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Non-competitive International Feature Conference (IFC) is an open forum for radio makers from all over the world where they can discuss their work, learn from each other about different ways of storytelling (each country uses different tools) and cooperate in a friendly and safe environment. Every country has its own handwriting – for example, producers from Scandinavian countries very often tend to tell more personal stories than producers from the West or the East. The difference in production is caused by different political or economic situations in each country. The way to tell a story also varies because of the different historical background of each nation. The comparison of different ways of storytelling, use of tools, narration and other aspects of documentary making is enormously important for documentary producers. But even though there are many rules laid down for producers, the main rule still is that there are no rules. It is hard to explain how a proper documentary or a feature should sound like – if it should be half an hour long or one hour long, if there should be sequences of recorded scenes in it or not – because every topic needs special treatment. Some topics require a minimalistic adaptation, little to no music and a decent narration, while other topics need the opposite approach. The aim of this work is to explicate certain specifics and dissimilarities in the radio production worldwide, to describe how different countries use the basic tools of documentary making and to show the importance of this kind of production. The conference MeCCSA took place in Brighton from January 8 to January 10, 2020. The presentation was included in Panel Session 1 on the first day of the conference.