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Screenings of nominated films. Sunday Feb 23th

​Auditorium
14- 15:30
(FIN) Luontosinfonia
Panu Aaltio

As a concept, Nature Symphony (Luontosinfonia) offers rare respect for a feature film score in general.

Introduction by Panu Aaltio
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Conference room
15:45 – 18:30 ​
(DK) Det som göms i snö
Kåre Bjerkø

Kåre Bjerkø has created simple music with strong emotions in several layers. From the very first moment, the music holds the viewer in suspense, momentum, curiosity and doubt.

Introduction by Kåre Bjerkø


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Auditorium
16:45 – 18:45
(IS) Mihkel
Gyða Valtýsdóttir 

​In a story based on dark and true events, the music adds to the film a more human and warmer feeling. 

Introduction by director Ari Alexander Ergis 

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Conference room
18:45 – 22:00 ​
(NO) Bröllop, begravning & dop
Gaute Storaas

The music is carefully spotted, allowing the family intrigues space to breathe, or seguing cautiously in and out of existing songs, while also capturing the big melodramatic moments in the story. 

Introduction by Gaute Storaas

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Auditorium
20:00 – 21:30 
(SE) Balloons over Babylon
Anders Wahl & Klas Niska

The music framed the scenes with utterly sensitivity, created structure and enhanced the story telling, which shows excellent film scoring craftsmanship.

Introduction by Anders Wahl

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Seminars. Monday Feb 24th
9.45 am – 4.30 pm
Nordische Botschaften
Auditorium 

9.45 – 10.30 
Open pitch session

Composer: Put your best foot forward with a workshop on presenting yourself, your brand, and your music to a panel of music professionals.  

- Play 90 seconds of your best work to for the panel.  
- Introduce yourself to the panel with a short description of who you are and what your music is about.  
- receive constructive feedback from music professionals on your presentation and music choice and how best to craft future pitch sessions for studio executives and filmmakers.


​Meet
Lena Obara music publishing & music supervisor, Sectorc
Milena Fessmann Germany | Music supervisor, Cinesong
Valerie Dobbelaere France | PR agent | Post Bills PR 

Moderator: 
Thomas Mikusz Austria/USA | Publicist, White bear PR
10.45 – 11.30
Follow the money


​In an international world of film and tv-series and games Nordic composers are working internationally. Sending your score out in the world is also sending your values out in the world.
How do Nordic composers get the full value out of that? And how does their publishers work internationally? How do they follow and collect the money internationally - in games and in tv and film. What are the obstacles? What is working, and what is not working?
And how do the publishers secure that the composers get the full value out of the scores?

Meet
Michael Ohst Germany | Managing Director of Bosworth music
Dirk Lange Creative Director | Film & TV of Bosworth
Lena Obara music publishing & music supervisor, Sectorc

Moderator:
​Kaisa Rönkkö Finland | Executive Director Music Finland
11.45 – 12.30
Ambitious case story


With scores for ‘Chernobyl’ (Emmy and Grammy winner) and ‘Joker’, (Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award winner) 2017 HARPA nominee Hildur Guðnadóttir is one of the recent most successful Nordic composers. 
A career is something that you build; and build carefully. With do’s and don’ts, happenings and mishappening, and help along the way. But how do you choose a project - and how do you work with it?

Meet
Hildur Gudnadòttir Iceland/Germany | Composer

​Moderator:
Kaisa Rönkkö Finland | Executive Director Music Finland

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12:30 - 13:00 Lunch 

13 – 13.45
working internationally


Danish Composer Flemming Nordkrog has composed the score for Brazilian 'Shine Your eyes' by Matias Mariani. The film will have its world premier on February 21, 9PM, in the Berlinale Panorama selection.
In ‘Shine Your Eyes’ the music is used very actively for different purposes. The music plays an important role in enhancing the film’s more poetic and abstract layers. In it's narration the film’s drive is much based on music and the music help us getting under the skin of the protagonist. 

Meet
Flemming Nordkrog Denmark/France | Composer
Matias Mariani Brazil/France | Director 

Moderator: 
Halfdan E Denmark | Film- and mediacomposer
14 - 14.30
Agents, Managers & Composers
How to grow together in the ever-changing entertainment industry

There was a day that Cinema & TV were the sole platforms for film composers to work and have a career, while today a great number of new audiovisual mediums exists where composers can apply their craft. With these new facts in place, how should composers navigate through the endless production of content in order to build a career for themselves?

