Loud and Clear - the Prix Italia is back to Torino
PRESS RELEASE
Entries are now open for the International Competition for the best productions from broadcasters around the world.
This will be a special edition, on the occasion of "Rai70/100", for the Prix Italia, the international competition that since 1948 has involved hundreds of broadcasters to award the best of Radio, TV and Digital productions in a kermesse open to the public and accessible to all.
The location has been unveiled, Torino, which returns to host the Festival after seven years in a completely renovated setting thanks to the collaboration with the Municipality of Torino and the Piedmont Region to showcase the area's excellence in innovation, and cultural and scientific dissemination.
"With the Prix Italia - says Alberto Cirio, the President of the Region - Torino and Piedmont add another major event to our already very rich 2024 calendar, during which this territory will confirm once again its ability to organise events of national and international relevance. Hosting the Prix Italia here means to reaffirm our central role also in the field of TV and radio productions, with particular attention to digital and new media".
"The Prix Italia is back to Torino - adds Mayor Stefano Lo Russo - after seven years and we are very happy about it. A return further enhanced by the celebration of important anniversaries: 100 years ago the Italian Radio Union, which later became Rai, come into being in our city, while 70 years ago television was born. Two media protagonists of our everyday lives that here in Torino have taken major steps, where Rai is still strongly present today with such main actors as the Production Centre and the National Symphony Orchestra".
The hub of the Prix Italia will be the RAI Production Centre, where a studio will be set up for the occasion, and live performances inside the Museum of Radio and Television, as well as several city locations of great appeal to international audiences.
The title of the edition, Loud and Clear, was chosen to celebrate the 100th anniversary of RAI, and in particular the Radio, and at the same time the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi, one of the most visionary Italian scientists of all time.
"The Prix Italia - RAI President Marinella Soldi illustrates - leads RAI's effort in its path to be sustainable, inclusive, creativity excellent and contemporary. This year's edition celebrates RAI's tradition, roots and history of 70 years of public television and 100 years of Rai Radio. What an amazing opportunity to celebrate the past while setting the vision and work for a modern public service media that is exciting and inclusive for all, and especially the new generations".
When Guglielmo Marconi, Nobel Prize winner for Physics in 1909, first broadcasted the message CAN YOU HEAR ME across the Atlantic Ocean it was received unequivocally... 'Loud and Clear'.
"It paved the way for the advent of our broadcasting companies of today that, with a strong message of authority, make up the community of our competition - says Prix Italia Secretary General Chiara Longo Bifano. - From smartphones to satellites, from radio to TV to wireless connections, we owe a lot to our countryman celebrated all over the world".
Radio will be a special guest with programmes, live podcasts and experimentations to explore the future of Audio with the infinite possibilities of AI.
President of the 2024 edition is France Culture Director Emelie de Jong who, together with the Secretary General of the Prix Italia, Chiara Longo Bifano, presented the 76th edition to the more than 100 broadcasters that are part of the Prix Italia Community.
The competition is open from 12 March to 7 June: 9 categories in the radio/podcast, video and digital sections.
During the Festival, scheduled from 1 to 4 October, there will be no shortage of Rai Previews with the presence of the talents and the opportunity to meet the directors and producers of the finalist programmes, up to the Awards Ceremony on the closing evening.
The Prix Italia Competition is open to all broadcaster organisations, both private and public service. If you have never competed in the Prix Italia before, you should fill out a new competitor form first (see below).
The Competition is divided into three sections: for Radio & Podcast; for Television; for Digital projects. Each section is divided into three categories, as follows:
Each competing organisation may submit a maximum of one programme for each of the nine categories listed above.
Programmes must have been released no earlier than January 1, 2023 or scheduled for broadcast no later than 31 December 2025.
You may submit a programme on our online platform, if you are already registered as a Contact Person for your broadcaster (i.e., you already have an EPRIXxxx account). If you don't have an account yet, or you can't reset your password, or you need assistance, please contact prixitalia@rai.it.
The deadline for programme submission is June 7, 2024 13:00 UTC.
Please note: the competition is open to broadcasting organisation only (as opposite to independent producers and filmmakers), and to nationwide coverage organisations (as opposite to local stations). If you are unsure, feel free to ask prixitalia@rai.it for clarifications before filling out the entry form.
You should first fill in the Broadcaster Registration form with both your organisation basic info, and your own personal data.
In the lower part of the "Broadcaster" section, you may add the names of one or more "contacts" for your organisation: these should be Manager(s) of the relevant departments of your organisation (eg., the Head of International Relations), but they will not be assigned an account on our platform.
In the "New Contact Person" section of the form, you may fill in your own data and email. The Contact Persons will be given an account on the platform and are supposed to upload the programmes in competition. You will be able to register further Contact Persons, if needed, once you get your own account.
You will be emailed with a token to validate. After that, we will send you your access credentials (a "EPRIX###" account and a password).
From now then on you may access the main page of our platform to edit your data and upload and review your programmes in competition.
If you need assistance, please contact prixitalia@rai.it.
The Juries of the Prix Italia competition are made up of delegates from the competing organisations. Each competitor may delegate one Juror for each of the 3 main sections of the competition (Radio & Podcast; TV; Digital).
The Special Prizes' Juries are composed of experts selected by the Prix Italia.
To register a Juror, fill in our online form.
A juror can register autonomously, without the need for intervention by a Contact Person of the competing organisation. Note that you will have to upload a jpeg headshot of yourself and a short presentation (10-15 lines will do) as a pdf/doc file.
You will also need to indicate in which section of the competition (Radio & Podcast; TV; Digital) you intend to be a Juror. The exact Jury you will be placed on depends on our Jury rotation outline, so that we have a balanced composition each year.
Newly registered organisations may delegate their Jurors too. We will update the Jury outline to include the new entrants.
Make sure to read carefully our Regulations (Art. 10) to learn about the Juries' proceedings. Also, note that our General Regulations (art. 4.5) states that "if Jurors are somewhat involved in the production of a programme, they cannot be part of the Jury that is asked to vote on it".
Our Regulations:
Register and uploading your programmes on our online platform:
For more information: prixitalia@rai.it