SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS Contest is Launched

Media Resources Management (Ukraine) backed by Small World IFT (USA) announced SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest for new non-scripted entertainment formats. The contest winner will get partnership with Small World IFT, participant badge to attend MIPTV+ MIPFormats+MIPDoc (April 11-16, Cannes, France) and air travel Kyiv-Nice-Kyiv. 

SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS is open to broadcasters, production companies, independent creators and producers from all over the world to present their new and original ideas of non-scripted entertainment formats. The submitted concepts can be at any development stage: starting from paper format and on out to the program that has already been broadcast or commissioned (in this case worldwide format rights availability is a must).

The deadline for submitting the projects and sending any additional materials is March 6, 2015. Five finalists will be selected by international Judging panel and announced on March 16. 

Final round of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest will be held in the course of FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition screening and conference on March 27 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ideas will be selected by the following criteria: 

- Innovation;
- Creativity/originality;
- Potential to develop multiple series;
- Potential to travel around the world as a format;
- Potential to become cross-media and multiplatform format;
- To be non-scripted entertainment format.

SMALL WORLD.BIG IDEAS winner will get an exclusive opportunity to blend into global format community:

1. The prize provided by the Partner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS – Small World IFT:

- Small World IFT to become exclusive worldwide distributor, adding format to the catalogue and presenting format at all major television markets globally;

- Small World IFT to provide development expertise in adapting format for various territories;

Small World IFT fund production of a sizzle reel and officially launch format at MIPCOM 2015;

2. The prize provided by the International partner of the FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition – MIPTV:

- MIPTV 2015 participant badge;

- MIPFormats and MIPDoc participant badge.

3. The Prize provided by the Travel partner of the FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition – KIY AVIA (Ukraine):

- Air travel Kyiv-Nice-Kyiv, to attend the above mentioned events in Cannes, France.

 

"I’m very glad that we managed to form such a magnificent prize for SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest winner. Guaranteed partnership with international distributor Small World IFT and free participant badge to attend MIPTV and MIPFormats – it’s a lucky ticket to the worlds’ format business Major League. And if this unique chance is used to the full – will depend only on the winner. It takes creators years for their ideas to get noticed by international distributors, moreover Cannes market is not that approachable for TV business newcomers. We offer both of these privileges at once. I hope that we will get a great bunch of strong, interesting and original ideas that are worth winning SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS prize. It is the high time for us to give opportunities to talents and for talents to use such opportunities in their own favour", - comments Victoria Yarmoshchuk, CEO Media Resources Management. 

 

For more details and updates about the contest – please follow the official webpage of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS.

 

The 2015 MIPTV takes as its theme “The Millennial Shift”, tapping into the heart of this savvy generation of media users whose habits are shifting to newer forms of entertainment. MIPFormats is the incubator for big ideas, the next wave of must-see scripted and non-scripted formats. Two days before MIPTV, the largest gathering of the world's leading producers, commissioners, buyers and distributors are amongst the first to discover the very best in entertainment formats.

FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition Partners:

International partner - MIPTV 

Partner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest - Small World IFT 

Technical partners:

[LITE]COM | Tak Treba Production

Travel partner - KYI AVIA

Creative partner - ММR

 Innovation partner - Ekonomika 

Media partners:

www.mediananny.com | www.mediabusiness.com.ua   | www.telekritika.ua