The Venice TV and Branded Content Festival has announced its call for entries. It follows the Venice Film Festival every year. The Festival is supported by Egta( Brussels), ACT and the City of Venice. The deadline for submission of entries is June 30, 2024.
Indian companies have done well in winning Awards in recent times, according to a source. Viacom18 won Golds every year in the last four years for Nickelodeon and Big Boss while Zee, Sony and Freemantle have also won awards in previous years..
There are 19 categories with key ones being Branded Content, Craft in Film Production, Film Craft in Cinematography, Animation, Direction, New Talent, The TV and OTT properties cover Documentary, News, Reality TV, Comedy, Sport, Light Entertainment, Program Promotion, Performing Arts, Children/Youth, Best of Technical, New Talent, Best Soap / TV Novella, Animation, Cinematography, Direction, Cross Platform Programming etc.
Many leading lights from global TV networks like Disney, BBC, ITV, Sky Italia, Fox, Kansai TV etc are on the jury every year. This year’s ury includes Frauk Neeb RTL Germany, Carlo Arturo Sigon, President Italian Directors Guild; Cristina Freiherr, Sky Germany, Alan Holland, Head of Documentary, BBC Studios; Arild Erikstad, President IMZ; Karim Bartoletti, Indiana Production Company, Marcello Lezama, AMC Argentina; Paula Kirchner, Unscripted Content Director, Warner Bros. Discovery, Latin America.