Small World. Big Ideas, organized by MRM and backed by US distributor Small World IFT, will engage 12 international format industry experts to select 5 finalists of the contest.

Representatives of different countries, regions and even continents in the Judging panel prove that despite current challenging situation in Ukraine real professionals are ready to work together in order to develop the industry and find fresh and creative ideas, the organizers announced. The judging panel includes:

• Oleksii Goncharenko – Founder & General producer, Friends Production (Ukraine);
• Iryna Kostyuk – Producer, FILM.UA Group (Ukraine);
• Elena Kanishevskaya – Creative producer, Ukraine TV Channel (Ukraine);
• Oleksandr Brykailo - CEO, Studio Pilot (Ukraine);
• Pavlo Dubovyi - Head of format\program development, STB TV Channel (Ukraine);
• Dmitriy Velikanov – General Producer, Mir Reality (Russia);
• Ekaterina Andrienko - Head of Production, TV-3 Channel (Russia);
• Yulia Sumacheva - Chief Producer, WeiT Media (Russia);
• Danny Fenton – CEO, Zig Zag Productions (UK);
• Bertrand Villegas – CCO, The Wit (Switzerland);
• Tim Crescenti – President, Small World IFT (USA);
• Luci Burnley - SVP Format Sales and Development, Small World IFT (UK).

The final round of the contest will be held in the course of FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition screening and conference on March 27 in Kiev, Ukraine. The five finalists selected by the international Judging panel will be announced on March 16 on the Small World. Big Ideas official webpage.