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The winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021 is Flemming Nordkrog for his score to Matias Marianis’ ‘Shine Your Eyes’ (Netflix)
 
The Jury of the 2021 HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award awarded Danish composer Flemming Nordkrog with this years award for his score for ‘Shine Your Eyes’, directed by Matias Marianis. 
 
Jury statement: 
“It was a true pleasure to watch and listen to the 5 nominated films – different as they were, they were all showcasing your individual talent - and the talent, knowledge and craftmanship that lies within the Nordic countries. They all deserve a special mention. And they all have this special mention – as a nominee for this years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award. 

The jury of this years HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award want to honor a score which is inventive, unconventional, and mystic. A bold and very accomplished score that served the picture very well. This film is not packed with music, it comes in just at the right places. It features a creative and especially colourful use of the small ensemble chosen, and leaves quite a long after burning. 
It makes you want to listen; listen out of context, listen. 
Because it shines.”
DENMARK
Flemming Nordkrog
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Matias Mariani's (BR) ’Shine Your Eyes’


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... 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’


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...a masterful example of how not to overwrite. Everything irrelevant is cut out and every cue is on the spot....
ICELAND
Hugar: Bergur Þórisson and Pétur Jónsson
2021 HARPA Nominees for their score for Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir (IS) ’The Vasulka Effect’
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...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’


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​...an impressively mature orchestral work that feels both introvert and extrovert at the same time...
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​SWEDEN
Jon Ekstrand
2021 HARPA Nominee for his score for Jesper Ganslandt’s (SE) ’438 dagar’


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...a brilliant score that efficiently underlines and complements a very strong human drama...
Sa. 13.02.21 – Su. 14.02.21
All day | 
​PUBLIC SCREENINGS | with nominated films 

Sun. 14.02.21

18.00 – 19.00 CET | 
PANEL CONVERSATION | meet the 5 nominated composers.


Mon. 15.02.21
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17.00 – 19.00 CET| 
PROFESSIONALS | How do you use existing platforms to go out in the world ? 

​Florian Weghorn will tell how Berlinale Talent works as a platform for film professionals, Michael P. Aust tell about composer platforms to use and Harriet Moss will tell about artists platforms. 

Thomas Mikusz gives a brief overview on how you as a composer prepare your showreel, bios and presence for going out in the world. 

19.00 – 20.00 CET | open meeting rooms
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Florian Weghorn is the Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents, the annual summit and talent development initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival. He also advises the seven Berlinale Talents offshoots around the world, ranging from Beirut to Tokyo.
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Michael P. Aust heads the SoundTrack_Cologne film music festival and conference as well as SoundTrack_Zurich since 2020. Aust has worked in the film industry for more than 25 years with producer credits for 20 feature films and feature-length documentaries. 
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Harriet Moss is the Managing Director of Manners McDade, London-based composer agency for all music to moving picture, and specialist publisher of classical, ambient and electronic music. With a roster of composers including Nils Frahm, Poppy Ackroyd, Sarah Davachi, Matthew Herbert, Nick Foster & Oli Julian.
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Thomas Mikusz has represented composers at major Film Festivals, such as Berlinale, Festival de Cannes, Sundance and Tribeca Film Festival. He currently is the US publicist for SoundTrack_Cologne, Hollywood in Vienna, Synchron Stage Vienna, and Hollywood Music Workshop.
Tue. 16.02.21

17.00 – 19.00 CET | 
PROFESSIONALS | How do composers and producers create sustainable contracts that benefits both part ?   

What knowledge do you need to be able to make contracts that are fair for both sides ? 
How do we use these contracts to create quality content? 
What is quality – and what are you ready to pay fort it ?

Together with Guðrún B. Bjarnadóttir from Stef, Kate Havnevik from NOPA, Alfons Karabuda informs about Nordic conditions and the Nordic Survey on composer contracts. 
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Adrian Strain and/or Cristina Perpina Robert Navarro tells about CISACs awareness campaign.  

