The interactive dark musical comedy series “Accidental Lovers,” broadcasted on the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE Channel 1 as a mini series of 4 episodes on each Wednesday and Friday evening between Dec 27, 2006 – Jan 5, 2007,
http://www.ist-nm2.org/media_productions.html
goes to Input 2008, Joburg, South Africa,
as the showcase production of YLE.
“Input (INternational PUblic Television) is an annual weeklong showcase where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined. Now celebrating its 30th year, this event is the only global showcase that focuses specifically on innovative programmes produced in the public interest.”
Director Mika ‘Lumi’ Tuomola will represent the TaiK research production studio Crucible
http://mlab.taik.fi/research/research_groups/crucible_studio/
within the YLE delegation. The research production was coordinated by Media Centre Lume
as a part of the “new millennium, new media” research project
that received funding from the European Commission in the EU Framework Programme 6.