At the Grimme TV Awards ceremony on Friday evening in Marl, the audience was silent for ten seconds out of respect for the Afghan people. The 140 or so award winners and other guests at Theater Marl followed a spontaneous request from WDR television journalist Isabel Schayani in her acceptance speech after receiving a Grimme Prize. This people has been experiencing a war for 43 years, said Shayani. Entire generations grew up "in this damned war". The journalist appealed not to lose interest in the fate of the Afghan people in two or three months. Schayani had previously received a Grimme Prize for competent and empathic reporting from the Moria refugee camp.
Since Friday, Carolin Kebekus, Caren Miosga and Charly Hübner have another thing in common besides the first letter: They too are fresh Grimme Prize winners.
A total of 16 productions and actors received the renowned award for good television.
14 went to public broadcasters alone.
There was also an audience award and a special award for the presenter of the day's themes, Carmen Miosga.
The winners were announced in May.
The undoped Grimme Prize was awarded for the 57th time.
Award for corona contributions
In the Information & Culture category, for example, the documentary film “The branch I'm sitting on” (ZDF / 3sat) by Swiss filmmaker Luzia Schmid on the effects of tax cuts on Swiss trains received an award.
The short film “Masel Tov Cocktail” (SWR / Arte) about anti-Semitism in Germany was able to prevail in the productions for children and young people.
The science journalist Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim received a Grimme Prize for her contributions on the subject of Corona in the programs “Mailab” (funk) and “Quarks - Corona in 5 minutes” (WDR / funk).
The "special honor" of the German Adult Education Association (DVV) as a special Grimme award went to the journalist Caren Miosga for "outstanding television journalism".
"In this remarkable award year, we are seeing what contemporary television can do," said Grimme Director Frauke Gerlach.
This applies above all to the "top" of the submitted productions, unfortunately not to the "breadth".
The undoped Grimme Prize honors television programs and services that have been rated as exemplary and exemplary.
It is considered to be one of the most important awards for quality television in Germany.
The sponsor of the award is the German Adult Education Association.
The award has been presented annually since 1964.
Only around 140 people took part in the event in the Marl Theater due to the corona.
Usually around 700 guests come.
In 2020 the gala was canceled due to Corona.
A recording of the event should be broadcast on 3sat on Friday evening at 10:25 p.m.