Glittering Prospects

Anna Bertmark (UK, 2025)

annamybertmark · Glittering Prospects

20 min

Set on Brighton Beach in 2098, an local metal detectorist records search-reports for the Council's new Portable Foundle Department; a new requirement since mysterious artefacts have started appearing on the beach...

Glittering Prospects is an immersive audio drama exploring humans' relationships with changing coastal environments through treasure hunting and local folklore. This 20 minute peice weaves together Brighton Beach’s hidden histories, environmental mysteries, and the stories of those who search its shores. Inspired by cinematic interview techniques, found audio recordings, and through interviews with metal detectorists, wildlife and folklore experts, the piece presents a compelling fictional documentary drawing from the world of treasure hunting and local coastal history and superstitions. Through the power of place-based storytelling, this immersive listening experience explores how lost artefacts buried beneath our feet reveal meaningful stories.

Written and Produced by Anna Bertmark
Performed by Rachel Capell
Funded by the National Lottery.

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Gary's Lincoln Continental

Anna Van Dine (US 2024)

Anna · Gary's Lincoln Continental

2 min

Gary of St. Johnsbury, VT, talks about the car that makes him happy. Her name is Big Red.

Produced by Anna Van Dine

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Seven Minutes, Seven Years

Anna Van Dine (US 2024)

Anna · Seven Minutes, Seven Years

7 min

As long as Anna has been interested in sound and documentary, she has recorded things. What does it sound like when you take seven years' worth of recording and condense it into seven minutes? What does time sound like? What does memory sound like?

Produced by Anna Van Dine

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NOISE CAPITAL

Sofia Kourous Vazquez, (PY/UK 2025)

52 min

NOISE CAPITAL is completed feature-length audio documentary exploring our complex relationship with the urban soundscape. How does sound become noise, and who decides?

The programme blends interviews with a range of contributors including soundscape researcher John Levack Drever, the Noise Abatement Society, venue operators at MOTH Club and the George Tavern, acousticians, nightlife advocates, mediators, venue owners, and writer Emma Warren. Through these voices, the doc examines the frictions between complaints, regulation, and cultural expression.

Produced by Sofia Kourous Vazquez 
Music by Jake Thomas

Produced as part of an audio storytelling MA

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Echo Charmer

Xelís de Toro (UK, 2025)

Xelís de Toro · Echo Charmer_underwords

5 min

Vocal with electronics, sound poetry, concrete poetry.
Xelis de Toro is a Galician writer and performer based in the UK.

Composed by Xelis de Toro
Produced by Paul Dutnall, published in vol. 6 compilation by Chocolate Monk

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The Trees of Saunders Park

Claire Sabel and Alex Lewis (US, 2025)

34 min

The Trees of Saunders Park presents stories about trees and why people feel connected to them. It is centered on profiles of residents who have planted individual trees in Saunders Park, the main public green space in the West Powelton neighborhood of Philadelphia, a part of the city that has experienced considerable displacement and gentrification for decades. Though each tree story is unique, the piece explores connecting threads between them: the ethos of DIY planting, neighbors confronting gentrification, connecting to the earth in urban environments, communal joy in spite of neighborhood change and loss..

Written & hosted by Claire Sabel
Produced by Alex Lewis

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Diatomaceous Earth Filters Suck

Sage Galati (US, 2025)

SAYR4GE · Diatomaceous Earth Filters Suck

6 min

What would it be like to be trapped inside a diatomaceous earth filter?

Recorded, Edited, and Produced by Sage Galati

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There Was There Was Not: The Women of Artsakh - Uncovering Roots

Maxim Saakyan (UK 2025)

32 min

Linum e, chi linum. There Was There Was Not. This is how Armenians begin their myths and stories, the same saying as "Once Upon a Time."

Filmmaker Emily Mkrtichian spent several years in Artsakh documenting four women building their lives and fighting for their place in society. In this episode we follow two of them in Artsakh. Sose, a judo champion dreaming of the Olympics. Siranush, a politician determined to prove women could lead differently.

Then September 27, 2020 arrived, and the question became: What do you do when your world suddenly disappears?

Produced by Maxim Saakyan

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GROW

Cristina Catania Flores (UK, 2024)

Cristina Catania Flores · GROW: Audio Documentary

46 min

This audio-documentary wanders through the soundscapes of Sadhana Forest, a reforestation and zero-waste project in Tamil Nadu, India. Weaving interviews with over 20 community members, ‘Grow’ explores compassion, conservation and community living

Produced by Cristina Catania Flores
Music by Cristina Catania Flores
Sound Design by Cristina Catania Flores
Mastered by Ahmed Rezaie

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The ECCO #2: Ní Mise É / It Ain't Me (Gaelic & English)

Brian Byrne (IE/UK, 2025)

6 min

In “Ní Mise É”, a son stitches a prayer from memory and tape. Both archive and offering, it gathers fragments of a father and lingers on what endures after loss.

Brian Byrne is an Irish audio producer based in London. He accidentally fell in love with audio whilst editing voxpops for live gig reviews. He has created work for Irish national broadcasters RTÉ and Newstalk and was a recipient of the Åke Blomström Award in 2021.

Produced by Brian Byrne
Powered by The ECCO

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