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City folk

Documentary

Format
Documentary magazine 28'
(3 items of ca. 7’ in each episode)

Exchange schedule
Call for participants and choice of the characters
EIDG Plenary meeting in Hilversum, November 2008

Production
Winter 2008-2009
Rough cut meeting in February 2009

Delivery
Mai 2009

Languages
National versions with an IT-track

Delivery
Each broadcaster makes its own
adaptation

Executive Producer
Erik Hogenboom (NPS)

Eurovision TV contact
Pierre Duret
+41 22 717 24 11

City Folk is a 28-minutes documentary magazine about modern, multicultural city life co-produced in the framework of the Eurovision Intercultural and Diversity Group (EIDG). It portrays a colourful patchwork of people living in major European cities.

Each programme features three ordinary but outspoken city people - one with a foreign background - who are filmed for one day in their lives. The series aims to counterbalance prejudices and stereotyped ideas about immigrants and other foreigners by presenting them as unique individuals irrespective the colour of their skin or their country of origin. The mix of people portrayed reflects the demographic reality in Europe’s big cities, and the viewer can recognise that the lives and ambitions of others are very similar to his own, despite superficial differences.

The series has existed for more than ten years already. 
HRT won the "Prix CIRCOM Regional 2005 for cross-borders programmes" with City Folk Zagreb 2004.
Cities portrayed in series 10 (2006-2007): Helsinki, Istanbul, Lisbon, Split, Belgrade, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Prague, Maribor, Kosice, Stockholm, Barcelona
Ten broadcasters have participated in 2007-2008: CT, HRT, NPS, ORF, RTP, RTSH RTVSLO, STV, TRT, TV Catalunya

City Folk is based on the principle "Make one, take all", that is, each broadcaster produces one episode under the guidance of an executive producer and receives the others for free.



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Latest update 19.09.2008