07 March 2019 - The promotional film "Crna Goro" by the author Miki Dragićević won the first prize in the international competition organised by The Golden City Gate at the world's leading ITB Berlin Convention.
The annual award ceremony The Golden City Gate takes place during ITB Berlin – the world`s leading tourism trade show. The companies represented at the fair include hotels, tourist boards, tour operators, system providers, airlines and car rental companies. The ITB Berlin takes place annually in March. The Golden City Gate Awards are handed over to the tourism representatives and their artworks in different categories. The artworks are judged by an international jury based on a point system.
Montenegrin promotional film won the first place in the category named International Campaign, which shows that the content is recognised as a top-level presentation of tourism and natural potentials of Montenegro.
Forty independent judges evaluated the submitted entries, and out of over 2,000 reported tourist projects from 40 countries, the members of the jury awarded the project "Crna Goro" with the first place. The jury members are specialists in their specific field of work, such as artists, travel agents, professors, students, executives, directors, ministers, consuls, ambassadors and even travellers themselves.
After the award ceremony at ITB Berlin, the promotional video “Crna Goro” will be presented at leading international seminars, workshops, social networks, various campaigns, which will be a significant contributor to presenting Montenegro to all key world tourism companies.
The Golden City Gate Award is yet another substantial international recognition for great work and effort in presenting the true values of the country. "We are pleased to have the video recognised on such a large and leading tourist stock market and business platform," the authors of the promotional film said.
“We want to thank all those who have helped us promote our country in the best possible way. This song is the result of this collaboration. Many thanks to the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, National Tourism Organization of Montenegro, TO Kotor, The Capital City - Podgorica, National Parks of Montenegro and "Katunjanka" – Danilovgrad.
The award ceremony was broadcasted by the world's leading media, BBC, CNN, DW-WORLD, DM SAT, in over 150 countries. Official patron of the competition is the Federal Association of German Film Producers.