Meet
George Christopoulos Greece | Agent 
Tuomas Kantelinen Finland | Composer

Moderator: 
Thomas Mikusz Austria/USA Publicist | White Bear PR
14:45 – 15:30
Cross over – composers performing


Composers often comes from a career as performing artists. And some of them succeed in running two parallel tracks: one as composer, and one as performer. But can you make sure that the two careers are enriching each other?
Meet

SØS Gunver Ryberg Denmark | Composer, soundartist and performer
Kate Havnevik Norway | Composer and singer song writer
Johan Testad Sweden | Composer and performer

​Moderator:
Sigtryggur Baldursson Iceland | Managing Director Iceland Music

15:45 – 16:30
Coercion in film music business ­– finally illegal
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The terms of publishing agreements into which composers are coerced are far less fair than what could be secured in a truly free and open market. It affects all stakeholders and the quality of the film when money is drained from the system into the pockets of third party middlemen not actually creating the content.
The international panel will look into the phenomenon of coercion in the film industry in light of the new EU law, which has made it illegal, and describe how it affects the stakeholders in the value-chain and the future of film in the EU.


Meet
Jon Ekstrand Sweden | Film composer
Chris Smith Great Britain | Media composer, member of former ECSA coercion group
Helga Trüpel Germany | Former member of the European Parliament
Kai Robøle Norway | Chair of Norwegian Music Publishers Association, Creative Director and Founder Arctic Rights
Christine Hals Norway/USA | Composer performer 

Moderator
Alfons Karabuda Sweden | Chair of Skap 

19:00 – 20:00 Award show
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE AUDITORIUM -  TO GIVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE A POSSIBILITY OF ENJOYING THE AWARD SHOW A LIFETRANSMISSION FROM THE AUDITORIUM TO THE FOYER IS ARRANGED! 

A celebration of Nordic film- and mediamusic and a celebration of the winner of ​HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2020.

With performance by
Gyða Valtýsdóttir Iceland
Winner of Nordic Council Music Prize 2019 and nominated HARPA 2020 for her score for ‘Mihkel’

SØS Gunver Ryberg Denmark
BAFTA award nominated for the videogame ‘Inside’ and nominated to the Danish Robert for her score for ‘Cutterhead’.

Tuomas Kantelinen Finland 
HARPA winner 2013 for his score for Puhdistus 

Presentation of the winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2020

Host
Kate Havnevik Norway 
20:00 - 22:00 After party
This year  Dj Einar Idsøe Eidsvåg will play selected gems for us to enjoy.
Einar is an Oslo based dj. He has been dj-ing for about 19 years, mostly in Norway, but also Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.
Einar has worked for the infamous club BLÅ in Oslo, The festival Oslo World with booking and marketing. Now he works for Music Norway as a project manager.

As a dj he does not limit himself to genres – it is more about the nerve.

​Music has no borders. 
HARPA International jury 2020
Davíð Þór Jónsson | Iceland | Film Composer and 2019 HARPA award winner
Christine Aufderhaar | Switzerland | Film Composer
Florian Vollmers | Germany | Festival Management, Nordic Film Days Lübeck
Jean-Michel Bernard | France | Filmcomposer
George Christopoulos | Greece | Music Agent
  • Nordic Film Music Days
  • NFMD 365
  • HARPA winners & nominees
    • 2023 WHAT HAPPENED
    • 2022 WHAT HAPPENED
    • 2021 WHAT HAPPENED
    • 2020 WHAT HAPPENED >
      • 2020 NFMD fotos
    • 2019 WHAT HAPPENED >
      • 2019 HARPA
      • 2019 NFMD fotos
      • 2019 composers
      • SPEAKERS & PANELISTS 2019
    • 2018 WHAT HAPPENED >
      • 2018 HARPA
      • 2018 NFMD
    • 2017 WHAT HAPPENED >
      • 2017 ...from Cannes
      • 2017 ... Seminars from Cannes
      • 2017 HARPA
      • 2017 Impressions from Cannes
  • Composers
    • DENMARK COMPOSER
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