Since 1994, the TEFI Prize has been awarded by the Academy of Russian Television, specially created for this, uniting 555 art workers and leading experts in the field of television. It is intended to stimulate and popularize domestic producers of television content - both individuals and production centers, studios, television and film companies. In the last week of spring, the award ceremony took place for the 17th time.
According to the terms of the competition, works created and aired since June 1, 2010 participate in it. to August 31, 2011 Three works are presented in 48 nominations of the competition, and the nominations themselves are divided into two groups, which are conventionally named "Professions" and "Persons". The announcement of the winners and the presentation of awards in each group took place separately. The nominees in the "Faces" section learned the result of the voting at the Moscow Musical Theater on the evening of May 29, and in the "Professions" group the statuettes of Orpheus by sculptor Ernst Neizvestny were handed out to the owners at the Novaya Opera theater four days earlier.
Among the entertainment programs in the Novaya Opera, the program ProjectorParisHilton (in two nominations) and Surprise Me! (for the best design of a television program). Whole groups of creators of the programs “One for All” (nomination “Producer of a television program”) and “Big Difference” (category “Writer of a television program”) received awards. Alexander Zhigalkin for his work on the sketch show "6 frames" was awarded as the best director of a TV program, and in the nomination "Operator of a TV program" TEFI was awarded to Vladimir Brezhnev for his work on the ice show "Dancing with the Stars - 2011".
Received awards and works in more serious genres. In the nomination “Program on Science (cycle)” the prize was awarded to the TV project “Evolution”, as the best program on classical music TEFI received the program “Sati. A boring classic”. Two episodes of the documentary series "Battle for the North" were awarded in two different nominations. Feature films and TV series also did not remain without awards - bronze statuettes were awarded to the series “The Beautiful Seraphima” (Karine Foliyants - the best screenwriter of the series), “Podzadnaya” (Andrey Kivinov - the best screenwriter of the miniseries), “Fortress” (in four nominations), “Closed school "(in two).
At the Musical Theater, awards were also presented to creators of both entertainment and information and analytical programs. Here, the TEFI award was given to the comedy series "Traffic Light", the television games "What? Where? When?" and the second season of Cruel Intentions. In all nominations of news programs, the awards went to representatives of REN TV - another five joined the two Orpheus four days ago. The only one who was able to break into the dense structure of REN TV was Alexander Arkhangelsky, who, as the host of the program "Meanwhile," shared with Marianna Maksimovskaya the victory in the nomination "Presenter of an information and analytical program". On this day, one more award was given to the creators of the TV series Podsadnaya, Trace and Seraphim the Beautiful.
Using the links provided under this article, you can download the full lists of TEFI nominees and winners from the official website of the competition. In addition, the award ceremony can be viewed online on the home page of this website. There is also a complete list of members of the academy who vote to determine the winners of the competition.
