IRDF: Past Winners

LONG FORM (8-60 minutes)
2025 — The Voices of a Shimmering Stream (Pietr Skotnicki, Poland)
2025 — Utopia More and More (Gabriele Heller, England) - jt. winner
2024 — Populist Radio (Stefano Giannotti / Deutschlandfunk Culture)
2023 — This Word (Marta Rebdza, Polish Radio Theatre) & winner of ADA (Best European Drama)
2022 — Let Me Tell You (Marta Rebdza, Poland) & finalist in ADA (Best European Drama)
2021 — Cerna Voda (Czech Radio) - festival was online (lockdown)
2020 — No award (Covid)
2019 — Die Toten von Feuerland (Andreas Ammer & Ulrike Haage, NDR Kultur)
2018 — Almanak (Wederik de Backer, Belgium)
2017 — Beaux Jeunes Monstres (Collectif Wow!)

SHORT FORM (up to 7 minutes)
2025 - Bot 13 — Khosro Rasouli (Iran)
2024 - To the Battle — Oana Cristae Grigorescu (Romania)
2023 - I Am Trash — (Radio Gilan)
2022 - Masa — (Spain)
2021 - 3 Minutes of Silence — Wederik de Backer (Belgium)
2020 - No award (Covid)
2019 - One of Our Exercise Books is Missing — (Darrick Wood School England)

AUDIENCE AWARD
2025 -The Innocence of Suspects (Amirhoseyn Gholami, Iran).
2024 Arthur and Close — Resource Artist
2023 Bowie in Siberia - Mamuka Magularia (Georgia)
2022 The Dictator’s Portrait (Romania)
2021 Dans La Tenaille — Collectif Wow (Belgium)
2020 No Award (Covid)
2019- Travelling in Africa, by Nugzar Shataidze.(Georgia)
2018- Wederik de Backer — Almanak (Belgium)
2015- Countdown, (Radio Rumania)

YOUNG PRODUCER (DEACON AWARD)
2025 My Brilliant Friend, (Ferrenc), ad/prod by Melania Vesalu (Synchromesh, Romania).
2024 Faxes in the Storm, by Emily White (Synchromesh, Romania)
2023 Through the Fairy Circle (First Ditch Collective, Canada)
2022 This Little Rock (Hannah Tookey, UK)



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