SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS 2018: the names of the finalists announced!

Today we announce the five finalists of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS entertainment formats contest. And very soon, on September 17, they will personally pitch their creative ideas at KYIV MEDIA WEEK and compete for the title of the best of the best, and also for valuable prizes.

Almost 40 applications in the genre of non-scripted entertainment format were submitted for SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS 2018 from different countries, including Ukraine, Belarus and Spain.

An open format of the contest, which allows to present the idea at any development stage – from the paper format and to the program that has already been broadcast or commissioned – has given the opportunity for people of various professions. Among the participants, of course, were representatives of the industry – directors, screenwriters, producers, but also those who previously had no relation to the content production – marketers and even retirees.

First of all, the experts assessed originality and creativity of the submitted ideas. Also such factors as potential to develop multiple series, potential to travel around the world as a format, potential to become cross-media and multiplatform format were taken into account.

So, the finalists of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS are:

• Victor Bulyga (Ukraine) – project 'Brother for Brother, Sister for Sister'
• Andriy Babkin (Ukraine) – project 'F*ck-up and win!'
• Jokin Etcheverria (Spain) – project 'President Me'
• Pavlo Linievych (Ukraine) – project 'Son of my Mother's Friend'
• Evgenia Zinko (Ukraine) – project 'The 'At One' Club'

Final round of the SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest will take place on September 17 in the course of KMW 2018 (Hyatt Regency, Kyiv, Ukraine) and will be held in the form of an open pitching, during which the finalists will personally present their ideas to the international jury and project partners.

At the final round the jury will select the winner, who will get a great opportunity for professional growth at the international level, while the winning format will be kickstarted globally to win the hearts of audiences on all continents. Small World IFT (USA) – Partner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest becomes the exclusive worldwide distributor, of the winning format. MIPCOM (France) – International Partner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS and KYIV MEDIA WEEK – awards the winner with participant’s badge of the world's biggest entertainment content market MIPTV and MIPFormats 2019. Travel partner of KMW 2018 – KIY AVIA awards the winner with air tickets to France and accommodation in Cannes during their participation in Cannes markets. Innovation partner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS – Citrus – will present DJI Mavic Pro Platinum quadcopter to the winner.

The organizer of the contest, Media Resources Management, wishes good luck to all the finalists! And we’ll find out who will fly to Cannes in 3 weeks.

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