CATALOGUE | WINNERS (Pdf) | AWARDS CEREMONY | FINALISTS | SHORTLIST: R · T · D | COMPETITION
Fernando Farías (RTA, Argentina), Chetah Bilé (CRTV, Cameroon), Katja Šimunić (HRT, Croatia), Perrine Kervran (ARTE FRANCE, France), Pásztor Zoltán (MTVA, Hungary), Ellen Dorrestein (NPO, The Netherlands), Andrzej Brzoska (PR, Poland), Klemen Markovčič (RTVSLO, Slovenia), Yevhenii Chyzh (UA:PBC, Ukraine).
The President: Ellen Dorrestein (NPO, The Netherlands).
Blasse Stunden/ Blijedi sati (Pale Hours/ Blijedi Sati)
Author: Manuela Tomic. Direction: Andreas Jungwirth; Daniela Gassner (Assistant). Actors: Marie-Luise Stockinger, Ljubiša Lupo Grujčić, Sandy Lopičić, Ana Stefanovic Bilic, Luka Vlatković. Sound Track: Manuel Radinger, Elmar Peinelt. Translation: Theresa Grandits, Davor Frkat (Serbo-Croatian), Kimi Lum (English). Intern: Cassilda Verderber. Producers: Elisabeth Zimmermann (Ö1), Stefanie Zussner (Line Producer).
Ivo has died. In a country that is both near and far for the mid-30s protagonist Mira. In the middle of the night, in 1998, she and her family get into the car in Völkermarkt (Carinthia) and drive to Bosnia for Grandfather Ivo's funeral. Mira fled the Bosnian war with her family as a child. Memories of life before the war and their escape as well as stories about arriving in a foreign country emerge. The war and the traumas associated with it haunt the father in particular. A special aspect is the protagonists' use of two languages (German/Serbo-Croatian). This reflects the linguistic reality of many refugees from the former Yugoslavia living in Austria and explores the limits of what German-speaking listeners can understand without knowing the words, based solely on the context.
Presented by: Manuela Tomić, Author and journalist
Manuela Tomić was born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1988. She lives in Vienna. She works as a radio playwright and journalist. Tomićs literary projects deal with the themes of identity, war and post-communism. In her debut "Zehnfingermärchen", she uses 99 lyrical prose miniatures to show the absurdities of arriving in a new country. In 1992 her family fled to Austria to escape the Bosnian war. „Zehnfingermärchen" was published by Wieser Verlag in April 2024. In her bilingual radio play "Blasse Stunden/Blijedi sati", a car journey to her dead grandfather in Bosnia becomes a series of memories. Tomić deals with the question of how a family that has lived in what appears to be the wrong system can retell its narrative again and again. When is language superfluous? How does the German language relate to her mother tongue, Serbo-Coratian? Her feature-length radio play "Blasse Stunden/Blijedi sati" (director: Andreas Jungwirth/production: ORF) was praised by the jury of the German Academy of Performing Arts when it was voted radio play of the month in November 2023. It was also awarded "Best Original Radio Play" 2023 by the jury at the Ö1 Radio Play Gala. For her radio play "Lieber zerfranst es mich" she took second place in the Ö1 short radio play competition Track5' in 2021. Tomić is a member of the Austrian P.E.N.-Club. |
The Jury: Pale Hours deals magnificently with several tough human issues at the same time, by exploring the implications of the Bosnian war for one particular family. It does so by creating a poetic narrative that employs both German and Serbo-Croatian, creating a mosaic of languages that results in a truly unique listening experience. It moves forwards and backwards in both time and space, enveloping the listener in an immersive story. This multi-layered story with important themes of war, exile and migration is at once extraordinarily personal and vulnerable. It is incredibly valuable for its historical and political context, but at its core Pale hours is a story of cultural identity, family trauma and family relationships and is therefore a deeply relatable work of art.
Medeas dotter (Medea's Daughter)
Author: Are Nikkinen. Direction: Jessica Edén. Narrating Voice: Tyra Wingren. Actors: Tyra Wingren, Jessica Grabowsky, Elmer Bäck, Sara Soulié, Ellen Forsström, Joel Häggblom, Hanna Branders, Anna Bäckman, Artur Djupsjöbacka, Ellen Haakana, Noa Paul, Michelle Sarström, Vincent Runeberg, Walter Runeberg. Sound Track: Timo Hietala. Editing: Niko Ingman. Dramaturg, Audience Development: Matilda Gyllenberg. Translator: Rosanna Fellman. Producers: Marina Meinander-Sederholm; Barbro Ahlstedt, Anna-Maija Kalén (Production Coordinators). Producing Organisation: Svenska YLE. Production Year: 2023.
Medea's Daughter is a 3-part drama series. Our idea was to rewrite classics for teens. The story is loosely based on Euripides' play Medea, which is considered a feminist classic. The programme tackles the issues of divorce, power, feminism and social media hoaxes. The script is based on extensive interviews with police officers, cyber crime investigators, teachers and foremost high school students. A focus group of high school students participated in every step, from idea development to fixing dialogue. Many of them also participated in the recording of the audio drama as actors. We created a soundtrack with teens and had a composer who arranged the songs that our leading actor sang. These songs were also released. Our young actors were mostly amateurs and theatre school students. The series is mixed with Dolby Atmos with immersive surround sound. We created an extensive educational kit for high school students.
Presented by: Are Nikkinen, Author
Are Nikkinen works for Svenska Yle drama as a dramaturg. Prior to this role he has been working as a freelance dramaturg and writer for tv, theater and film. He has written several plays, scripts and non-fiction books. He has degrees in scriptwriting and anthropology. |
Voices from the End of the World
Author: Lucy Catherine. Direction: Sasha Yevtushenko. Actors: Amanda Hale, Joel MacCormack. Sound Engineer, Editing: Peter Ringrose. Production Year: 2023.
In Autumn 2022, the writer Lucy Catherine travelled to the high arctic aboard a barquentine sailing ship with 29 other artists, searching for inspiration and healing in the polar twilight. In this drama-documentary, she tells the story of that personal voyage, combining it with a drama about two people travelling to the end of the world in search of a new beginning. "With exquisite sound design from Peter Ringrose, it's a deep meditation on grief, healing and personal discovery" (The Guardian). Footage of Lucy's expedition was recorded during her time in the arctic. The score was made up from a mixture of cleared commercial music and production library music. The programme had a strong impact with the audience, with many listeners getting in touch to say how moved they were by Lucy's bravery and honesty, as well as the beauty evoked by the writing and sound design.
Presented by: Lucy Catherine, Writer and Narrator
Lucy Catherine is an award-winning writer who has created many original stories for radio, television, theatre and the big screen. During her career she has worked with many top writers, directors and producers across all mediums. As well as writing on primetime television series, she has been commissioned to develop her own work by major networks and independents. Lucy is also a leading audio dramatist with over thirty single dramas, series and adaptations to her name, including her long running Icelandic Viking epic GUDRUN. She is the winner of the 2016 BBC Audio Drama Award for her adaptation of the Russian masterpiece, THE MASTER AND MARGARITA by Mikhail Bulgakov. She has also been nominated for two other BBC Audio Drama Awards, a Prix Europa, two Royal Television Society awards and an Offie. In VOICES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD she has written and narrated her first drama documentary. Lucy has a love of the psychological horror genre and sees her work as dark and soulful but with a wry humour and an imaginative edge. |