Third Coast International Audio Festival
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From 2008 TCF Best New Artist Award Winner: Except Me, by Erin Davis
From 2005 TCF Best Documentary (Silver) Award Winner: Hearing Voices, by John Wynne
From the 2008 TCF Best Documentary (Hon. Mention) Award Winner: Searching for Farming's Future in It's Past, by Rachel Leventhal
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Budget
Raised to date: $260,000.00
Estimate to complete: $197,000.00
Total Estimated Budget: $457,000.00
The budget numbers above are accurate as of 05/01/2009
Key Personnel
Johanna Zorn
Executive Director
Ms. Zorn is executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival, an independent arts organization that celebrates the
best audio stories produced worldwide for radio and the Internet, and supports the producers creating this fresh and vital work.
Zorn founded the TCIAF as an employee of Chicago Public Radio, where she worked for nearly three decades. She started at CPR as an intern, then worked on a children's program, was executive producer of a newsmagazine for teenagers, and produced a general interest talk show.
For a decade, she was the executive producer of Chicago Matters, an award-winning annual public affairs series exploring topics of vital interest to the greater Chicago community.
Funders
| Name | Amount | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University | $15,000.00 | 04/30/2009 | |
| Chicago Public Radio | $60,000.00 | 04/01/2009 | |
| The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Office of Tourism | $25,000.00 | 03/31/2009 | |
| The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation | $150,000.00 | 03/17/2009 | |
| The Boeing Company | $10,000.00 | 01/05/2009 |
Short Synopsis
The Third Coast International Audio Festival curates exceptional audio documentary and feature work produced around the world, supports the producers creating this fresh and vital work, and brings these stories to audiences through the radio, on the internet, and in a wide range of public settings.
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCIAF) brings exceptional audio documentaries of all styles to audiences worldwide, and supports producers creating this fresh and vital work. Over the past eight years the TCIAF has developed into a robust, year-round initiative, recognized internationally for showcasing radio that piques the imagination and explores the important issues of our time. These are stories that move, inspire and entertain while offering listeners a window into new cultures and diverse perspectives.
The TCIAF is comprised of eight separate but interdependent elements:
The TCIAF Website at www.thirdcoastfestival.org is a richly-stocked listening library that features hundreds of documentaries from around the world, interviews with producers, and updates about TCIAF happenings.
The TCF Listening Room regularly presents audio work in intimate settings such as theaters, cafes and galleries in Chicago and throughout the US, drawing listeners together in their communities.
The TCF Public Audio Challenge invites producers and radio fans alike to create short audio stories inspired by a set of rules.
The TCF/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition annually honors the most creative and compelling audio work produced worldwide.
The TCF Broadcast features the winning stories from the TCF/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, behind-the-scenes producer interviews and moving highlights from the Awards Ceremony. Distributed annually by Public Radio International, the TCF Broadcast airs on approximately 120 public radio stations across the country, bringing the best radio stories of the year to nearly one million listeners.
Re:sound is a one-hour, weekly radio show that presents a remix of stories, sound, interviews, music, archival footage and other audio curiosities. Re:sound airs Saturdays at 1pm on Chicago Public Radio.
The TCF Conference gathers the foremost audio/radio producers from around the world to guide, inspire and engage new and veteran producers to do their best, most creative work.
The Third Coast Filmless Festival is a public celebration of story, sound and the art of listening. Modeled after a film festival, with producers on hand for q&a sessions, the TCFF brings listeners together “in the dark” to engage as a community with the important stories of our time.
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