SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS Judging Panel Gathered International Experts

SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS, organized by Ukrainian MRM and backed by US distributor Small World IFT, will engage 12 international format industry experts to select 5 finalists of the contest. Representatives of different countries, regions and even continents in the Judging panel prove that despite current challenging situation in Ukraine real professionals are ready to work together in order to develop the industry and find fresh and creative ideas. SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS organizers’ experience, productive cooperation with partners and friendship with the world’s TV business leaders helped to form an outstanding panel of experts from USA, UK, Switzerland, Ukraine and Russia:   

 

• Oleksii Goncharenko – Founder & General producer, Friends Production (Ukraine);
• Iryna Kostyuk – Producer, FILM.UA Group (Ukraine);
• Elena Kanishevskaya – Creative producer, Ukraine TV Channel (Ukraine); 
• Oleksandr Brykailo - CEO, Studio Pilot (Ukraine);
• Pavlo Dubovyi - Head of format\program development, STB TV Channel (Ukraine);
• Dmitriy Velikanov – General Producer, Mir Reality (Russia); 
• Ekaterina Andrienko - Head of Production, TV-3 Channel (Russia);
• Yulia Sumacheva - Chief Producer, WeiT Media (Russia);
• Danny Fenton – CEO, Zig Zag Productions (UK);
• Bertrand Villegas – CCO, The Wit (Switzerland);
• Tim Crescenti – President, Small World IFT (USA);
• Luci Burnley - SVP Format Sales and Development, Small World IFT (UK). 

“For several years, Ukraine imported a phenomenal number of formats from abroad. But now, the winds have changed as we embark on finding the most exciting format ideas out there from the most creative minds in the region.  We’re looking forward to seeing unique, original and fan-damn-tastic entries in the unscripted genres which have strong international potential.  The winner will receive a distribution deal with Small World IFT, a promo and development resources, ready to launch the format to the world at MIPCOM 2015”, - Tim Crescenti, President Small World IFT

Final round of the contest will be held in the course of FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition screening and conference on March 27 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Five finalists selected by international Judging panel will be announced on March 16 on the SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS official webpage. 

More information here.  

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