M Cristina Marras

I am indigenous of Sardinia (Italy), an island with unreliable and expensive connections. This insularity pushed me to travel from an early age, searching for an otherness that I sensed existed, but that I was unable to see at home. I lived ten years in Germany and over 20 years in Australia before relocating back to my Island.

Moving through countries and cultures, I became intrigued by the relation between memories and place, noticing how memories shape every new place we visit. From there, I occupied myself exploring how sound shapes memories, space, and sense of place and belonging.

I was lucky to find myself in the right place (working at a national radio broadcaster in an English-speaking country) at the right moment (when people started talking about podcasts), which allowed me to experiment with the power of immersive sound narratives to evoke personal and collective experiences. 

Now an independent producer, when I'm not playing the hustle game, I use my time collaborating with fellow creators worldwide, here some examples:

• Phoebe McIndoe's Small Audio Art
• Stuart Fowkes’ project Cities and Memory
• Audio Playground by Sarah Geis
• Bagni Lucia by Radio Papesse
• All The Best of the Australian broadcaster FBI Radio

I love collaborating with friends, and I also love talking to strangers, drop me a line if you want to chat!

Here is my animated Portfolio of sounds. It wasn't easy to find a way to create a portfolio of sounds, took me a while, but it was worth it. 

Now allow me to brag about some of the prizes and recognitions that I collected along the way

• Winner of the Leipziger Hörspielsommer 2024 for My Non Arrival, an audio creation inspired by the poetry of Wisława Szymborska
• Winner of the MemoRAS Contest 2024 for Su Tempiesu, an audio creation inspired by a visit to the Sardinian sacred spring
• Finalist at Audio Flux Circuit 04 in 2024 with I Am The First, Audio Flux ran an open call for public submissions, my work was selected as one of the 15 finalists
• Best mini headphone for My non arrival from Audionomia in 2023. The piece is an emotional journey that explores human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment
• Winner of the 2023 Transom Small, Random, and Meaningful prize and Special Mention at the Black Snapper International Film Festival (Audio section) for Every Library In My Life which was one of the 12 selected, out of over 300 submissions from all over the world, to be part of Transom's 'Small, Random, and Meaningful' new collection
• Second place at the UK International Audio Drama Festival Audience Award in 2023 for the audio production Tutto il Resto È Attesa
• Second place at the UK International Audio Drama Festival Audience Award in 2022 for the audio production The Smell Of Naphtha
• On Air Fest Official Selection in 2022 with three audio creations: Exploration On Darkness (among friends), Games We Play In The Dark, and I Am A Podcaster
• Finalist for the Premio Lucia 2020 from Radio Papesse