Everyday Something Disappears

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What remains when we start to disappear? Resounding with music, humour and humanity this feature blends the story of a pianist documenting his own decline and the residents of a care home near the Dutch border of Essen. Musically interweaving reality and fiction we dive into the internal world of people who feel that they are beginning to lose themselves.
Produced by Luc Haekens and Edwin Brys for VRT (1993)

My Dad, The Supernova

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An astronomer’s daughter ventures into his past – exploring the universe inside his head as his words and memories begin to leave him.
Produced by Maartje Duin for VPRO (22nd October 2015)

Junkies in the Country

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An immersive look at the lives of drug addicts in the French countryside. Moving between young women struggling to loosen the grip of heroin on their lives and the people employed to help treat them, arrest them and monitor them.
Produced by Mehdi Ahoudig for ARTE Radio (2014)
Winner of the Prix Europa for Best Radio Documentary in 2015.

Requiem from a Cemetery

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Everyone in this story is dead. Everyone except its storyteller, Bengt Bok. As he walks around a cemetery, the voices of people he’s interviewed in the past emerge from the earth.
Produced by Bengt Bok for Sveriges Radio (2016)

Mum Here

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A montage of mothers trying to reach their children.

Produced by Mathilde Guermonprez for ARTE Radio (2015)

Still Swimming

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Waves of memory, the story of a light going out – an exploration of love, loss and parallel worlds.

Produced by Þorgerður E. Sigurðardóttir for RANA/Radiophonic Narration (2009)

Þorgerður E. Sigurðardóttir takes us into the story of Sigrún, an Icelandic woman reliving memories of loss and love, searching for solitude in her house by the sea. Occasionally we get a glimpse into a different world that we didn’t know existed…

Still Swimming was produced as part of RANA/Radiophonic Narration, a practice based education in sound narrative and radio feature making, aimed at professionals working from remote and small societies in the north. It was broadcast on RÚV in 2009. Consultance & mix: Rikke Houd

Robbery

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A dynamic sonic portrait of the 2001 crisis in Argentina. The sound artist Joaquín Cófreces explores how a society becomes an accomplice to its own misfortune.

Produced by Joaquín Cófreces for FM La Tribu (2005)

‘Robbery’ won the second prize in the feature category at the Bienal de Radio Mexico in 2006 as well as the EBU’s Ake Blomstrom award.

Writer

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An interview with a writer called Writer veers into dangerous territory.

Produced by Katharina Smets for VPRO (20th February 2015)

This was the third part of a series called ‘Detroit Detour’, produced in collaboration with the musician Inne Eysermans for VPRO in the Netherlands. The series was made possible by the support of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund.

Still Glowing Strong

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A tender documentary about love, invention and a light that hasn’t gone out. Produced by Sindre Leganger for NRK (26th April 2014)

From the light of the stars overhead, to the constant mysterious glow of a bulb in 87 year old Harald Brobakken’s apartment, Sindre Leganger’s documentary explores ideas of invention, love and imagination with extraordinary tenderness.

Still Glowing Strong received a Special Commendation at the Prix Europa in 2014. It was edited by Erki Halvorsen and coached by Kari Hesthamar.