Incoming email from Wolfgang Schiller, Åke Blomström Chair I am very much looking forward to the task as Chair of the Ake Blomström Award and I am especially looking forward to working with Agnieszka Czyżewska-Jacquemet from Polish Radio Lublin. She will be the new Ake Blomström Project Coordinator for the Masterclass at Prix Europa. We … More And we welcome the new Åke Blomström Project Coordinator
Incoming email from Tim Desmond As you know, my time as chair of the Åke Blomström project has come to an end. I am delighted to announce , and hand you over to , our new chair Wolfgang Schiller , feature editor at Deutschlandfunk . The project and the Masterclass will be in very good hands … More Welcome to our new Åke Blomström Chair
By EBU: “Are you working at a public media broadcaster or as an independent or commercial audio maker? Have you recently produced factual audio storytelling such as a radio feature, audio documentary, podcast, radio stories or series? The event will take place in Reykjavik in May, bringing together documentary makers from across the globe to … More IFC AudioDocs 2023 – Latest details
If you would like the chance to have others listen to your work and give you feedback, then please enter your audio work for IFC AudioDocs 2023. We are open to entries from both public media/EBU Members and from independent/commercial audio makers who produce factual audio storytelling: a radio feature, a radio documentary, a podcast, … More IFC AudioDocs 2023 – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
(9 March 1944 – 13 November 2022, 78 years old – ed.) Wolfgang Bauernfeind’s speech (AUDIO) at ‘SOS Feauture’ on 16 Oct 2001( https://app.box.com/s/1i2l6j6vk8okxolymbgc604iren5o77m ) Simon Elmes:“Unlike his German colleagues, I never knew Wolfgang Bauernfeind as a broadcaster, as an editor or even as a producer. Yet he was, for me, one of my dearest … More German radio colleague Wolfgang Bauernfeind passed away
PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary of the Year 2021: Fly or DieMarta Medvešek, CroatiaAuthor, Director, Producer: Marta Medvešek Special Commendation: Less and Less SoulPolskie Radio SA, PolandAuthor, Director, Producer: Agnieszka Czyżewska Jacquemet This is how the announcement was made
From: Sven (Preger). And we know him. He was the host of the IFC 2021 Cologne. More: https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783030696313
PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary of the Year 2020: Estonia – The Night I Did Not Die / Sweden Special Commendation: Grenfell: Flat 142 / United Kingdom ___ PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary Series of the Year 2020: Blackout – the Girl in the Photo / Denmark Special Commendation: Gamer – The Murder … More PRIX EUROPA 2020 – Best European Radio Documentary of the Year
Even if the coronavirus is still dominating a lot of what goes on in all our lives, we are working with optimism and great determination towards having a ‘real-life’ PRIX EUROPA 2020 in October. Don’t miss the deadline! – 1 July
Prix Marulic – Old Texts Revisited is an annual festival of audio plays and documentaries based on texts from literary and cultural heritage. It is unique thanks to the ambiance that the morning and afternoon listening sessions take place in (more info about the historical settings of the town of Hvar can be found on … More ‘Prix Marulic’ will take place from May 9 th – 14 th 2020 in Hvar, on the island of Hvar, Croatia!
RADIO WINNERS PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary of the Year 2019 A Sense of Quietness Falling Tree Productions, United Kingdom Author and Director: Eleanor McDowall, Producer: Eleanor McDowall, Alan Hall, Rachel Hooper INFO+AUDIO https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00019nh PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary Series of the Year 2019 Lord of the Ring Pulls NRK, Norway Author … More PRIX EUROPA 2019 – Radio Winners [+AUDIO]
THE WINNER IS: ‘THE PERFECT VICTIM’, (Det Perfecte offer) DANISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (DR Denmark) A documentary podcast series (DR 2017) about sexual assault victims in the Danish psychiatry system. Journalist and producer: Emil Eusebius Olhoff-Jakobsen Editor: Jesper Hyhne DOC IN AUDIO The Jury Jesper Dein, DR – Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark Kaj Färm, YLE – … More PRIX ITALIA 2019 – WINNER Radio ‘Documentary and Reportage’ [+AUDIO]
This is good news for all PRIX EUROPA submitters of the nominated radio productions – no copying of scripts (about 6000 copies), no expedition of about 100 parcels from all corners of the continent to the competition office. The English translation of each script in Radio Fiction, Radio Documentary and Radio Current Affairs will be … More PRIX EUROPA goes paperless
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Prix Europe has moved – READ ALL ABOUT THIS New Address Arena Schiffbauergasse 4 14467 Potsdam Germany
PRIX EUROPA 2019 will – for the first time – award the Best European Radio Documentary Series of the Year. With this latest addition the festival recognises what many European broadcasters have been suggesting. … read more
Congratulations! DOCUMENTARY 1) GRAND PRIX MARULIĆ: Canada/Battery Radio – CONSENT – Walk the Walk (Descent into the Maelstrom), Authors: Chris Brookes and Emily Deming. 2) China/China National Radio – Song from the Wordless Tongue – Story of the Silence Choir , Authors: Li Hong andJiang Liuming. 3) Serbia/RTS Serbian Broadcasting Company – Lili Marlene, Authors: … More Prix Marulic 2019 – Winners
Edwin Brys <https://www.klankverbond.be/professionals#/edwin-brys> wins the first Klankverbond Audio Award. With a career that spans more than four decades, Edwin Brys most certainly deserves this award, not only as a creator of radio programs, but also as professor and mentor. During his entire career Brys worked for the VRT (Flemish Radio and Television), where he created … More PRESS RELEASE – Edwin Brys wins the first ‘Klankverbond Audio Award’
Our IFC website (ifc.euroradio.org or ifc2.wordpress.com) is from now ‘ad free’, for a more pleasant reading experience.
