April 27th 2023 - CIRCOM Regional is delighted to announce the category winners in the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2023.  The jury met in Porto as guests of RTP. Fourteen judges, representatives of regional public service television stations in Europe, took the time to share their observations on everything they saw. They watched more than 170 submitted entries. They rewarded the very best productions in 11 categories, ranging from Documentaries, News Report to Music and Arts, and Digital Multimedia. Entries came from 22 regional public service television stations in Europe. Some countries have increased the number of entries. Overall, there has been an increase in the number of entries compared to last year. We are pleased to note that some of the award-winning entrants from previous years have also participated this year. The Grand Prix winner will be announced at a Gala show as a part of the CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference in Donostia-San Sebastian in Spain on 1st June 2023. The list of category winners and commended is: DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA Winner: Climate change in Sweden (Sverigeklimat), SVT regional co-operation, Sweden Commended: Worlds Apart (Én app - to verdener), NRK Østfold, Norway DOCUMENTARY Winner: We Were Not Allowed to Cry (Nam nie wolno było płakać), TVP3 Kraków, Poland Commended: Witches: the Great Lie (Bruixes, la gran mentida), CCMA Catalonia, Spain ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA Winner: Motel Valkirias (Motel Valkirias), TVG Galicia, Spain Commended: 110 (110), NRK Hordaland, Norway INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Winner: TG4 Investigates - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes (Iniúchadh TG4 - Céad Míle Fáilte?), TG4, Ireland Commended: The Forgotten Boys, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK MINORITIES IN SOCIETY Winner: Stand Up With Tourettes (Stand up med Tourettes), TV2 Nord, Denmark Commended: Inside Offside - The Test (Inside Offside - The Test), HRT Zagreb, Croatia MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE Winner: InfoK Special Tutankhamun (InfoK Especial Tutankhamon), CCMA Catalonia, Spain Commended: Former Teen's Nostalgia Show (Enska Live), Yle, Finland MUSIC AND ARTS Winner: Sing Junior (Sjong Junior), Omrop Fryslân, Netherlands Commended: The Solstices of Petr Nikl (Slunovraty Petra Nikla), ČT - Studio Brno, Czech Republic NEWS PROGRAMME Winner: The Regional Newscast (Telejurnalul Regional), TVR Cluj, Romania Commended: BBC North West Tonight - Manchester Arena Special, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK NEWS REPORT Winner: Perinatal Bereavement (Le Deuil Périnatal), France 3 Grand Est, France Commended: Mould, BBC North West Tonight, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK VIDEO JOURNALISM Winner: Peter Keresztes, TVR Timisoara, Romania Commended: Simon Marks, BBC South (Southampton), UK YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT Winner: Daniel Strömbäck, SVT Halland, Sweden There is no Commended in this category The winning stations receive a trophy, 1000 euros as well as travel to and accommodation at the awards ceremony. The Grand Prix winner receives a further 2000 euros in cash and another trophy. The presentation of the awards will be at a Gala show as a part of the CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, hosted by EITB – Basque Radio and Television, on 1st June 2023. The Judges were: Charlotte Ervik (NRK Møre og Romsdal, Norway), Adriano Nazareth (RTP CPN, Portugal), Olivier Brumelot (FTV, France 3 Pays de la Loire, France), Susanna Johansson (SVT  Nyheter Dalarna, Sweden), Klaus Unterberger (ORF, Austria), Gordana Škaljac Narančić (HRT Zagreb, Croatia), Ben Moore (BBC South, United Kingdom), Dite Dinesz (TVR Timisoara, Romania), Halbe-Piter Claus (Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands), Róisín Ní Thuairisg (TG4 Galway, Ireland), Raquel Fernandez (TVG Galicia, Spain), Piotr Socha (TVP, Rzeszow Poland), Mojca Recek (RTVSLO Maribor, Slovenia) and David Lowen (CIRCOM Regional).