The International Format awards are the leading awards for the global content business, recognising creativity and excellence across a range of categories. They are a co-production between the leading players in the formats business, including C21Media, FRAPA and EMC.
The finalists have now been chosen from the 128 formats entered.

View the finalists online
You can view an online playlist featuring all the finalists in all categories by clicking here.

Screen the finalists on your iPad
You can view a playlist featuring all the finalists in all categories through C21’s iPad app C21Screen by clicking here.

The International Format Awards Gala Dinner and afterparty
The winners will be announced at The International Format Awards Gala Dinner on Saturday April 11, which takes place at ClubC21 from 19.30 onwards during MipFormats in Cannes.

This evening will see the world’s leading buyers, producers and distributors come together to celebrate
the best in formats in one of the most glorious locations.
It will be hosted by Tiff Stevenson, stand-up comedian, actor and writer.

The Awards are open to any show that first went to air during 2014 and
is being marketed to the international community as a format.
The entry period was January 12 – February 27
The judging period is March 2 – March 27
The finalists will be announced on April 2

Please call C21 on +44 (0) 20 7729 7460 to speak to someone about the Format Awards.

International Format Awards sponsors

International Format Awards judges 2015

Categories

Best Studio Based Gameshow Format
Studio Based Gameshows can cover everything from serious quizzes to physical studio games to cooking and dating games. At the core, they must take place in a closed studio environment and some game must be played, almost always with competition and winners.

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Best Scripted Format
These are scripted shows (either comedy or drama) that have been formatted for territories outside their country of origin.

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Best Multi-platform Format
Format that at their core have some platform aside from television integral to the show’s narrative. A website, social network page or telephony that is merely a promotional vehicle for the show would not qualify. The other non TV platforms have to interact with the casting, narrative or outcome of the show to make it a significant multi-platform format.

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Best Comedy Format
Comedy Format is for unscripted comedies, not sitcoms. These are comedy formats in studio or the field that might involve comedy sketches, improve, hidden camera, panels. They won’t be confused with actors in sitcoms but might be confused with quiz shows except, for comedies, the answers don’t matter. The laughs are the thing.

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Best Competition Reality Format
Comp Reality takes in everything from Survivor to So You Think You Can Dance. At the core, there is a winner. Participants (celebrities or public) are playing to win. All modern talent shows are Comp Reality. Even though a lot of the competition takes place in a studio, nowadays, nearly all have out of studio elements not least of which is public voting.

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Best Factual Entertainment Format
In our awards Factual Entertainment has a broader definition than used in Britain where Factual and Factual Entertainment mean different things. For these awards, Factual Entertainment Formats are formats, shot in the field or in studios where there is not competition but rather the exploration of a slice of life either for elucidation or for entertainment. The topics could be life or death (Deadliest Catch) or lifestyle (cooking).

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Best Host of a Television Format
This award is designed to recognise talent in front of the camera and will be given to the person the judges feel have played a key role in enhancing a format by the sheer strength of personality, flair and unique approach to fronting a television format.

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Best Brand Driven Format
More than just a bit of product placement or brand integration, this category is about Formats that owe their existence to a Brand or advertiser which has played a crucial part in the Format’s creation. The Format could be a Studio-Based Gameshow or Factual Entertainment chat show, but it was brought to television with the key input of a brand.

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The International Formats Business Gold Award 2015
This award will be chosen by by the C21, EMC and FRAPA boards for outstanding contribution to the formats business.