(back to IFC Prague 2018) Is there someone who has any recording of the IFC music band playing in Prague. We would be very happy if the person sends it to us. We never saw any video or anything but we are so curious about the sound (and want to hear it for fun of … More Incoming mail ‘Who oh Who’ from Tereza Reková
Dear Colleagues, The Åke Blomström Award offers to young and promising radio feature makers the chance to attend a special documentary training program, to join the International Feature Conference and to participate in the Prix Europa 2019. The grant addresses young radio talents who are at the beginning of their career as feature makers. We … More Åke Blomström Award 2019 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
The week before last, Conor Keane (freelancer) and I (Liam O’Brien) were over in Barcelona picking up a Premios Ondas award for a recent doc our ours (Winner of Best International Radio category). A Belgian piece was also awarded in the same category, with a piece from RBB getting highly commended. Award ceremony was a … More Incoming mail from Ireland
PRIX EUROPA Best European Radio Documentary of the Year: donated by Österreichisc her Rundfunk – ORF/Ö1 – The Upside Down / Il Sottosopra – Gianluca Stazi, Guiseppe Casu submitted and produced by Radio Televisione Italiana – Rai , Radio 3 (Italy) co-produced by Tratti Documentari – Special Commendations to the second and third placed entries: … More PRIX EUROPA 2018 – Best European Radio Documentary of the Year
Short presentation about the International Feature Conference = “one of the most important meetings of radio producers in the world.” Warning – archival photos included! 🙂
By: Laura Romero Valldecabres Audio storyteller / Producer Communication PhD “My name is Laura Romero, radio maker and researcher […] about our CALL OF CREATIVE AUDIO FEATURES for critique and analysis, for Radio Doc Review, in the University of Wollongong, Australia (I am the guest editor for the next issue).” Deadline is … More CALL FOR CREATIVE AUDIO FEATURES for CRITIQUE AND ANALYSIS
Do you remember the invitation? and how you can easily participate … UPDATE: from TerezaReková Here the links with notes for the Feature and Play song. (Maybe record your part also? :)) 1) https://musescore.com/user/25672801/scores/4913636 2) https://musescore.com/user/25672801/scores/4996562 UPDATE: the last part of the notes for the IFC song 3) https://musescore.com/user/25672801/scores/5079817 Thank you and looking forward, … More IFC 2018 – UPDATE: ‘Musical Project’ performance: FEATURE and PLAY
WATCH THE INVITATION MOVIE Feature and Play Hello Authors! Our Feature and play: Musical Project is a unique happening taking place at the 44th IFC in Prague. Be there when history will be made! We as authors all know the story. We need to listen to everyone. We need to hear everyone. And very often … More IFC 2018 – JOIN US! Be part of live ‘Musical Project’ performance: FEATURE and PLAY
As you know, the 44th International Feature Conference (IFC) will take place on 20-24 May 2018 in Prague at the kind invitation of Czech Radio. Please find attached the official invitation and the information about the Conference, including the call for entries (deadline for submitting your programmes is Friday, 23 February) [new deadline] Information regarding … More IFC 2018 – 2nd CALL + HOTEL INFO
.. Dear Colleagues, The Åke Blomström Award offers to young and promising radio feature makers the chance to attend a special documentary training program, to join the International Feature Conference and to participate in the Prix Europa 2018. Read this CALL with: The Award addresses young radio talents who are at the beginning of their … More Åke Blomström Award 2018 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
By Edwin Brys : Both Luc Haekens en myself are very happy and thankful that the wonderful radio doc/podcast project RADIO ATLAS has today put our programme “Everday something disappears” on their website. The RADIO ATLAS website aims to offer to an international audience radio features/podcasts created in a non-english language, with an english translation. … More New at RADIO ATLAS: “Everday something disappears” (Radio Doc/Podcast, Belgium)
PRIX EUROPA for the Best European Radio Documentary of the Year: 1. ‘Papa, We Are in Syria’– Joachim Gerhard’s Search for Lost Sons and Holy Warriors / Germany Submitting Organisation: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg – RBB / ARD Author: Christian Lerch Director: Christian Lerch Sound: Bodo Pasternak, Bettina Mikulla Produced by: Gabriela Hermer (RBB) Co-produced … More PRIX EUROPA 2017 – Winners for the Best European Radio Documentary of the Year + Rank 1 to 10
