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In the 40th year of the Åke Blomström Award we received almost 40 entries from 14 countries. The five members of our international jury listened to and reviewed all of them. Here are the candidates awarded a scholarship for the Åke Blomström Masterclass 2026 in Berlin:

Aoife O'Neill, Ireland 
Elisa Longo, Italy 
Indrė Krivickaitė, Lithuania 
Jamie Reinert, Luxembourg 
Leo Rehnfeldt, Sweden 
Mees Warmerdam, Netherlands 
Michał Matus, Poland 
Ronja Morgenthaler, Germany 
Victorie Kralko, Czech Republic 
Alicja Głów, Poland (she could not attend in 2025)

Congratulations to all! We see you on 10 and 11 October at Prix Europa in Berlin.

Grant available for a two-day training event for Europe’s audio talent by Europe’s best audio documentary makers.

Apply now for a scholarship to the Åke Blomström Masterclass delivered at the start of this year’s PRIX EUROPA (10 & 11 October 2026) in Berlin.

During the two-day Masterclass you will have the unique opportunity to learn from European award winning documentary makers, to glean their secrets and get their advice. 

If you have gathered your first steps in documentary audio, this is your opportunity to pitch your ideas and projects and become part of a network of future feature makers all around Europe. All participants will receive an Åke Blomström Masterclass Certificate.

To be eligible for one of ten scholarships, submit 

  • a max. 5-minute edited audio production demonstrating the creative use of audio (with English translation as pdf or subtitle video)
  • a CV,
  • a covering letter outlining why you wish to attend the Åke Blomström Masterclass 
  • a sketch (max. 1 page) of a documentary project in audio that you might like to pitch there.

The scholarship includes a travel allowance of 500 euros. Please send your application by 13 July 2026 to audio@prixeuropa.eu.

On 17 August we will publish the winners here and at PRIX EUROPA website and you’ll find out if your application was successful. 

Good luck!

Agnieszka Czyżewska-Jacquemet 
Project Coordinator

Wolfgang Schiller
Chair Åke Blomström Award

Grant available for a two-day training event for Europe’s audio talent by Europe’s best audio documentary makers.

Apply now for a scholarship to the Åke Blomström Masterclass delivered at the start of this year’s PRIX EUROPA (4 & 5 October 2025) in Berlin.
During the two-day Masterclass you will have the unique opportunity to learn from European award winning documentary makers, to glean their secrets and get their advice. 

If you have gathered your first steps in documentary audio, this is your opportunity to pitch your ideas and projects and become part of a network of future feature makers all around Europe. All participants will receive an Åke Blomström Masterclass Certificate.

  • To be eligible for one of ten scholarships, submit 
  • a 5-minute edited audio production demonstrating the creative use of audio (with English translation as pdf or subtitle video)
  • a CV,
  • a covering letter outlining why you wish to attend the Åke Blomström Masterclass 
  • a sketch (max. 1 page) of a documentary project in audio that you might like to pitch there.

The scholarship includes a travel allowance of 500 euros. Please send your application by - new -14 July 2025 to audio@prixeuropa.eu.

On 20 August we will publish the winners here and at PRIX EUROPA website and you’ll find out if your application was successful. 
Good luck!

Agnieszka Czyżewska-Jacquemet          
Project Coordinator             

Wolfgang Schiller
Chair Åke Blomström Committee