Claude Lelouch chairman of the Jury of the URTI 31st International Grand Prix

2012-06-11
The Jury of the 31st International URTI Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary (first international audiovisual grand prix) will be chaired by famous French director Claude Lelouch , winner of two Academy Awards and a "Palme d'Or". 

The famous director of the film « Un homme et une femme” (A man and a woman) will lead the final Jury of 17 international TV channel representatives, that will gather from June 9th to 11th in the framework of the prestigious Monte-Carlo TV Festival.


Ten documentaries have reached the finalist statute, among 255 selected programmes in competition selected by 182 international TV channels, representing 72 countries:

Argentina  : Footprints on the Water - Canal Encuentro - Boy Olmi
Belgium  : Chernobyl, 4Ever - RTBF - Alain de Halleux
Burundi : En attendant le retour des Eléphants - RTNB - Léonce Ngabo
Canada : Tin City Voices - Humber FMTV - Elijah Marchand
France : Stéphane Peyron : Le Voyage à l’Envers - Planète+ Thalassa - Stéphane Peyron
Greece  : Sayome - ERT - Nikos Dayandas
Palestine : Jerusalem Calling - PBC - Raed Duzdar
Philippines : It’s Time - GMA Network - Rember Gelera & Rowena Raganit
Spain : Dimanche à Brazzaville - TV3 - Enric Bach & Adria Monès
Switzerland : Le Juge et Les Mineurs - RTS - Dominique Clément

The award-giving ceremony of this Grand Prix, endowed with 5,000 Dollars, will take place on Monday, June 11th at the Hermitage Hotel (Monte-Carlo).
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