Nordic Film Music Days

MEET THE NOMINATED COMPOSERS HARPA 2025

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT NFMD 2025

Sat. 15.02.25

10.00 – 18.00: Seminars at the Nordic Embassies & at the European Film Market along with a Speedmeeting for selected Nordic composers, producers, and directors.

18:30 –21.00: HARPA Award Night and a presentation of the 2025 HARPA nominees, hosted by 2024 winner Eðvarð Egilsson

Sun. 16.02.25

10.00 – 22.00: Film screenings of the five nominated films at the Nordic Embassies

The official program will be announced in January 2025 and all of our activites will be free of charge.

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.

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.

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.