International Jury for the 2024 HARPA Award

Jørund Fluge Samuelsen NO 2023 HARPA Award Winner l 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 Dennis Ruh DE, Director EFM  l Lee Donguin SK, Festival Director Jecheon International FIlm Festival, Composer, Professor l Erica Procunier CA, ​Composer, Professor, SAG Canada 

What happened at NFMD 2024?

On Saturday February 17th at the Nordische Botschaften, the winner of the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2024 was announced by the hosts and former HARPA Award recipients, Jørund Fluge Samuelsen and Sanna Salmenkallio. The winner is Icelandic Eðvarð Egilsson for his score to Anna Hints' "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood". Read more here.

Sanna Salmenkallio, Irya Gmeyner, Eðvarð Egilsson, Jonas Struck, Ola Fløttum, Pessi Levanto, Jørund Fluge Samuelsen, Anna Hints. Photo 1-6: Thomas Kolbein Bjørk Olsen, Berlinkontoret.no

Photo 1–3: Thomas Kolbein Bjørk Olsen, Berlinkontoret.no | Group picture including all attending nordic composers and organizers, Speedmeeting at EFM, 'Meet the nominees' panel.

Program for NFMD 2024

Fri. 16.02.24
Location: EFM Conference Lounge, Niederkirchner Straße 7, 10963 Berlin

14.00–15.30: Music & Movies - The Value of the Score with this years HARPA nominated composers. Moderated by Sophia Ersson.

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16.00–17.00: Speedmeeting between Composers, Producers & Directors. Read more to sign up.

Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Tyskland

18.30–21.00: Baltic Nights - Meet four Baltic composers as we screen threee short films followed by a complementary drink and talk.

Sat. 17.02.24
Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Tyskland

09.30–11.30: CONTRACTS with Flemming Nordkrog (DK)

Seminars from 12.00–16.00
Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Tyskland

12.00–12.45: Music and The Brain with Peter Vuust. (DK)

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13.05 – 13.50: Rights & International Law with Helienne Lindval and Pétur Jónsson (IS). Moderated by Jesper Hansen (DK)

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14.10–15.00: Scoring for Documentaries with Apolonia, Apolonia's Jonas Struck & Lea Glob, and Smoke Sauna Sisterhood's Edvard Egilsson & Anna Hints. Moderated by Sanna Salmenkallio, 

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15.30–16.30: Meet the Nominated Composers - In a conversation with this years 5 nominated composers last years winner, Jørund Fluge Samuelsen (NO) will give the audience knowledge about the scores, the composers and their process. 
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HARPA Award Show
Location: Nordic Embassies, Exhibition Area, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Tyskland

​Hosted by: Former HARPA Award recipients Sanna Salmenkallio (FI) and Jørund Fluge Samuelsen (NO).

19.00–19.30: Introduction alongside nomination videos

19.30–20.00: Award presentation and winner of the 2024 HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award revealed.

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Sun. 18.02.23

Film Screenings from 10.00–21.15
Location: Nordic Embassies, Auditorium, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin, Tyskland

10.00–12.00: Apolonia, Apolonia l Denmark 

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12.30–14.15:  Superposition l Finland

14.15–15.45: BREAK and Network Meeting for Female Composers

15.45–17.15: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Iceland

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17.45–19.45: Let The River Flow l Norway

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20.15–21.15: Thin Blue Line l Sweden
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Meet the nominated composers for HARPA 2024

DENMARK Jonas Struck 
Apolonia, Apolonia directed by Lea Glob.
Photo by: Adam Klixbüll Eisenhardt

It is vulnerable and raw music that rests both in the power of the simple theme and in the grander symphonic perspective.

FINLAND Pessi Levanto
Superposition directed by Karoline Lyngbye
​Photo by: Laura Malmivaara

His timeless and organic score raises Superposition's mystic atmosphere to a new dimension, in a way that only a professionally tailored original score can.

ICELAND Edvard Egilsson
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood directed by Anna Hints
​Photo by: Tim Cole
It is special and rare to witness an interaction of the music  withall the elements that make up this multilayered storytelling that is tender, honest and heartrending.

NORWAY Ola Fløttum
Let The River Flow directed by Ole Giæver
Photo by: Ellen Dorrit Petersen

His compositions enhance the temperature and colors of the film, allowing us to become one with the protagonist's emotions.

SWEDEN Irya Gmeyner & Martin Hederos
​TV series, Thin Blue Line directed by Anders Hazelius & Sanna Lenken
Photo by: Beatrice Lundborg
The music portrays ethical dilemmas and dramatic scenes with a contemporary and inviting interface, demonstrating skill in craftsmanship and composition.