THE WINNER IS: DOCUMENTARY ON ONE: NO TIME TO LOSE (RTÉ, Ireland) Direction: Jason Murphy, Tim Desmond – Production: Jason Murphy, Tim Desmond – Script: Jason Murphy, Tim Desmond – Sound: Mark Dwyer, Liam O’Brien – Narrator: Aileen Mythen – Title of series: Documentary on One – Producing organisation: RTÉ Radio 1 – Year of … More PRIX ITALIA 2017 Radio Doc WINNER [+AUDIO]
Hi all, Due to technical issues with the submissions website, the early deadlines have been extended by one day to Wednesday, 14 June at noon Pacific Time. Dennis I realised that I put the wrong entry fees in the initial message. They are clarified below… Early deadline fees: 35$ for students 55$ for non-students These … More 2017 Third Coast Competition – Early Deadline …
THIS IS HOW SWEDISH RADIO WORKS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA pdf 204 pages ‘Pop out’ for download
The 3rd HearSay Festival will take place in November 2017 with the next Hearsay Audio Prize closing on the 28th of February 2017 (Feb 28th) DUE TO SERVER ISSUES WITH AMAZON/SUBMITTABLE, THE DEADLINE FOR THE HEARSAY AUDIO PRIZE 2017 IS EXTENDED TO 2400 HOURS IRISH STANDARD TIME ON 2ND MARCH 2017
By: Hugh Levinson, Open Ear, BBC World Service – With best wishes, I just wanted to alert the IFC community to a project we are running on BBC World Service English called Open Ear. We are rebroadcasting four brilliant programmes from around the world from non-BBC outlets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04kfxzl Two are English-language programmes, one from ABC … More Documentaries in translation – I’d be very interested to know what IFC people think
“This past Sunday’s Awards Ceremony was a much-needed burst of love and appreciation for the power of audio storytelling. Kudos to the winning audio producers, whose skill, bravery & passion combined to create profound and artful audio documentaries.” Congratulations, 2016 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Winners! [READ FULL MESSAGE +AUDIO]
‘Oorzaken Festival’ presents an ode to audio stories (Dutch / English) INFO & TICKETS When: Fri 30 Sep 2016 until Sun 02 Oct 2016 Programme: https://www.brakkegrond.nl/en/agenda-categories/oorzaken-festival Location: Culture House ‘De Brakke Grond’ Nes 45 1012 KD Amsterdam The Netherlands [ Google map ] Tickets: Buy tickets on-line per festival- part or session ! Varied prices … More Three days Amsterdam with ‘An ode to audio stories’ (Dutch / English)
GRAND PRIX NOVA International Radio Drama Festival – Bucharest 2016 2016, May 31 – June 3 In Competition: 44 broadcasts from 21 countries At the end of the festival, jury members Katharina Rathouska – Head of Radio Drama and Literature of Czech Radio; Vijay Sadhu – Senior Executive, Programming Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU); Dmitri Plax … More GRAND PRIX NOVA 2016 (Radio drama ) The Winners
WEB & LATEST NEWS : http://www.hrt.hr/prix-marulic/ Prix Marulić 2016 – The Winners (radiodoc) Australia / Karen Werner ‘Laws of Lost and Found Objects’ (ABC Radio National) info and download
The Third Coast Festival doc competition is now open for entries. For the first time there is a category for foreign language (i.e. non-English) programs! Early deadline is June 22nd. ENTRY GUIDELINES
Call for works 2016 REALITY (RE)SOUNDS Phonurgia Nova awards 2016 deadline : june 30th … the jury is looking for “the crème de la crème” of creative documentaries, radio drama, field recording, and acoustic art … Details (in english) …
“Lots of English-language audio is making its way into the iTunes charts of non-English speaking countries and very little is coming out the other way. It’s a dangerously one-sided conversation.“ Finally! A way to listen to radio stories in languages you don’t-necessarily-speak. [READ ALL …]
Last weekend; 3 days and nights of sound, story and sharing (Kilfinane in Co. Limerick, Ireland). HearSay2015 in Tweets – #HearSay 2015 Live The incomplete and quite disorganised backup of images from the documentation team at #HearSay2015 is at https://t.co/Vp1CmwR8xd? — DSC (@ErisianLib) 24 november 2015
“After hours and hours of anonymous listening to 150 entries from 23 countries, our wonderful (& hardworking) judges have had their final say … “
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Handy overview @Transom.org “Here at Transom, we find ourselves using both Pro Tools and Hindenburg to edit and mix audio. Inevitably, we end up using a keyboard shortcut meant for one program in the other, but more often we just can’t remember how to do common functions in both programs.”
Best European Radio Documentary Junkies in the Country / France Submitting Organisation: ARTE Radio Author: Medhi Ahoudig LISTEN full program Special Commendations My Mother’s Words / Belgium Submitting Organisation: Atelier de Création Sonore Radiophonique – ACSR Autor: Aurélia Balboni Webpage LISTEN exerpt program The Black Saint / Sweden Submitting organisation: Sveriges Radio – SR Author: … More [+AUDIO] Prix Europa 2015 – Winner(s) Radio Doc
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