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The winner of HARPA 2025 is...

The winner of the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2025 is Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim, Andréa Louise Horstad, Kristoffer Lo og Eivind Helgerød for the score in Makta. 

The International jury released a statement about the composer team’s award winning score:
The score for Makta seamlessly complements the handheld, rough style of the series, skillfully integrating ambient noise to blend with the sound design. The music adds the tension and momentum essential for such a high-stakes political thriller, amplifying the energy needed to keep viewers captivated and intrigued. It plays on the characters' complex dilemmas, often humorously and with a satirical twist, and as such serves as a storyteller in its own right, alongside the dialogue. From the opening notes, the composers of Makta capture your attention, compelling you to watch the series through to its conclusion.

Read full press release here



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Impressions from Nordic Film Music Days 2025

Photos by: Thomas Kolbein Bjork Olsen/Berlinkontoret

Program for NFMD 2025

Sat. 15.02.25
Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin

09.30–11.00: CONTRACTS with Flemming Nordkrog (DK) only for Nordic and/or invited composers.

Location: EFM Conference Lounge, Niederkirchner Straße 7, 10963 Berlin

12.00–13.00: Seminar: Breaking Down the Contract - in the Era of Streaming

13.00–14.00: Speedmeeting between preselected Composers, Producers & Directors.  (For producers & directors) 

Location: Nordic Embassies, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin

15.00–16.00: Seminar: Editing - Takes and experiences to learn from with editor Sofia Lindgren

16.00–17.00: Networking: Women in Film composing 

17.00–18.00: Seminar: Diversity in the Future of Film Music - Gender challenges and how to overcome them​

18.00–18.30: Mingling accompanied by light snacks and drinks. Courtesy of AWFC (Alliance for Women in Film Composing).

HARPA Award Show
Location: Nordic Embassies, Exhibition Area, 
Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin

18.30–19.00: Meet the Nominated Composers with 2024 winner Eðvarð Egilsson

19.00–19.30: HARPA Award presentations and winner announcement

19.30–20.30: Network with the nominees and the 2025 HARPA Award Winner

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Learn more about the program
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Sun. 16.02.25
Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin

11.00–12.10:  Film: Where are you Mamma Mu? l Sweden

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12.45–14.45:  Series: MAKTA l Norway

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15.20–17.20: Film: Touch l Iceland

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17.45–19.35: Film: Sebastian l Finland

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20.15–22.05: Film: The Son and the Moon l Denmark
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International Jury for the 2025 HARPA Award

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International Jury led by 2024 HARPA Award Recipient, Eðvarð Egilsson IS
Michael P. Aust DE, Festival Director Soundtrack Cologne l Hanna-Greth Peetson EST, Music Meets Film & Industry@Tallinn l Sydney Levine US, International Film Consultant l Byun Seung Min SK, Founder & Producer at Climax Studio l Erica Procunier CA, ​Composer, Professor, SAG Canada  l Peter Domsch DE, Sales Manager European Film Market

Meet The Nominated Composers 2025

Video by Laura Käehne | Monokel Studio
DENMARK Christian Balvig
The Son and the Moon directed by Roja Pakari & Emilie Adelina Monies.
Photo By: Michael C Madsen

​Christian's music compellingly grows from the film's inner soul beautifully expanding the film's internal narrative.
Video by Noki Creative ​
FINLAND Ilari Heinilä  
​Sebastian directed by Mikko Mäkelä.
Photo By: Altti Heinilä

​Heinilä’s composition is not only beautiful but thoughtfully placed, enhancing the narrative while staying true to the film’s tone and vision.
Video by Blair Alexander
ICELAND Högni Egilsson 
Touch directed by Baltasar Kormákur. 
​Photo By: Anna Maggy

​The score is delicate and intimate, and serves as an enhancement to the emotional character of the story. The respect and care that Högni’s music shows for the narrative makes it an integral part of the film – a seamless addition to the storytelling.
Video by Swedish Frames AB
SWEDEN Henrik Lörstad 
Who are you, Mamma Mu? directed by Christian Ryltenius.
Photo By: Jonatan Kruse

​With elegant and detailed instrumentation, Lörstad manages to highlight, without oversimplifying, both the playful and the serious aspects of the film's sympathetic message. It is rare to come across such a well-crafted score in children's and youth films, or even in films for an adult audience.
NORWAY Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim 
Makta created by Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue & Silje Storstein.
Photo By: Andreas Paleologos

