New website for Åke Blomström Award on Audio Storytelling
New website for Åke Blomström Award on Audio Storytelling – www.akeblomström.eu
New website for Åke Blomström Award on Audio Storytelling – www.akeblomström.eu
Today, 13 May, is exactly one week before the launch of the book ‘European Radio Documentary: a History of the Format and its Festivals‘.The official moment is on 20 May and on the Golden Jubilee IFC (50th anniversary) in Rome.This one-of-a-kind book is written by Tereza Reková, an award-winning producer, screenwriter and podcaster from the … More The eagerly anticipated release of the one-of-a-kind book ‘European RadioDocumentary: a History of the Format and its Festivals’
The Masters of this year’s Ake Blomström Masterclass at Prix Europa:Yasmina Hamlawi (Belgium), Anne Pilegaard-Petersen (Denmark), Studiolanda (Italy), Gabriel Gatehouse (UK) Apply now for the Ake Blomström Masterclass and learn from some of the best audio documentary makers in Europe. Pitch your ideas and join a network of European documentary and podcast makers.The deadline is … More Last reminder. The deadline is August 1. All information here.
A two day training event for Europe’s audio talent by Europe’s best radio documentary makers. Apply now for a scholarship to the Åke Blomström Masterclass delivered at the start of this year’s PRIX EUROPA (21 & 22 October 2023) in Berlin.During the two day Masterclass you will have the unique opportunity to learn from the … More Apply now for a scholarship to the prestigious Åke Blomström Masterclass – Please send your application by 1 August 2023
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
Just announced on the PRIX EUROPA website: Who got the scholarships for the Åke Blomström Masterclass@PRIX EUROPA.
A two day training event for Europe’s audio talent by Europe’s best radio documentary makers. Apply now for a scholarship to the prestigious Åke Blomström Masterclass delivered at the start of this year’s PRIX EUROPA (22 & 23 October 2022) in Potsdam. During the two day Masterclass you will have the unique opportunity to learn … More Apply now for a scholarship to the prestigious Åke Blomström Masterclass – Please send your application by 16 August 2022
You probably met the 3 of them during the IFC AudioDocs conference in Cardiff: the winners of the Ake Blomström Award 2021-2022.We are very grateful to the coaches Vaida Pilibaytyte – LRT, Simon Elmes – ex BBC and Conor Garrett – BBC Ireland. Discover now the full programmes (with English translation) they produced during the … More The three radio talents from the ‘Ake Blomström Award 2021-2022’ – +AUDIO, +SCRIPT
VIDEO: Special: ‘Åke Blomström Award‘ at IFC 2021 You probably met the 3 of them during the virtual IFC in Cologne: the winners of the Ake Blomström Award 2020-2021. Discover now the full programmes (with English translation) they produced during the AB training and coaching period. Agnieszka Szwajgier, Poland (coach: Vaida Pilibaityté, LRT) Dries Hiroux, … More The three radio talents from the ‘Ake Blomström Award 2020-2021’ – +AUDIO, +VIDEO
The selection committee has completed the process to select three awardees for 2021/22. The training and mentorship provided by the scheme will continue in spite of Covid 19 restrictions.The 2021 winners are: Laura Palanne (Finland), Brian Byrne (Ireland), Martyna Šulskutė ( Lithuania) Congratulations to all three candidates and well done to all those who applied … More Congratulations to the 2021/22 Åke Blomström award winners
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 2021 and to participate in the Prix Europa 2021. The grant award supports young radio talents who are at the beginning of their careers. We are … More Åke Blomström Award 2021 CALLING YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
They were expected to shine on stage at the IFC in Rome in May, the three radio talents from the Ake Blomström Award 2019-2020. But spoilsport C. had arrived. Because of this, we moved to our home site for the occasion of the virtual IFC. [VIDEO | 39 min] So here they are with full … More The three radio talents from the ‘Ake Blomström Award 2019-2020’ +AUDIO
The selection committee has completed the process to select three awardees for 2020/21. The 2020 winners are Lena Loehr ( Germany), Dries Hiroux (Belgium) and Agnieszka Szwajgier (Poland). Congratulations to all three candidates and well done to all those who applied but didn’t make it this year. There were 30 applications this year and many … More Update on the 2020/21 Åke Blomström award: Completed the process to select three awardees for 2020/21
The three lucky Ake Blomstrom Award 2020 winners are: (left to right) Agnieszka Szwajgier- Poland Dries Hiroux- Belguim Lena Loehr- Germany Coordinator training – Edwin Brys, Belgium Chair ABA – Tim Desmond ( RTÉ, Ireland) HOME PAGE ABA – ifc2.wordpress.com/ake-blomstrom-home/
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 2020 and to participate in the Prix Europa 2020. The grant award supports young radio talents who are at the beginning of their career as feature … More Call out for ‘Åke Blomström Award’ 2020 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
Flowers for Gabriela Hermer, on stage at the IFC in Cork. Five years long she was the very dedicated chairwoman of the Ake Blomström Award. Intense applause everywhere! Gabriela will now be a coach for one of the new AB winners, as will do Simon Elmes and Conor Garrett. Edwin Brys will continue to coordinate … More Tim Desmond: New Ake Blomström chairman
The new Ake Blomström Training 2019-2020 has started at Castlemartyr (Cork, Ireland) just before the IFC. Two full days of turning radio doc and podcast upside down and inside out.
