prizes
Tue, 10/09/2024
Monika Herceg, born in 1990 in Sisak, Croatia, is one of the most prominent voices of contemporary Croatian literature. Actively engaged as poet, screenwriter, editor and as a gender equality activist, Herceg’s works have received significant acknowledgements and prestigious awards in her country and abroad.
Thu, 17/11/2022
Among the various journalists, the CEI and SEEMO have selected Anna Babinets for her long-lasting experience and commitment in investigative reporting as well as for her current engagement in providing evidence of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.
Wed, 07/09/2022
Luiza-Katica Bouharaoua born in Croatia in 1985, is a writer, translator and cultural operator. She received the CEI Award for Young Writers 2022 on the occasion of the literary event held at the CEI Headquarters on 6 September, in the framework of the Vilenica International Literary Festival.
Thu, 14/07/2022
With his project “Surface Friendly Carrier System”, Oleg Vereshchagin from Ukraine is the winner of the CEI Award at the 14th International Design Contest “Trieste Contemporanea”.
Tue, 25/01/2022
The CEI Award 2022 at the Trieste Film Festival (TSFF) goes to the Serbian director Milica Tomović for her film Kelti (Celts). It was presented by Zoran Jovanovic, Special Advisor to the CEI Secretary General on the occasion of the awarding ceremony held in Trieste on 24 January.
Thu, 04/11/2021
Sadeta Bajrović from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Milica Vojinović from Serbia are the winners of this year’s CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism, promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO). Nermina Kuloglija from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vlad Odobescu from Romania have received a special mention.
Fri, 10/09/2021
"We believe that supporting the translation and circulation of literary works could encourage mutual understanding and good neighbourly relations, in line with the CEI mission of promoting intercultural dialogue and preserving cultural diversity", declared CEI Deputy Secretary General, Nina Kodelja.
Tue, 21/01/2020
The CEI Award 2020 at the Trieste Film Festival goes to Marko Škop from Slovakia for his film Let there be light/Nech je svetlo. It was presented by Zoran Jovanovic, CEI Deputy Secretary General, on the occasion of the awarding ceremony in Trieste on 20 January.
Thu, 19/09/2019
Ivan Shopov, born in 1987 in Skopje, North Macedonia, graduated from the “Blazhe Koneski” Faculty of Philology in Skopje, general and comparative literature section.
Mon, 21/01/2019
The CEI Award 2019 (3,000 EUR) at the Trieste Film Festival goes to the Serbian film director Želimir Žilnik “for his aesthetic and intellectual consistency that have made him a leading author of Yugoslavian cinema.
Mon, 12/11/2018
The Festival Identity meeting took place on 27-29 October 2018 in the framework of the 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. The event confirmed its uniqueness in diversity. It brought together both renowned and new festivals, festival directors as well as more junior members of the festival teams.