5th  November 2009

GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR A YOUNG RADIO PRODUCER

Dear Colleagues,

Each year 3 young and promising feature makers have the possibility to get money from the Ake Blomstrom Memorial Prize to attend the International Features Conference. The prize money will cover the travel, the stay and living expenses during the Conference. On the IFC, the young feature makers will meet experienced feature makers from all over the world, and listen to and discuss a broad range of inspiring radio documentary programs, in addition to workshops and seminars on radio documentary making.
The IFC next year will be held by YLE in Finland 9-13 May 2010.

Who can get an Ake Blomstrom Award?

Any young and unrecognised feature maker aged 35 years and under on the closing date for application in any given year
They may be freelance producers or employees of broadcasting corporations and institutions involved in and/or attending the International Features Conference. The working language on the IFC is English.

Entry Requirements

All submissions should be made by individuals, i.e. group entries are not acceptable.

The following should be sent to each member of the selection committee listed below:

A short CV including date of birth, education and radio career to date
A letter of support from the relevant broadcasting corporation or institution
a CD copy of a complete programme not exceeding 30’00 duration
      or
a CD copy of a coherent programme extract of 13’00 to 18’00 duration
It is not possible to send the programme on other formats than CD.
A short summary of the programme in English, to be sent on paper.
A complete English translation of the programme or programme extract submitted, to be sent on paper. Even if the programme is in English, a complete transcript is needed.

The closing date for the entry of submissions for the 2010 Ake Blomstrom Memorial Prize is January 16. 2010. In order for a submission to be considered, each member of the selection committee should have received the materials listed above by the closing date. NB: It is not possible to send the program and script on e-mail.

The prize was established in the late 1980s in honour of Ake Blomstrom (31/12/31 – 31/5/85), for many years Head of Documentaries in Swedish Radio and deeply committed to the work of his young colleagues. Today, the Ake Blomstrom Memorial Prize is a joint venture between SR (Sweden), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), RBB (Germany), ORF (Austria), BRT (Belguim), HRT (Croatia) and RTÉ (Ireland) who together sustain the prize by means of an annual donation into a bank account held under the aegis of the EBU.

Selection Committee 2010

Berit Hedemann,
Radiodokumentar,
FG22
NRK,
0340 Oslo
Norway

Liam O'Brien,
Moord,
Kinsalebeg,
Via Youghal,
Co. Waterford.
Ireland

Wim Vangrootloon
Radio 1
VRT
1043 Brussels.
Belgium

Dorte Palle
Ung dok og tema - DRbyen
Emil Holms kanal 20
0999 København C
Denmark

Ljubo Pauzin
Hrvatski radio
Dramski program
Prisavlje 3
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

The selection Committee will reach its decisions by 23 February 2010, then all entrants will be notified of the result. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail or telephone.

Yours sincerely,
Berit Hedemann
Chairperson, Ake Blomstrom Memorial Prize
0047 – 23 04 88 21, or 0047 – 41 55 60 87
berit.hedemann@nrk.no

(by Ward Weiss)

EBU ARS ACUSTICA radio party

Whispered Art History

Back in 1963, Robert Filliou published his lecture “Whispered Art History” (histoire chuchotée de l’art)
( link = http://marabou.be/ABD2010/00_HCA.htm ), which was Art’s first birthday present. And, since then, ART’S BIRTHDAY parties are being organised across the world each year on the 17th of January.

On 17 January 2010, the M  HKA (the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp) will yet again celebrate ART’S BIRTHDAY in Antwerp.
At the museum Ward Weis will perform Filliou’s HISTOIRE CHUCHOTEE DE L'ART throughout that day in a landscape comprising myriads of microphones and loudspeakers.
We want you to collaborate and be part of this sound-installation, bycontributing your very own interpretation of this text.

Guidelines and constraints:

- Pick one or several paragraphs from FILLIOU’s lecture
- Each paragraph should be filed separately, to function as a distinct part within the sound-installation
- You can translate the text, encode it, or transpose it …
- One may render HISTOIRE CHUCHOTEE DE L'ART in ways other then by way of speech
- Speaking or whispering the text should, however, not exceed half op the chosen text –opting for less then that is quite all right!
- The remainder of your text should be read in silence / contemplated inwardly
- There is no set format for your piece(-s) as far as duration goes
-  Audio files in either WAV, FLAC, or MP3 (minimum 128 kbit stereo)
- The deadline: 10 January 2010
- All contributions will be published under CREATIVE COMMON LICENSE
- Upload and info at : http://www.marabou.be/ABD2010

All the material will be incorporated into the live mix that will be broadcast between 7 pm and midnight in the EBU (Eurovision) ART’S BIRTHDAY EVENT to audiences in several European countries.

For information, advice, technical queries, or ... abd2010@skynet.be

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LOST IN MUSIC – THE CORNEL CHIRIAC STORY
DIRECTOR   PATRICK BANUSH 

Lost In Music – The Cornel Chiriac Story (ARD). The programme presents the biographical story of Romanian DJ, Cornal Chiriac, (photo) who came to represent a voice of freedom to a generation of young people in his homeland. 

SPECIAL PRIX EUROPA  
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by: Michael O’Kane (author), Liam O’Brien (director/ producer/ commissioning editor), Philip Cooke (sound)

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by: Isabelle Engels (author/director), Eva Roither (producer/commissioning editor), Martin Leitner (sound)
 

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For the 23rd time, PRIX EUROPA  [...]

The festival strengthens the personal dialogue between the creative minds of the international media market [...]

The competition is held in eight categories. In 2009 for the first time, the prize for young talents Languages through Lenses will be awarded. Productions about multilingualism in Europe will form the basis of this competition. A Viewers Prize will also be awarded in this category [...]

For the fourth time, the European Radio Day will take place within the framework of PRIX EUROPA [...]

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1. PRIX ITALIA 2009

POLAND POLOGNE PR
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
DIRECTOR PATRYCJA GRUSZYNSKA RUMAN (photo)

Guilty-Not Guilty (PR). The programme tells the story of Stanislawa Rachwal, inmate of Auschwitz and political activist who was sentenced to death after WW11 for her anti-communist activities and was forced to confront her Nazi tormenter while in prison. The jury was stunned by the depth of moral confrontation this programme imposes on all who listen to it and by the elegant manner in which it was produced.

 

 

 

 

 

2. SPECIAL PRIZE

GERMANY   ALLEMAGNE    ARD 
LOST IN MUSIC – THE CORNEL CHIRIAC STORY
DIRECTOR   PATRICK BANUSH 

Lost In Music – The Cornel Chiriac Story (ARD). The programme presents the biographical story of Romanian DJ, Cornal Chiriac, (photo) who came to represent a voice of freedom to a generation of young people in his homeland. The jury was impressed with the deft way in which the programme maker used music and a small story to explore a great period of repression and historical injustice.

 

 

 

 

3. SPECIAL PRIZE QUIRINALE

A silver cup offered by the President of the Republic to a programme dedicated to the consequences of the economic recession and globalisation on societies.

NETHERLANDS, NPO
DETROIT, STORIES FROM A CITY IN FREE FALL
DIRECTOR: JAQUELINE MARIS (photo) – PRODUCER: AGNES VAN DER WEIJDEN – PHOTOS: DAIMON XANTHOPOULOS

The programme demonstrated in an excellent way the effects on society and people due to the broke-down of the car industry in Detroit.

 

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