The winners of the Ake Blomstrom Award 2018: Vita Ličytė, Lithuania Martina Pouchlá, Czech republic Étienne Röder, Germany Louise Esbensen, Denmark Coordinator training : Edwin Brys, Belgium Chairwoman ABA : Gabriela Hermer ( RBB- Germany) Name: Vita Ličytė, Lithuania Title program: Lost Manor LINK to Audio LINK to Synopsis LINK to Script … More ‘Åke Blomström Award’ training 2018-2019 – The programmes of the winners, now available, ready for listening! +AUDIO
The three lucky Ake Blomstrom Award 2019 winners are: (left to right) Vivien Schütz – Germany Marta Medvesek – Croatia Claudia Gschweitl – Austria Coordinator training – Edwin Brys, Belgium Chairwoman ABA – Gabriela Hermer (RBB- Germany)
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 winners of the Ake Blomstrom Award 2017: Peter Daatland, Norway Sahar Zand, Great Britain Karen Mørk, Danmark Coaches: Simon Elmes (ex- BBC) Robert Barkman (Swedish Radio) Franziska Dorau (ORF) Coordinator training : Edwin Brys, (Belgium) Chair ABA : Gabriela Hermer, (RBB- Germany) Name: Peter Daatland Bio: pdf Title program: THE ORIGIN: AIRPLANES Coach: Robert … More ‘Åke Blomström Award’ training 2017-2018 – The programmes of the winners, now available, ready for listening! #ifcprague +AUDIO
The ‘ABA training’ just before the start of the IFC. Here is now the detailed shedule.
The winners of the Ake Blomstrom Award 2018: Vita Ličytė, Lithuania Martina Pouchlá, Czech republic Étienne Röder, Germany Louise Esbensen, Denmark Coordinator training : Edwin Brys, Belgium Chairwoman ABA : Gabriela Hermer ( RBB- Germany)
.. 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
Peter Daatland, Norway Sahar Zand, Great Britain Karen Mørk, Danmark ‘Åke Blomström Award’ HOME
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The winners of the Ake Blomstrom Award 2016: Olga Mickiewicz from Poland Hannes Opel from Germany Mikkel Vuorela from Danmark Coordinator training : Edwin Brys, Belgium Chairwoman ABA : Gabriela Hermer ( RBB- Germany) AUDIO + SCRIPT Olga Mickiewicz: THE INVISIBLE – 30’57” (Poland) COACH: Simon Elmes (ex-BBC) … More ‘Åke Blomström Award’ training 2016-2017 – The programmes of the winners, now available, ready for listening! #ifcstockholm +AUDIO
The winners of the Ake Blomstrom Award 2017: Peter Daatland, Norway Sahar Zand, Great Britain Karen Mørk, Danmark Coaches: Simon Elmes ( ex- BBC) Robert Barkman ( (Swedish Radio ) Franziska Dorau ( ORF ) Coordinator training : Edwin Brys, Belgium Chairwoman ABA : Gabriela Hermer ( RBB- Germany)
. Åke Blomström Award HOME – https://ifc2.wordpress.com/ake-blomstrom-home . 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 2017. Read this CALL with: The Award addresses young radio talents … More Åke Blomström Award 2017 – GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
WEDNESDAY May 11th 18.00h “30th anniversary of the Åke Blomström Award” Celebration at Studio 3 Exactly thirty years ago, the Åke Blomström Award – back then called Åke Blomström Memorial Prize – was given to young, promising feature makers for the first time. Many of the winners became renowned feature masters afterwards. Peter Leonhard Braun, … More IFC 2016 – “30th anniversary of the Åke Blomström Award” +AUDIO
AKE BLOMSTROM TRAINING STARTED FOR ‘AKE BLOMSTROM AWARD’ (ABA) WINNERS 2016 This radio documentary training started in Vienna on 7 and 8 May for: Olga Mickiewicz (Poland), Hannes Opel (Germany) Mikkel Vuorela (Denmark) Coaches/trainers are: Ingo Kottkamp (Deutschland Radio) Eva Nachmilnerova (Czech Radio) Simon Elmes (ex-BBC) and coordinator Edwin Brys (Belgium) AKA HOMEPAGE
Last year at the IFC 2015 in Lublin we had the pleasure to announce you the 3 winners of the annual Ake Blomström Award : Stine de Klauman from Denmark, Kateryna Zaitseva from Ukraina Hana Walker-Brown from the United Kingdom. Both in Lublin ( just before IFC) and later in Berlin (just before the Prix … More AKE BLOMSTROM AWARD TRAINING 2015-2016 – The programmes of the winners, now available, ready for listening! #ifcvienna +AUDIO
IFC HOME The EBU Features Group met in Vienna (Feb 22/23) to select programmes for the 2016 International Features Conference. This year, we listened to 41 entries from countries around the world. We were impressed by the overall standard and believe that we have chosen submissions that will contribute to a great conference. IFC … More IFC 2016 – 20 Features selected