The music brings us back to the dusty, smoke-filled eighties with its analogue, acoustic instruments, as if it’s made by an avantgarde band from the time period. 
Video by Catharina Natalie Wandrup
NORWAY Andréa Louise Horstad 
Makta created by Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue & Silje Storstein.
​Photo By: Helge Brekke

The music brings us back to the dusty, smoke-filled eighties with its analogue, acoustic instruments, as if it’s made by an avantgarde band from the time period. 
Video by Catharina Natalie Wandrup
NORWAY Kristoffer Lo 
Makta created by Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue & Silje Storstein.
​Photo By: Michael Ray VC Angeles

The music brings us back to the dusty, smoke-filled eighties with its analogue, acoustic instruments, as if it’s made by an avantgarde band from the time period. 
Video by Catharina Natalie Wandrup
NORWAY Eivind Helgerød 
Makta created by Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue & Silje Storstein.
Photo By: Robin Boe

The music brings us back to the dusty, smoke-filled eighties with its analogue, acoustic instruments, as if it’s made by an avantgarde band from the time period. 
Video by Catharina Natalie Wandrup

Do you know where you're staying in Berlin?

Same as last year, it is up to you to do your own hotel booking in Berlin but we will be stating at Motel-One Tiergarten this year.

We therefore recommend you make your way into their website and book a room sooner, rather than later.

Motel One Berlin-Tiergarten: An der Urania 12/14, 10787 Berlin
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Nordic Film Music Days 2025

  • Meet the composers,
  • Experience their scores,
  • Hear about their craft,
  • Celebrate the winner of

HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2025.

The composers’ organizations from the five Nordic countries invite to the Nordic Film Music Days 2025 at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin to celebrate Nordic craftmanship and Nordic film making at its best from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

The focal point being the creation of the soundscapes that is such an integral part of filmmaking.

Saturday February 15th and Sunday February 16th at Nordische Botschaften.

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Photo by: Thomas Kolbein Bjork Olsen

What is HARPA &
​Nordic Film Music Days?

Nordic Film Music Days creates a space to communicate, start future collaborations, educate and to network during the festival. Since 2010, Nordic composers have joined forces to put focus on Nordic Film Music and Nordic Film with the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award.
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​Each year during the Harpa Nordic Film Music Days the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award is awarded to this years most outstanding Nordic composer - and thereby putting spotlight on Nordic talent and craftmanship.


Since 2016, Nordic Film Music Days and the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award have been taking place at the Nordische Botschaften in Berlin at the same time as the Berlinale Film Festival. It’s a unique opportunity to spotlight Nordic composers and to celebrate their music during this prestigious festival.

HARPA Nordic Film Music Days and Composer Award is supported by Nordische Botschaften.
  • An annual event during Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival
  • A presentation of the quality of Nordic film and media-music
  • A network with focus on strengthening the artistic and musical interaction between the Nordic countries.
  • An Increasing of Nordic film composers’ access to the European markets.
  • A strengthening of the Nordic film position in EU.
  • A space for Nordic creatives to connect with global decision makers for international collaborations.

PREVIOUS EDITION: Saturday Feb. 16.- Sunday Feb. 18, 2024 - Check out what happened here.

Partners & Collaborators

Partners in HARPA Nordic Film Music Days 2025
  • Skap (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers & Authors)
  • FST (Föreningen svenske tonsättere)
  • Music Finland
  • Finnish Music Creators FMC
  • STEF (Icelandic Collective Rights Management Society)
  • NOPA (Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists)
  • BFM (Danish Organization for Film- and Media Composers)​​
  • Polyphonia (Danish Composers Network for Women & Other Gender Minorities)​​​​
With Support From:
  • Nordische Botschaften
  • Nordisk Film & TV Fond
  • DPA (Danish Popular Auteurs)
Collaborators 2025: ​
  • Sound Track Cologne
  • EFM (European Film Market)
  • Jecheon International Film & Music Festival 
  • Orchestral Tools
  • GENELEC
  • ECSA (European Composer & Songwriter Alliance)
  • AWFC (Alliance for Women Film Composers)
Silent Partners: 
  • Industry@Tallinn & Music Meets Film​​
  • Riga International Film Festival
  • Vilnius Film Festival & Kino Pavasaris Distribution
  • Nordic Music Days & Glasgow Film Festival
  • Botschaft von Estland
  • Botschaft von Letland
  • Botschaft von Litauen

Graphic design for Nordic Film Music Days is made by lilienfeld – visuelles gestalten | Berlin

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