marocaine millénaire
Oumaima Azzelzouli – SNRT – Morocco
Bronze Medal:
Le Mouloud Egyptien / Dr Mohamed Lotfy Yahia – ERTU – Egypt
Jacques Matthey-Doret Award for Discovery:
La Princesse Yennega / Clémence Tuina – RTB – Burkina Faso
In 2018, the winner of the Radio GRAND PRIX will get a 500-dollar reward.
The list of the finalists:
• L’Univers danse le Semah / Anaïs Carton – CBAI, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, ACSR – Belgium
• Risques et catastrophes : Le Fâ peut-il nous sauver ? / Didier Hubert Madafime – ORTB – Benin
• Une fête, une histoire / Radwa Essam Eldine – Radio Le Caire – Egypt
• Fais claquer la langue (Fe bat la lang) / Laure Chatrefou – ARTE Radio – France
• Histoire de fils : Tapissières de la République Véronique Samouiloff & Franck Cuvelier – France Culture – France
• It’s raining / Elaheh Bayat – IRIB, Alborz Radio – Iran
Created in 1949, URTI is the first radiobroadcaster organization with a global perspective. This union coordinates the exchanges of programmes free of rights between its members, manages creation or training workshops and organises the International Radio and TV Author’s Documentary Grand Prix.
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وا ذاا دا – International Radio and Television Union Contact: Nathalie Lacroix – +33 (0)1 56 40 46 04 – nathalie.lacroix@radiofrance.com – www.urti.org
