Scholarship for radio documentary summer program in France
To all young canadian audiovisual/podcast professionals !
Submission before March 31, 2022, 23:59 PST (Canada)
The Sound Documentary International Summer Program is a new international program aimed for young international professionals (25-35 years old), offered by the Ecole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière (ENS Louis-Lumière) in France (Paris Region), with the support of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Radio France internationale (RFI). The scholarship covers transportation, accommodation and registration, participants are accommodated in Paris in residence “ROLLIN”.
The first session of this program held in English took place in 2021 with 11 young professionals from Argentina, Cameroon, India, Israel, Marocco and Russia. The second edition of the program will take place from July 11th to August 19th 2022.
The candidates are young foreign audiovisual professionals, with an experience as an author (blog, podcast or creative project involving sound). The laureates are selected by a jury of French professionals in connection with the cultural services of the French embassy.
During 6 weeks of intensive training in english, international young professionals dive into the radio ecosystem in France, a pioneer in the radio documentary genre. They learn the fundamentals of writing and recording a radio documentary, supervised by a documentary maker / soundscape artist and a sound engineer. They try out different sound-writing processes and learn about interviewing, capturing atmospheres, soundscape, stereophonic sound recording, audio editing, and project pitching.
The program is structured around 3 components:
> Theoretical and practical training in sound writing (from design to editing)
> Production of a sound documentary in pairs
> Discovery of the French radio / podcast creation ecosystem (listening sessions, meetings with French authors and professionals in the sector, visits to key structures such as Radio France, etc.)
The program also includes meetings and professional visits with key players in the sector: RFI, Radio France, Arte Radio, Festival Longueur d’onde, SCAM, French Institute.
The educational part of the program is created and led by Frédérique Pressmann, a documentary filmmaker and sound artist. She started her career in New York in the late 80s as a written press journalist, writing most notably for The Village Voice. Back in Paris in the 90s, she has worked as a radio producer. Starting in 2002, she began producing soundscapes and radio documentaries, working mainly for French public radio (France-Culture, Arte Radio). Some of these pieces have earned national awards. She also teaches documentary practice in schools and universities in France.
Founded in 1926, the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière is a unique institution: it provides high-level training in image and sound professions and is an international leader in the fundamentals of these fields, the only one to deliver excellent training to become a cinematographer, sound engineer or photographer.
Please send your application before March 31, 2022 in 1 single PDF file: Application form, a 1-page cover letter, a 1-page synopsis and a CV to : [email protected]