Screenings of nominated films. Sunday Feb 23th
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Auditorium
14- 15:30 |
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 See more |
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 See more |
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 See more |
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 See more |
Seminars. Monday Feb 24th
9.45 am – 4.30 pm
Nordische Botschaften
Auditorium
9.45 am – 4.30 pm
Nordische Botschaften
Auditorium
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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
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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 |
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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 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 |
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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 |