Prague/Vienna – On September 20th, 2023, the annual festival opened its doors for the 60th time. The Golden Prague Festival has been a fixture in the world of television and theater for decades, showcasing the best in dance, drama, music documentaries, concert recordings, and stage productions.
The Awards Ceremony Gala took place at the New Stage of the National Theatre and was broadcasted by the Czech Television. A five-member jury had chosen the best works from films submitted by producers and television companies from around the whole world.
One of them being “The Dark Secret of Mr. Paganini”, which has won the Czech Television Prize. Representing ORF-Enterprise, Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, Director of Acquisitions & Distribution Investment, accepted the prize on behalf of ORF, ARTE and Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt together with ORF TV’s Head of Culture, Martin Traxl.
The jury's statement: "The film represents an exciting, revelatory, but also hugely entertaining journey in search of what makes the sound of old violins and other string instruments unique – a secret ultimately hidden not so much in their wood but, rather surprisingly, in the material used for their strings, which comes from animals, and the method by which these strings are manufactured. For centuries, this was an anxiously guarded secret; the makers of this film have found a captivating way how to let their audience peek behind the curtain.”
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