EUROPRIX Newsletter

Newsletter, April 2011

Multimedia Creativity is your x-factor?

Use the unique opportunity and show it: Register here

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards, the European leading contest for young creative multimedia designers and producers, are open for entries on the 5^th of April. Creative media talents can participate until 1^st of July, the awards will be presented in November in the UNESCO City of Design Graz, Austria.
 

Be Europe’s Best: enter your project

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards address young, creative multimedia developers under 30 years, who work in the field of media design and e-Content. Focusing on innovation, creativity and originality, the EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards differ from the other contest. The main idea is to encourage the best young talents from all around Europe and establish a Europe-wide platform for promoting the best multimedia projects. In addition to the renowned awards the EUROPRIX offers an international network of students, producers and lecturers. The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized for the 14^th time and invite students and young professionals from 40 countries.

All first time participants can enter for free!

10 Categories + 3 Special Awards 

Projects can be entered into the following categories:

>Online / Web Projects

>Social Network Apps & Sites

>Mobile Apps & Tablet Content

>Games: serious, social and on all platforms

>Computer Graphics & Experimental Design

>Content Tools & Web Software

> Interactive Installations & Multimedia Spaces

>Offline Media & Interface Design

>Digital Video/TV: Online & Mobile

>Animations
 

Projectscan additionally be registered in the following Special Awards:
 

>Innovative multimedia concept:Unfinished brilliant projects, smart new ideas & sketches of exciting visions with digital technologies.

> GRAZ Special Award for the project with the best business potential

> STYRIA Special Award for the most creative design

Boost your career!

The 30 finalist teams (2 people per team) will receive an invitation to the EUROPRIX Multimedia Festival in the UNESCO City of Design, Graz. The costs for travel and accommodation (in a double room) for two team members will be covered by a grant. The finalists will have the possibility to see, amongst others, a public presentation of their projects at the Festival, the exhibition of their projects with the video and the presentation at the Gala, the presentation of the projects in the EUROPRIX publications online and offline.

The EUROPRIX is considered an utterly important stepping stone among young multimedia designers and developers who have found the successful road to their professional independence with the award or have reached the potential employers through the acquired publicity.
 

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized by the International Center for New Media (ICNM). The ICNM is a non-profit organization with the focus on selection and promotion of the top-quality interactive media contents. The EUROPRIX and the Festival are supported by the Federal Ministry of the Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, the City of Graz, the Styrian Chamber of Commerce and the Creative Industries Styria.

Newsletter, February 2011

EUROPRIX Community News

Many news coming from our partners & friends, have a look… 

> Content 360 call for entries - 4 days left to enter the competition!

Last chance to submit your best examples ofmedia-related Apps, online and social games as well as your new innovativeideas fordigital formatsorphone appsto win international recognition and cash awards.

Finalists will be invited to present their projects Live at MIPTV, the world’s entertainment content market, from 4-7 April, 2011 in Cannes, France. The winners will be announced on April 6, 2011.

Deadline is Monday 21^st February, 2011.

Entry is free and open to all regions of the world.

Don’t miss this chance to present your concept on an international stage. Visit http://connected-creativity.mipworld.com/programme/content-360/ for more information, or contact Charlotte Fabre at content360@reedmidem.com 

> TAMK School of Art and Media 4th International Week April 11-15 2011 / Tampere, Finland

The fourth edition of Tampere Art Factory Festival will blossom out mid-April at the old Finlayson cotton mill in the heart of Tampere, Finland. TAF is above all a demonstration of the skills and talent of the graduates and students of the School of Art and Media at TAMK University of Applied Sciences, and their friends.

The International Week April 11-15 preceeding TAF will host 50 international participants from 20 institutions and 15 countries. The guests will arrange workshops, seminars and discussions; the results will be a part of TAF opening weekend programme April 15-16.

EUROPRIX has always been present at TAF International Week, the kick off of the Finnish campaign for EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards will happen at TAF. Many participants will meet each other again at EUROPRIX Multimedia Festival November 10-12.

Tampere Art Factory http://tampereartfactory.blogspot.com/

> transform@lab – Call for Participation for postgraduate students

The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), together with two other art schools is organizing transform@lab, a special Summer school for postgraduate students.

This 17 day intensive lab will take place over 6 months at training locations in Wales (UK), Denmark and Hungary and will involve 11 masterclasses and case studies and 12 project development labs with leading new media practitioners from the host countries.

The nine participants selected will also benefit from 4 studio visits, 4 networking events with industry practitioners and e-support through online modules before they pitch their projects to a high profile industry panel.

The call is open for students studying at postgraduate level with an interest in...