The winners of the Ake Blomström Award 2016. (the jury of the Ake Blomström Award 2016 chose three promising candidates who will go through the adventure of feature making for the next 12 months & IFC 2016) Olga Mickiewicz from Poland Hannes Opel from Germany Mikkel Vuorela from Danmark Their coaches are: Simon Elmes, … More ‘Åke Blomström Award’ Winners 2016
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS . 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 (IFC) 2016 and to participate in the Prix Europa 2016. . The Award addresses young radio talents who are at … More Åke Blomström Award – Call for entries 2016
(by Wojciech Nieśpiałowski “Dziennik Wschodni”)
The ‘Ake Blomstrom’ Jury has chosen three winners: – Stine Voigt de Klauman, Denmark, (DR) – Hana Walker-Brown, Great Britain, (BBC) – Kateryna Zaitseva, Ukraine, (National Radio Company of Ukraine) This year we also have three candidates who we award with a “special recommendation”: – Jesse Cox, Australia (ABC, Syndey) – Dennis Funk, USA (Third … More ‘Åke Blomström Award’ Winners 2015
Dear Colleagues, The Åke Blomström Award is offering young and promising feature makers the chance to attend a special documentary training course and the 2015 International Feature Conference. The winners will attend a two-day coaching session in documentary in Lublin on 15th and 16th of May 2015, immediately before the International Feature Conference (IFC) which … More GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG RADIO PRODUCERS
The three winners of the ‘Ake Blomstrom Award’ competition this year,
The three winners of the ‘Ake Blomstrom Award’ competition this year, that we are going to send to Leipzig, best Elisabeth Ake Blomstrom Award (ABA) HOME 1. Hugo Lavett (Sweden) WOMAN FOUND DEAD BY LAKE SHORE An autumn day in 2008 Agneta Westlund is found dead by a lake in Loftahammar in Småland. The police … More ABA 2014 – ‘Ake Blomström Award’ winners
Sunday 19th it’s the closing date!! All you need: READ and DOWNLOAD HERE !!! . The Åke Blomström Memorial Prize is offering young and promising feature makers the chance to attend a special documentary training course and the 2014 International Feature Conference. The winners will attend a two-day coaching session in documentary making at the … More LAST CALL – Åke Blomström Award 2014 – Don’t miss it !!
The Åke Blomström 2014 Call for Entries is attached » DOWNLOAD Careful: take note that the rules have been slightly amended. Most important: the age limit dropped to 30 years And people who attend the competition must be prepared to spend a whole year on making a new documentary in a special training /mentoring programme! … More ABA 2014 – First CALL for Entries: ‘Ake Blomström 2014’
present by: Elisabeth Stratka ÅKE BLOMSTRÖM 2013 – scripts and audio files
again, now after IFC 2013 by: Elisabeth Stratka Proud to present the three winners of the Ake Blomstrom competition 2013: Zoë Comyns, Mohamed Amjahid, and Steven Rajam, out of 18 submissions. (The three of them are going to come to the Conference in Bergen, but only two programs will be presented at the IFC 2013)
The deadline for the Åke Blomström competition is 8th January 2013 – this is some weeks earlier than last year. (download attachment here or here – UPD Dec 06 ’12)
UPDATED: Dec 06, 2012 (> attachment > e-mail confirming after ftp upload) UPDATED: Dec 03, 2012 (> attachment > ftp address) GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR A YOUNG RADIO PRODUCER Dear colleagues, Each year young and promising feature makers have the possibility to get money from the Åke Blomström Memorial Prize to attend the International Feature Conference. … More ABA 2013 – Call for the ‘Åke Blomström’ entries
Report by: Elisabeth Stratka, Head of the Ǻke Blomström Committee ORF Ö1 Feature Austria Each year young and promising feature makers have the possibility to get money from the Åke Blomström Memorial Prize to attend the International Feature Conference. This year, 2012, there have been 14 entries to the Ake Blomstrom Memorial Award. The IFC … More IFC 2012 @’Ake Blomström’ winners
GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR A YOUNG RADIO PRODUCER The closing date for the entry of submissions for the 2012 Åke Blomström Memorial Prize is 27th January 2012 Dear colleagues Each year young and promising feature makers have the possibility to get money from the Åke Blomström Memorial Prize to attend the International Feature Conference. The prize … More ABA 2012 – Åke Blomström Memorial Prize – Call for entries