The Golden Nymph Award(s) are the prizes awarded to the winners of the Official Competition of the
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The opening ceremony inaugurates each new edition, intro ...
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History
Prince Rainier III of Monaco created the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in 1961 to "encourage a new art form, in the service of peace and understanding between the people."
The Golden Nymphs are the prizes awarded to the winners of the Official Competition. The statuettes are copies of the sculpture ''
La nymphe Salmacis'', created by
François Joseph Bosio of Monaco, "King's Senior Sculptor" to
Louis XVIII of France, the original of which is still exhibited at
the Louvre museum in Paris.
The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo ends with the Golden Nymph Award Ceremony.
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Official Competition
The Golden Nymph awards recognize the best TV programs and actors from around the world. Winners are given a Golden Nymph statuette or other prizes. Throughout the Festival, international juries composed of industry professionals participate in screenings of all the programming in the competition. Each year, more than 30 countries are represented in the competition, with more than 60 programs selected for nomination.
Entry into the Official Competition is free and open to all international networks, distributors and production companies.
The Official Competition is separated into the following categories:
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* TV Series - Drama and Comedy
* Mini Series
* Television Films
* News (Documentaries, TV News Items, 24-Hour News Program)
* International TV Audience Awards
Special prizes
The Press Prize of the ICRC
In 2003, as a result of the committed support of the Monaco Red Cross
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, the International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; french: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signato ...
(ICRC) created a special jury to award a new prize in the news/current affairs category: The Press Prize of the ICRC. The ICRC created the prize in response to the large presence of war-related themes, which make up 70% of the current affairs documentaries selected by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the official competition.:[Golden Nymphs/Special Prizes]
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Each year, the Press Prize of the ICRC rewards a documentary which best highlights one or several principles of international humanitarian law and deals with a current armed conflict from the perspective of the victims' suffering.
Prize of the Monaco Red Cross
In 1988, Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Honorary President of the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, became President of the Monaco Red Cross. The Festival is an essential event for the Monaco Red Cross.
This Prize, created in 1948 by Louis II, Prince of Monaco, seeks to recognize a fiction program (miniseries or television film) that demonstrates at least one of the seven fundamental principles of the Red Cross: humanity, impartiality, independence, neutrality, charity, unity, and universality.
The AMADE Prize
The AMADE (Association Mondiale des Amis de L'enfance, or World Association of Children's Friends) Prize is awarded to television programs that encourage non-violence, in keeping with AMADE's aims and key values, mostly focusing on children's rights.
The SIGNIS Prize: The Silver Dove
The SIGNIS ( World Catholic Association for Communication) Prize, or Silver Dove, "highlights and promotes productions that use artistic and technical talent to create inspiring content that encourages reflection."
The Special Prize of Prince Rainier III
This Prize was created by H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco
Albert II – Website of the Palace of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, since 2005.
Albert was born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, and he is the second child and only son of Prince Rai ...
, in honor of Prince Rainier III who founded the Festival. Prince Albert II chooses among the nominees for the News Documentaries category for the best program about the environment or conservation.
Honorary Golden Nymph
The Honorary Golden Nymph is awarded to "a renowned professional for his/her extraordinary contribution to the entertainment and television industry."
Crystal Nymph
The Crystal Nymph, created in 2013, is awarded to a television actor or actress "whose acting career has made an outstanding contribution to the television world."Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films '' Citizen X'' (1995) a ...
* 2014 – Abraham Godmiller
* 2015 – Patricia Arquette
* 2016 – Marg Helgenberger
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* 2017 – Helen Mirren
* 2018 – Mariska Hargitay
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* 2019 – Michael Douglas
See also
* Monte-Carlo Television Festival
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The opening ceremony inaugurates each new edition, intro ...
References
External links
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* {{IMDb event, 0002891, Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo
Television awards
Festivals in Monaco