• Animation production
• Animation direction
• Games design
• Web and mobile phone content development
• Cross platform writing
• Cross platform project management

For dates and further details, visit: www.transformatlab.eu

> EUROPRIX 2011: Save the dates!

       > Kick off                                 01 April 2011

       > Registration Deadline      01 July 2011

       > EUROPRIX Jury                 Sept 2011

       > Gala & Festival                   Nov 10-12 2011

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards address young, creative talents under 30 years, who work in the field of media design and e-Content.

Focusing on innovation, creativity and originality, the EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards differ from the other contest. The main idea is to encourage the best young talents from all around Europe and establish a Europe-wide platform for promoting the best multimedia projects. In addition to the renowned awards the EUROPRIX offers an international network of students, producers and lecturers.

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized for the 14^th time and invite students and young professionals from 38 countries.

The call for entries will open in April ; applicants will be able to register until July.

The awards will be presented in November in the Austrian „Candidate City of Design“ Graz.

In 2010, the 250 EUROPRIX Festival participants celebrated 50 nominees and 8 winners in the following categories:

Mobile Contents & Applications

Online & Digital Video/TV

Games,

Online/Web Projects

Computer Graphics & Design

Interactive Installations

Content Tools & Interface Design

Animations

Check out the 2010 Winners and the pictures on www.europrix.org !

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized by the InternationalCenterfor New Media (ICNM). The ICNM is a non-profit organization with the focus on selection and promotion of the top-quality interactive media contents. The EUROPRIX and the Festival are supported by the Federal Ministry of the Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, the City of Graz, the Styrian Chamber of Commerce and the Creative Industries Styria.
 

Newsletter, January 2011 

EUROPRIX 2011: Save the dates!

> EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards 2011

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards address young, creative talents under 30 years, who work in the field of media design and e-Content.

Focusing on innovation, creativity and originality, the EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards differ from the other contest. The main idea is to encourage the best young talents from all around Europe and establish a Europe-wide platform for promoting the best multimedia projects. In addition to the renowned awards the EUROPRIX offers an international network of students, producers and lecturers.

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized for the 14^th time and invite students and young professionals from 38 countries.

The call for entries will open in April ; applicants will be able to register until July.

The awards will be presented in November in the Austrian „Candidate City of Design“ Graz.
 

In 2010, the 250 EUROPRIX Festival participants celebrated 50 nominees and 8 winners in the following categories:

Mobile Contents & Applications

Online & Digital Video/TV

Games,

Online/Web Projects

Computer Graphics & Design

Interactive Installations

Content Tools & Interface Design

Animations

Check out the 2010 Winners and the pictures on www.europrix.org !

The EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards are organized by the InternationalCenterfor New Media (ICNM). The ICNM is a non-profit organization with the focus on selection and promotion of the top-quality interactive media contents. The EUROPRIX and the Festival are supported by the Federal Ministry of the Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, the City of Graz, the Styrian Chamber of Commerce and the Creative Industries Styria.
 

EUROPRIX Community News

> Content 360 call for entries

Pitch your game-changing ideas to the world’s most influential multi-platform audience and win development prizes.

Are you a world class innovator in digital & interactive formats, mobile & TV apps, or online & social games?  Is your company pushing the boundaries on new ways to engage audiences in today’s connected world?  

Enter MIPTV’s Content 360 Digital Creativity competition today for the chance to showcase your newest concepts to the global TV & media industry at MIPTV 2011, 4-7 April in Cannes, France.  Four exciting categories offer your company the unique opportunity to win international recognition, meet new business partners, and secure development contracts from prestigious media groups. FremantleMedia/ RTL Group’s Category winner will be offered a 10,000 Euros Development Agreement to jointly exploit the winning idea and NFB’s winning project will receive a 12,000 Euros development contract. The winners will be announced during a special ceremony party in Cannes on 6 April 2011.

Application is free and open to any company or individual. Entry Deadline: 14 February 2011.

Now part of Connected Creativity at MIPTV, Content 360 is not only an occasion to develop partnerships with the global entertainment and media industry present at MIPTV, but also to increase your reach to the mobile & technology sectors represented at the new Connected Creativity Forum.

2011 categories announced are:

Ø  Interactive & cross-media digital entertainment formats ;

Ø  Online & social games based on a TV programme, film, toy character, or an original concept focusing on a social experience;

Ø  Smart Phone App for Youth Engagement based on NFB social documentaries;

Ø  Rich media & social TV apps built for smart phones or tablets that create deeper interaction through dual-screen viewing.

To learn more about Content 360 and enter the competition, click here: www.connected-creativity.com

Contact
If you would like any further information, please contact:
EUROPRIX office
Mrs Anja Pohl
Project Assistant
pohl (at) icnm.net
+43.662.630441