19.00 – 20.00 CET | open meeting rooms

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Alfons Karabuda is a Swedish composer of music for television, radio, stage and screen (BBC, SVT, DR, SR, Zentropa among others). He was re-elected as the President of ECSA in February 2019 and is the president of SKAP (Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers & Authors) and as of September 2019, he is also the President of the International Music Council. 
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Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro, Director of Legal Affairs, CISAC. Graduated from Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a degree in law. She previously worked for SGAE since 1998, first as their in-house lawyer, then as Head of Legal and Business Affairs until 2016 when she became Director of International Legal & Regulatory Affairs and Director of Digital Markets for the society. 
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Adrian Strain, Director of Communications, CISAC. Starting out as a newspaper journalist in the United Kingdom, based in London and Brussels, Strain came to CISAC after working for 20 years running global communications for international music industry association IFPI. He plays the trumpet and sings in a swing band.
Wed. 17.02.21 
17.00 – 19.00 CET |
PROFESSIONALS & PUBLIC  | Creativity, collaboration & working together

Moderated by Flemming Nordkrog, Rebekka Karijord and Jon Ekstrand gives examples from their collaboration on the documentary, ‘I am Greta’

Moderated by Kate Havnevik, Nainita Desai and director Jerry Rothwell talks about their cooperation on the documentary ‘The Reason I Jump’. 

19.00 – 20.00 CET | open meeting rooms
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Rebekka Karijord composer and musician originally from Sandnessjøen, just south of the arctic circle in Northern Norway. Over the course of her career she has composed music for over 30 films, modern dance performances and theatrical pieces, as well as released six solo albums under her own name.
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Nainita Desai Royal Television Society award winning composer, Ivor Novello Awards and British Independent Film Awards nominee, a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, the International Film Music Critics Association Breakthrough Composer of 2020 and described by Film4 as one of the top five composers of 2020.
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Jon Ekstrand Stockholm based Swedish film composer and artist, that has scores more than 30 films and tv-series. And he is actively engaged in helping lift forwards more female composers into leading roles as well as mentors several upcoming composers.
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Jerry Rothwell director behind several award-winning feature documentaries: amogst other 'The Reason I Jump' His work has won numerous accolades including two Grierson Awards, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, an RTS Award, the IDA Pare Lorentz Award and a BAFTA nomination.
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MODERATOR Flemming Nordkrog Danish composer based in France, with more than 25 feature films, and numerous TV-series, documentaries, TV-movies and short films in Denmark, France, Belgium, Brazil and the US.
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MODERATOR Kate Havnevik  
Kate Havnevik, a Norwegian film composer,  lives in a small wooden cottage outside Oslo and was fostered on opera, classical-, and pop music. Since 2018 she has been the spokeswomen of Nordic Film Music Days.  
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Thu. 18.02.21
17.00 – 18.00 CET | PROFESSIONALS & PUBLIC

Annual  HARPA Award Ceremony
The award will be hosted by Sophia Ersson, Swedish HARPA nominee 2017. ​

Meet the nominees, learn more about Nordic Film Music Days and celebrate the winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2021. And, of course, the handing out of the actual award. 

HARPA jury 2021 
Gaute Storaas
 | Norway | 2020 HARPA Winner
Harriet Moss | United Kingdom | Managing Director Manners McDade Artist Management LLP
Michael Aust | Germany | Festival Director SoundTrack_Cologne & SoundTrack_Zurich
Nainita Desai | United Kingdom | Award-winning Film and Media Composer 
Simon Greenaway | United Kingdom | ASCAP Vice President, Membership UK/ Europe
  • 2023 Program
    • What to expect: NFMD 2023
  • 2023 HARPA
  • NFMD 365
  • HARPA winners & nominees
    • 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
    • FINLAND COMPOSER
    • ICELAND COMPOSER
    • NORWAY COMPOSER
    • SWEDEN COMPOSER
  • Press releases
  • Contact & partners