Transmissions
In The Dark What’s New: Saltwater Soul
James Trice (UK 2024)
James Trice (UK 2024)
8 min
"Saltwater Soul" is an experimental audio documentary that’s really close to my heart. It dives into the world of sea swimming in Brighton, seen through the eyes of a passionate swimmer. The documentary mixes the peaceful sounds of the ocean with the lively atmosphere of protests against pollution by British water companies.
Creating this piece was a personal journey for me. I even started writing poetry for the first time, which you’ll hear throughout the documentary. It’s a mix of the calm and joy of sea swimming with the serious issue of environmental threats. My hope is that it not only shares the unique experience of sea swimming but also highlights the importance of protecting our waters.
Producer - James Trice
In The Dark What’s New: Knife Fork Keys
Hye Young Sin (KOR/DE 2024)
Hye Young Sin (KOR/DE 2023)
8 min
The experience of a night walk alone in the park, through different cultural, sexual, and social contexts.
Composed by: Hye Young Sin.
In The Dark What’s New: Dear Mother
Jerry Birch (UK 2024)
Jerry Birch (US 2024)
6 min
A contemplation on life as a son clears his mother's flat.
Produced by Jerry Birch during the In The Dark Short Feature course, taught by Nina Garthwaite.
In The Dark What’s New: The Lost Son
Julianne Chandler (US 2024)
Julianne Chandler (US 2024)
11 min
A father's 27-year search for his son, who was taken from him at birth.
Produced by Julianne Chandler.
Where is my Mind?
Molly-Rose Crossley (UK 2024)
Molly-Rose Crossley, (UK 2024)
11 min
What is it like to living with a condition which turns your mind against you? Having thoughts that go against your morals, ethics and heart? This condition is called POCD, which stands for Pure-OCD. It’s the sibling of the more popularly known OCD and comes with its own unique set of struggles and traits which can be incredibly distressing for those who have it.
We have spoken to someone who has lived with this condition all their life. Most recently the obsessions made her believe she had killed her best friend, who passed away from cancer.
How has she overcome this and what does the future hold when your mind can be your worst enemy?
Produced by Molly-Rose Crossley
Crush Tango
Eloïse Bertil, UK 2024
Eloïse Bertil (UK, 2024)
4 min
A story about a crush at a rooftop bar during a solo trip. This short audio piece explores romantic body language cues, examining the intricate choreography of a girl-meets-boy scenario and its translatability across cultures. Blending personal experiences with fictional elements, the narrative contemplates flirting as a universal language, where every gesture (or move) carries significant meaning—or at least, one hopes it does.
Produced by Eloïse Bertil around a field recording from the Cities & Memory sound database for their Spring Project.
The Ecco: Red of Visibility
Phoebe McIndoe (DE 2024)
Phoebe McIndoe (DE 2024)
7 min
Growing up I went to a catholic primary school where the school emblem and colour was red. We had a visiting doctor who would see us in the head mistress' study without our red uniforms on. In this red space I had my first experience of bad touch. Or as I now call it, sexual assault. This piece is an attempt, years later, to explore and reclaim the colour red.
THE ECCO is an international non-commercial initiative designed to tug at the boundaries of the world of audio storytelling, journalism, and documentary work. We bring together talents in different parts of the world — journalists, sound designers, audio producers, sound artists, & writers— all united by a common goal: to push themselves and each other out of their work-related comfort zones and explore the different shapes audio documentaries can take, where they may intersect with art and what the impact of such playful exploration can have.
This was made during an immersive retreat where a curated group of talents collaborate, experiment, and support each other in crafting audio projects that are as diverse as they are profound
Produced by Phoebe McIndoe
The Ecco: Wasting Time
Yannic Hannebohn (DE 2024)
Yannic Hannebohn (DE 2024)
9 min
Yannic’s biggest fear is to relax at home. And so he did the impossible.
THE ECCO is an international non-commercial initiative designed to tug at the boundaries of the world of audio storytelling, journalism, and documentary work. We bring together talents in different parts of the world — journalists, sound designers, audio producers, sound artists, & writers— all united by a common goal: to push themselves and each other out of their work-related comfort zones and explore the different shapes audio documentaries can take, where they may intersect with art and what the impact of such playful exploration can have.
This was made during an immersive retreat where a curated group of talents collaborate, experiment, and support each other in crafting audio projects that are as diverse as they are profound
Produced by Yannic Hannebohn
The Ecco: The Vibrator
Allison Behringer (De 2024)
Allison Behringer (DE 2024)
10 min
What happens when an old woman and a young woman walk into a sex toy shop?
THE ECCO is an international non-commercial initiative designed to tug at the boundaries of the world of audio storytelling, journalism, and documentary work. They bring together talents in different parts of the world — journalists, sound designers, audio producers, sound artists, & writers— all united by a common goal: to push themselves and each other out of their work-related comfort zones and explore the different shapes audio documentaries can take, where they may intersect with art and what the impact of such playful exploration can have.
This was made during an immersive retreat where a curated group of talents collaborate, experiment, and support each other in crafting audio projects that are as diverse as they are profound
Written and Produced by Allison Behringer
Voice performance and script advising by Kelly Elsasser
Advising and story editing by Jamin Bauomy, Luisa Beck, Lena Von Holt, Phoebe McIndoe and Sara Zarreh
Music by Dara Hirsch
Mastering by Jeff Emtman.
All My Friends Are Turning Into Stars
Amber Devereux (UK 2023)
Amber Devereux (UK 2023)
9 min
Originally commissioned for BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts, All My Friends Are Turning Into Stars is an exploration of chrononormativity, the idea that we all follow the same timeline, and what it means to live in opposition to it. It is a journey through space and time by way of Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, the existential angst of turning 30, an astronomer in Chile, and a slightly unnerving 1950s public information film about how to be a person.
Produced by Amber Devereux
Featuring Dr Matthew Temple, Research Fellow, Universidad Diego Portales, additional voices by Lou Sutcliffe and Alessa Catterall, featuring quotes from De Profundus by Oscar Wilde, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and In A Queer Time And Place by Jack Halberstam.
With thanks to Axel Kacoutie