Nordic Film Music Days

The Nominees for HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021

DENMARK
Flemming Nordkrog
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Matias Mariani's (BR) ’Shine Your Eyes’

... a bold, moving and inventive score, which excellently carries the mysterious twist and turns of the story in Matias Mariani's pensive French/Brasilian drama...

FINLAND
Pessi Levanto
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Marie Grahtø Sørensen ’Psychosia’

...a masterful example of how not to overwrite. Everything irrelevant is cut out and every cue is on the spot....

ICELAND
Hugar: Bergur Thorisson & Petur Jonsson
2021 HARPA Nominees for their score for Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir (IS) ’The Vasulka Effect’

...the music portrays the sine waves, the fast Fourier transforms, the characters, the historical context and the complex emotions in a unique and touching way befitting the subject....

NORWAY
Marcus Paus
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Andre Øvredal’s (NO) ’Torden’

...an impressively mature orchestral work that feels both introvert and extrovert at the same time...

SWEDEN
Jon Ekstrand
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Jesper Ganslandt’s (SE) ’438 dagar’

...a brilliant score that efficiently underlines and complements a very strong human drama...

Each year during the Harpa Nordic Film Music Days the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award is awarded this years most outstanding Nordic composer - and thereby putting spotlight on Nordic talent and craftmanship.
Over the last two months national juries from each Nordic country has watched, listened, discussed and finally decided which of the 50 submitted scores will proceed as their national nominee.
Now the decision is handed over to an international jury, and the winner of the 11th HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award will be revealed as part of the 2021 HARPA Nordic Film Music Days, Sunday February 14th and Monday February 15th, 2021.

HARPA Nordic Film Music Days & Composers Award

• An annual event during Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival
• Communicating & presenting the quality of Nordic film and media-music
• Strengthening artistic and musical interaction between the Nordic countries and beyond
• Increasing Nordic film composers’ access to the European markets
• Strengthening the Nordic film position in EU
• Connecting Nordic creatives with global decision makers for international collaborations.

For the past years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award & Nordic Film Music Days at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin have become a fixture on the event calendar during BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival. It’s a unique opportunity to spotlight Nordic composers and to celebrate their music during this prestigious festival.

Nordic Film Music Days create a space to communicate, start future collaborations, educate and to network during the festival. Make sure to submit for the 2021 HARPA Awards and to participate in the Nordic Film Music Days.

NEXT EDITION: SATURDAY FEB 13.- THURSDAY FEB 18.

SEMINAR #3

We'll be talking with composers Rebekka Karijord & Jon Ekstrand, and Katrine Amsler & Flemming Nordkrog, looking at the various forms that collaboration can take, and discussing any tips for composers who are considering pairing up on a creative project.

SEMINAR #2

was Tuesday December 8th . 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (CET – Central European Time)
CONTRACTs, COPYRIGHTs & BUYOUTs
with Adrian Strain & Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro from CISAC
Watch lecture here

SEMINAR #1

was monday November 16nd 5:30 pm - 7:00 PM
PR & SELF PROMOTION with Thomas Mikusz & Chandler Poling of White Bear PR.
In collaboration with Nomex.
Watch seminar here

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Nordic Film & Media Composers

Adam Norden (SWE)

Anders Niska (SWE)

Andreas Hald (DK)

Anna Rosenkilde (DK)

Arild Jensen (N)

Bendik Giske (N)

Christine Hals (N/SWE)

Davíð Þór Jónsson (IS)

Eirik Myhr (N)

Ellen Bødtker (N)

Emil Friss (DK)

Frederik Hjulmand (DK)

Flemming Nordkrog (DK)

Fredrik Kinbom (S)

Gaute Storaas (N)

Gisli Galdur Thorgeirsson (IS)

Halfdan E (DK)

Henrik skram (N)

Gyða Valtýsdóttir (IS)

Ingrid Kindem (N)

Irya Gmeyner (SWE)

Jean-Paul Wall (SWE)

Jesper Hansen (DK)

Jesper Siberg (DK)

Johan Testad (SWE)

John Erik Kadaa (N)

Jon Ekstrand (SWE)

Kaspar Kaae (DK)

Kate Havnevik (N)

Knut Avenstroup Haugen (N)

Kåre Bjerkø (DK)

Laura Naukkarinen (FIN)

Lauri Porra (FIN)

Lisa Nordström (SWE)

Magnus Strömberg (SWE)

Oscar Fogelström (SWE)

Patricio Fraile (DK)

Panu Aaltio (FIN)

Patrick Rydman (SWE)

Peder Kjellsby (N)

Per Störby Jutbrings (SWE)

Peter Baden (N)

Pétur Jónsson (IS)

Sanna Salmenkallio (FIN)

Salla Luhtala (FIN)

Sverre Indris Jorner
(N)

Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen (N)

SØS Gunver Ryberg (DK)

Tin Soheili (DK)

Therese Aune (N)

Tormod Tvete Vik (N)

Tuomas Kantelinen (FIN)

Biggi Hilmars (IS)

Uno Hermansson (SWE)

Anders Herrlin & Jennie Löfgren (SWE)

Simon Kölle (SWE)

Eicca Toppinen (FIN)

Antony Bentley (FIN)

Lars Kronlund (SWE)

Hallur Ingólfsson (IS)

Bergur Þórisson and
Pétur Jónsson (IS)

Peter Due (DK)

Sebastian Öberg (SWE)

Kirka Sainio (FIN)

Karzan Mahmood (SWE)

Lisa Montan (SWE)
Bjarni Biering Margeirsson (IS)

Joel Danell (SWE)

Timo Kaukolampi & Tuomo Puranen (FIN)

Rasmus Zwicki (DK)

David Engellau (SWE)

Bjarni Biering Margeirsson (IS)

Marcus Paus (N)

Povl Kristian Mortensen (DK)

ABOUT HARPA Since 2010, Nordic composers have joined forces to put focus on Nordic Film Music and Nordic Film with the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award.
From 2016 the HARPA Nordic Film Music Days and the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award have been taking place at the Nordische Botschaften in Berlin in connection with the Berlinale film festival.
With new collaborators within the Norwegian and the Finnish Music export offices our event has been seriously strengthened.

The working group behind HARPA Nordic Film Music Days 2021 is
Kate Havnevik | NOPA
Katariina Sorsa | Music Finland
Einar Idsøe Eidsvåg | Music Norway
Jon Olav Kringeland | Komponistforeningen
Ida-Lee Brandel | FST, Foreningen af Svenske Tonsättere

Thomas Mikusz, White Bear PR/Associated Publicist and international PR

Partners in HARPA Nordic Film Music Days 2021
-SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers & Authors)
-FST (Föreningen af Svenske Tonsättere)
-Music Finland
-Finnish Music Creators FMC
-STEF (Icelandic Collective Rights Management Society)
-NOPA (Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists)
-Komponistforeningen (Norwegian Society of Composers)
-Music Norway
-BFM (Danish Organization for Film- and Media Composers)
-Thomas Mikusz, White Bear PR/Associated Publicist and international PR

Collaborators: Berlinale Talents | SoundTrackFest | Sound Track Cologne

graphic design for Nordic Film Music Days is made by Lilienfeld