June 21, 2024
The MIPCOM CANNES Diversify TV Awards 2023 ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2023 during the MIPCOM event in Cannes1. These awards celebrate diversity and inclusion in the international television industry, recognising outstanding programming that provides fair representation and challenges stereotypes.
Paris, France – MIPCOM CANNES announced the global call for entries
has opened for the eighth edition of the MIPCOM CANNES Diversify TV Awards.
Closing date for submissions is 19 July for consideration across nine awards,
with the winners to be announced live on stage during an industry ceremony on
the second day of MIPCOM CANNES (21-24 October).
Dedicated to
championing and promoting diversity and inclusion in all its forms across the
international television industry, the MIPCOM CANNES Diversify TV Awards
attracted over 150 submissions from 27 countries in 2023 and will again be
presented in Cannes as part of the 40th edition of the mother of all
entertainment content markets and the world’s greatest gathering of TV and
Entertainment Executives.
The awards will be
staged in the Grand Auditorium of the world-renowned Palais des Festivals in
the ceremony’s newly established prominent position on day two of MIPCOM CANNES
(Tuesday 22 October) from 12.00 to 13.00, to be followed by a cocktail lunch reception.
The awards are
organised by MIPCOM CANNES in collaboration with founding partner Diversify TV,
and in association with Founding Presenting Partner A+E Media Group and Awards
Partners All3Media, Telefilm Canada and The Canada Media Fund among other
supporting partner companies and organisations.
A total of nine
winners will be awarded in 2024 across scripted and unscripted (categories
listed below) including a behind-the-scenes impact honour (for which
nominations are also invited). Finalists will be short-listed by a jury of
members of the MIP Markets' Diversity Advisory Board members and a Special Jury
of Industry Experts and Advocacy organisations committed to diversity and
inclusion in the global media landscape and everywhere.
To be eligible,
programmes must demonstrate a fair and balanced representation of Race &
Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+ and Disabled communities; show a positive impact; stand out
in originality and excellence in terms of storytelling, casting and production
values; challenge stereotypes and have aired the past year (premiere broadcast
or streaming of any season between 22 July 2023 and 21 July 2024 on a linear
and/or non-linear platform). Entry for the eighth edition is here where full
terms, conditions and criteria can also be found.
“These awards
recognise the positive and demonstrate the possible” said Lucy Smith, Director
of MIPCOM CANNES and MIPJUNIOR. “Our aim every year when the global TV industry
is gathered, is to use that opportunity and our unrivalled platform to
spotlight the programming and people internationally that embody excellence in
representation as examples to be inspired by and aspire to.”
Categories in
nomination for the MIPCOM CANNES Diversify TV Awards 2024 are:
Representation
of Race and Ethnicity
• Scripted
• Non-Scripted
Representation
of LGBTQIA+
• Scripted
• Non-Scripted
Representation
of Disability
• Scripted
• Non-Scripted
Representation
of Diversity in Kids Programming
• Pre-School
• Older Children
The Behind The
Scenes Impact Award