Festival & Award · 2026-06-29
Winners of the Bucharest international radio drama festival
At the 14th edition of the Grand Prix Nova international radio drama festival, organised by Radio România, 24 productions from 13 countries competed; the awards were presented at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest.
The festival ran from 14 to 20 June in Bucharest, across three competition categories. The Audio Fiction first prize went to Switzerland's "RADIO LSD – Albert Hofmann's trip," a production by the audio-fiction unit of the Swiss Italian-language public broadcaster (RSI), made for the 120th anniversary of the birth of Albert Hofmann — the Swiss chemist who first synthesised LSD — during an artistic residency, as a "lysergic sonic journey."
Second place went to the Czech "Radiant Child" (a production of Czech Radio, the Czech public broadcaster), and third to Belgium's "Beyond truth" (Manometre studio). The Short Forms "Go Marulić" prize went to Germany's "milk hounds" (independent creator Jürg Andreas Meister), and the series category to Chile's "The Fable of the Big-Headed Fox" (the Zumba La Calavera y Los Semejantes collective).
The ceremony was held in the garden of the Elisabeta Palace; since 2013 the festival's patron has been Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown (daughter of King Michael I, deposed in 1947, and head of the former royal house), and her husband, Prince Radu, attended. The Grand Prix Nova is one of Europe's most significant showcases of contemporary radio drama and audio fiction. (Sources: Radio România; RSI)
Sources: Radio România · RSI – Radio LSD
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