Abstract

This article surveys a range of European audio features and documentaries selected for the prestigious Prix Europa 2018. Works critiqued come from Italy, UK, France, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic. the Netherlands and Belgium. The winner was The Upside Down, made by Gianluca Stazi and Giuseppe Casu and produced by Radio Televisione Italiana, RAI Radio 3 and Tratti Documentari. The jury described it as a “timeless story about the dignity and spirituality of work. Patiently, it leads us deep into the recesses of the natural world and the human soul. We heard a real musical experience composed of natural sounds and peoples’ memories, all told with great tenderness. The documentary turned our preconceptions of this typical social subject upside down with its sense of humanity and poetry. It was a big story from a hole in the mountain”.

Keywords: Prix Europa, audio features, radio documentaries

How to Cite:

Kowalska, N., (2018) “Prix Europa: The European Broadcasting Festival 2018 - radio documentary and feature trends, forms and topics.”, RadioDoc Review 4(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14453/rdr.29