Radio Netherlands’ English language programme From Brooklyn to Banja Luka won a special commendation for Best Radio Documentary at the Prix Europa 2005. The documentary is about Jonathan (a Jewish boy from Brooklyn) and his tempestuous relationship with his wife Dragana (a Serbian girl from Bosnia). Their first meeting point was the Elandsgracht in Amsterdam. The radio programme tells the story of their love, their fights, their families and music. The documentary was produced by Dheera Sujan.
About Prix Europa
A festive Awards Ceremony in the middle of Berlin honouring this year’s best European Television, Radio and Internet productions brought Prix Europa 2005 to a close on 22 October. Around 700 guests came to the ceremony to celebrate the Winners of Prix Europa 2005. All in all, 276 television films, radio productions and online projects from 35 countries had been nominated to compete for one of the 14 Prix Europa trophies and the prize money of 6.000 Euros each. The winners 2005 are from eight countries, four productions from Germany, two from the United Kingdom, two from Norway, two from the Netherlands, one from Denmark, one from the Czech Republic, one from Spain, one from Poland. “Special Recommendations” were made for productions from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Sweden, Romania, Georgia and Hungary.
About Radio Netherlands
Radio Netherlands is the Dutch international broadcasting service for the Netherlands. Radio Netherlands provides news, information and culture in eight languages through radio, television and the Internet. Radio Netherlands reaches an average 50 million people each week.