International Audio Arts Festival
April 4th-7th 2019
Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, Ireland
HearSay
HearSay Audio Prize Judges 2019
Jonathan Zenti
Isis Thompson
Emily Knight
Douglas Murray
Chris Brookes
Writer, filmmaker, audio / video / podcast producer producer.
USA
Anaka Kaundinya
Founders and creative directors of of Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company based in Tipperary.
IRELAND
Alexander Iseli
& Jazmin Chiodi
Martina Castro
Cristín Leach is a writer, journalist and broadcaster, and one of Ireland’s leading art critics.
IRELAND
Cristín Leach
Prix Italia & Peabody award-winning storyteller, author, creator of geo-located installations & radio producer.
CANADA
Award winning freelance sound designer for feature films and sometimes television.
UK
Winner of the 2017 HearSay Audio Prize Rising Award in 2017. Writer, performer, and audio artist.
CANADA
Dylan Gauche
Make of BBC Earth, Blue Planet 2 and Evil Genius podcast.
UK
Maker of documentaries that will make you smile and founding member of Kitchen Sink Collective.
USA
Jonathan Zenti is host and producer of Meat and Head of Content at Voxnest.
ITALY
Audio producer searching for hidden connections and grand gestures in the lives of ordinary folks.
DENMARK
Maria Donvang
IFTA award-winning and EMMY nominated film sound designer & editor, based at Ardmore Sound and Screenscene.
IRELAND
Steve Fanagan
Radio documentarian and music video director.
USA
Mooj Zadie
HearSay Festival Director, multi- award winning audio producer and Creative Director of Grey Heron Media.
IRELAND
Diarmuid McIntyre (chair)
From commissioning editors, to sound artists, writers to feature makers, some of the worlds finest ears working in creative audio have been listening to HearSay Audio Prize entries since 2014. Meet our 2019 Judges below.
Winner of Prix Italia, Grand Prix Marulic & The EBU Ake Blomstrom Award. Producer and feature-maker formerly with the BBC.
UK
Senior producer and editor at the ABC’s Radio National
UK
Sophie Townsend
Mary McDonnell
Steven Rajam
Film-maker and sound designer living in Ireland. He is currently making a film about the moon.
IRELAND
Tadhg O'Sullivan
The HearSay Prize 2019
Emmy-award winning producer of documentary films and an author of non-fiction books 'Zlata's Diary' and 'Stolen Voices'.
BOSNIA
Zlata Filipovic
Tereza Rekova
Documentary maker and
producer.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Tran Vu
Program Director for AIR and advocate for independent producers in public media and mission-driven work.
USA
