Inga Janiulytė-Temporin
Lithuania
Inga Janiulytė-Temporin holds degrees in journalism and literatature. She has has been working for 11 years in Lithuanian National Radio and Television. Most of this time, producing environmental programs and radio documentaries.
A significant part of Inga's work involves uncovering stories of public value. Together with Rūta Dambravaitė, she co-authored Coming Out, a radio documentary about a homosexual couple who spent together 52 years publicly identifying as father and son. Coming Out was awarded the Prix Europa in 2024.
The Making of a Documentary That Changed Lives and Renewed the Debate on Same-Sex Partnerships in Lithuania
Initially, Vitalius wanted to share a story about his father. However, we soon discovered that the man he referred to was his partner of 52 years. Someone few people knew about. Despite the hesitation of coming out publicly, Vitalius felt it‘s time to show the public his true self.
It was clear immediately that we‘ve stumbled upon a story of immense public importance. Same-sex partnerships are still illegal in Lithuania, and homophobia remains widespread in society.
As we dug deeper, it became evident making this radio documentary would be anything but easy. We feared that Vitalius' bravery might ultimately work against him and his partner Albinas. How could we navigate the fear of the unknown, balance the responsibility of telling such a personal story, and approach it with both creativity and sensitivity.
Nanna Hauge Kristensen
Denmark
Nanna Hauge Kristensen is an anthropologist and audio maker based in Copenhagen. Her work moves in the intersection of art, anthropology, and audio documentary. At its core is a deep interest in listening. She is captivated by the lived experiences of people, and endeavor to make them sounding through relational and co-creative processes. What attracts her, both as a maker and as a listener, are intimate, sensory and open-ended explorations.
Her work has been featured on BBC3, BBC4, Danish Radio, The Royal Danish Theater, among others. It has been honored with numerous International Awards.
The Heart-Shaped
explores the lives of four elderly people in the small town of Uummannaq in north-western Greenland. They are confronted with the departure of loved ones and the physical decline of their bodies. Yet, nature permeates every aspect of their lives. An audio ethnographic montage about silence, loss, and belonging. In her presentation, Nanna will discuss the creative process behind The Heart-Shaped. She will reflect on audio making as an explorative and relational practice, as well as the intimacy of sound and listening.
Liam O'Brien
Ireland
Working in audio is the only real job Liam O'Brien has ever had. He's been telling stories in audio documentaries, and series, for more than 25 years now – and still believes the best story he's ever going to tell is somewhere out there, waiting to be found. He has led the audio documentary unit in RTÉ since 2008 and over the last five years has moved into multi episodic storytelling. He has won over 150 national and international awards, including being recognised at the Prix Europa awards for his work on eight different productions.
Where is Jón?
is a six part podcast series that tells the story of Icelandic man Jón Jónsson who went missing in Dublin in 2019. A co-production between RÚV (Iceland) and RTÉ (Ireland), this series resulted in new information and witnesses coming forward which in turn prompted renewed police involvement in both countries, a Europol investigation and a number of searches and digs for the remains of Jón. How can audio storytelling make such an impact in a missing persons case?
Patrizia Schlosser
Germany
Patrizia Schlosser is an investigative journalist. 38 years old, based in Munich. She does film documentaries and podcasts, mostly for German Public Television ARD.Some of her works: Together with her colleagues from STRG_F (NDR/funk) she exposed perpetrators who sold videos of naked women on porn sites. She also has investigated in the German terror organization The Red Army Fraction RAF as well as Neo-Nazi-structures in Germany. Her latest research is about non-consensual porn deepfakes: