The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has unveiled an exciting new addition to its Golden Nymph accolades: the Digital Award. Designed to honour content created exclusively for YouTube, the category will spotlight originality and innovative storytelling on the platform.
Each year, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, created under Prince Rainier III in 1961 as a way of bringing together key players in the television industry for networking and recognition, as well as to celebrate the accomplishments of the small screen, culminates in the naming of the recipients of the Golden Nymph Awards, a set of prestigious prizes that reward excellence in various aspects of the industry.
True to its forward-thinking roots, the festival moves with the times and has announced the creation of a new Digital Award, which will honour productions that forgo actors, scripts, and dialogue, instead capturing spontaneous, unscripted moments.
Two Golden Nymphs will ultimately be awarded in this category: Best Original Digital Creation and Best Unscripted Digital Creation. At the 2025 edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, set to take place between 13th and 17th June at the Grimaldi Forum, organisers will share further details on these new awards, which will be formally introduced to the programme in 2026.
“We are excited to discover the talents and creations that will emerge in this new category, and we encourage all creators to participate in this celebration of digital innovation,” says Cécile Menoni, Executive Director of the Festival.
For over six decades, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has been at the forefront of industry trends, and this new award reaffirms its commitment to innovation. By embracing the evolution of media consumption, the festival continues to celebrate groundbreaking artistic expression, setting the stage for a new era in television.
For more information about the festival, including the programme of events for the 2025 edition and how to submit an entry, click here.
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