The Golden Beggar ( sk, Zlatý žobrák) is the first and the oldest international festival of local TV broadcasters, which takes place every year in June in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

, Slovakia. The festival was established in 1995 to celebrate, popularize and support European local TV broadcasters production. The Golden Beggar is a huge database of local programmes and a place of high quality workshops, lectures, presentations, round tables and discussion forums. It is also a market place for programmes and a place for co-production opportunities. The official language of the festival is English. Simultaneous interpretation with translation from and into Slovak,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, German, Spanish and Russian is available. The festival jury is headed by journalist Ed J. Baumeister (France/U.S.). The patron of the festival is Maroš Šefčovič, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration.

List of winners

* 1995 - '' Crime that Changed Serbia'' ( B92,

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, Yugoslavia) * 1996 - ''Daniel'' ( Sitel TV, Republic of Macedonia) * 1997 - ''Mountain Boy'' (

Alternativna TV ''Alternativna TV'' (''ATV''; sr-Cyrl, Алтернативна ТВ, АТВ) is a television company based in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This TV station also has web based news redaction, and news portal is among ...

, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina- Republika Srpska) * 1998 - ''Gone with the Wind'' ( TV Flux, Republic of Moldova) * 1999 - ''Attack'' ( TV Niš, Niš, Yugoslavia) * 2000 - ''Helmut Bistika'' (

TV Naša Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...

, Košice, Slovakia) * 2001 - ''Possibly You'' (

TV Global Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

, Košice, Slovakia) * 2002 - ''The Rules of the Game'' (

TV Wisla Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...

, Kraków, Poland) * 2003 - ''The 21st Century'' (Alternativna TV, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina-Republika Srpska) * 2004 - ''The White Village'' (

TV Čačak Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

, Čačak, Serbia and Montenegro) * 2005 - ''Muharem Music-The Eyes Of Life'' (

TV Krug Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

, Serbia and Montenegro) * 2006 - ''Doctor Schileru'' (

TV Etalon Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

, Romania) * 2007 - ''Mothers from the Kingdom of Shadows'' (

OWH Studio The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and functions to improve the health and well-being of U.S. women and girls. The main headquarters, from which the OWH operate, is located in Wa ...

, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova) * 2008 - ''The Humoresque'' (

, Romania) - An unusual portrait of a 94-year-old woman who has adhered to moral principles all her life, but she suddenly runs into a blind alley… * 2009 - ''Peking 2008'' ( TVP Katowice,

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

, Poland) - A film by Dagmara Drzazga is the record of a year-long observation of the people living in Polish “Peking” – the story of their joys and daily problems… * 2009 - ''Resonances'' ( Eva Verein, Poland) - A film by Alina Cyranek, Marc Recchia. The film is about a young woman, who is full of internal contradictions, and a maverick. Until her seventeenth birthday she always wanted to become a nun but things turned out differently... * 2010 - ''Kill the Day'' ( TV Belsat, Belarus) - An ordinary village in Belarusian Palessje. An old pair, Antanina and her husband Viktar, sit knee by knee in their small village hut, decorated with home-made cloths… * 2011 - ''I was just a Child'' ( Radio-Television of the Republic Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) - A film by Branko Lazić is about a man who has rescued 30 children from certain death in the concentration camp Gornja Rijeka during World War II, risking his own life… * 2012 - ''Bell Ringer'' - a film by Kate Makhova, Belarus.

External links

Official website of the Golden Beggar festival
Culture and Arts in Košice Film festivals in Slovakia {{Europe-film-festival-stub