NORDIC FILM MUSIC DAYS PROGRAMME 2026

Stories Behind the Cue
​(by Screen Composers Guild of Canada)

Friday 13.02.2026
17:00–18:30 @ Orchestral Tools Headquarters
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A special live event featuring “Stories Behind the Cue” — a curated international panel of composers sharing insights into their creative processes, challenges, and inspirations behind their film and television compositions. Composers engage each other in conversations about their work: production tips, political stories with the film crew, inside look at spotting notes, recording session horror stories, etc.
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Panelists:
Freya Arde, Composer (DE)
Anna Berg, Composer (NO)
Amanda Brown, Composer (AU)
Daisy Coole, Composer (UK)
Lisa Nordström, Composer (SE)

The panel will be moderated by Rebecca Everett, Member of the Board, SCGC (CA).

Networking reception

Friday 13.02.2026
18:30–21:00 @ Orchestral Tool Headquarters

A relaxed environment for collaboration and connection among composers, producers and partners.

Nordic participants can contact their national member organization for an invitation.

Walk & talk with fellow composers

Saturday 14.02.2026
10:30–11:30 @ Motel One -> European Film Market
​(Accreditation to European Film Market is not required)
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​Meet your fellow composers! A casual walk from Motel One to the European Film Market provides you with a chance to meet your colleagues. Wandering through Tiergarten in a company is a healthy way to start the day. Meet up at the lobby bar at 10.30, and we will take you from there!

No sign-up required.

The Dynamics of Composing for Film
​(in collaboration with ECSA, co-funded by Creative Europe)

Saturday 14.02.2026
11:45–12:45 @ European Film Market
​(Accreditation to European Film Market is not required)

Behind every successful score lies a complex set of relationships between director, producer, composer and editor — shaped by artistic vision, time pressure, budgets, temp tracks, and shifting creative priorities. 

This panel explores how film music is really made from idea to finished product.
Where do conflicts typically arise?
How early should composers be involved?
And how do workflow, technology, and tightening production schedules affect creative freedom?

We’ll also look ahead to a rapidly changing future — from remote collaboration and virtual production to the growing impact of AI on authorship, speed, and the value of music in film.

Our panel brings together perspectives from across the filmmaking ecosystem:

  • Chiara Sambuchi (IT) — Documentary filmmaker and board member of the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA)
  • Matthew Whiteside (GD-SCT) — Composer, sync agent, and HARPA Award international jury member
  • Andrea Berentsen Ottmar  (NO) — Producer of Oscar-nominated  "Sentimental Value”/ Eye Eye Pictures

Moderated by composer and artist Torgny Amdam.

NB: Attending the session does not require registration to EFM!

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Speed meetings

​Saturday 14.02.2026
13:00–14:15 @ European Film Market 
​(Accreditation to European Film Market is not required)

The preselected composers will meet up with Sydney Levine at 12:50 to conduct speed meetings with film industry professionals. Composers who are not a part of the speed meeting will kindly be asked to leave the room.

(NOTE: by invitation only)

Contract workshop by composer Flemming Nordkrog

Saturday 14.02.2026
​15:00–16:30 @ Felleshus Auditorium

It has never been more important to be able to negotiate a fair contract, but contracts tend to get more and more complicated and difficult to understand. In this workshop we will mainly focus on the different right issues (publishing rights, re-use rights and moral
rights) but also look into how we can valorise our work and negotiate decent budgets.

Hosted by Flemming Nordkrog.

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CASE STUDY: "Quisling – The Final Days"

Saturday 14.02.2026
16:45–17:45 @ Felleshus Auditorium

A fine example of true Nordic collaboration! Professionals throughout the Nordic countries came together to make a HARPA Award nominated film. The case will be revealed from the different points of view of the makers and it will open the collaboration and production process cross-borders.

Panelists include:
The panel will be moderated by ​Reetta Turula, BusinessOulu/North Finland Film Commission
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HARPA Nordic Film Music Award Event

Saturday 14.02.2025

Opening reception & meet the nominated composers
19:00–20:00 @ Felleshus exhibition area
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HARPA Award Ceremony
20:00–20:30 @ Felleshus exhibition area

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Film screenings & composer interviews

Sunday 15.02.2026
10:00–19:15 @ Felleshus Auditorium

10:00 Quisling – The Final Days (147 mins); Jonas Colstrup interview at 12:30
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13:00 Dreams - Drømmer (110 mins); Anna Berg interview at 14:50
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15:00 Poems: A Journey Through Icelandic Poetry (67 mins); Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and Viktor Orri Árnason interview at 16:20
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16:45 Raptures - Rörelser (148 mins); no composer interview follows
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Women in Film Composing - an informal meeting


​Sunday 15.02.2026
12:00-14:00 @ the Canteen at Felleshus - Nordische Botschaften
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In collaboration with the Alliance for Women Film Composers, this networking session invites women working in film composing to connect around shared experiences and professional insights. Through small-group discussions on collaboration, diversity, and cross-cultural creativity, participants can broaden their networks. The session begins with a women-only segment and opens to all attendees in the second part starting at 13:15.

​Sign up for the event here

Tour of European Film Market

​Monday 16.02.2026
9:00–10:30 @ European Film Market

​Nordic participants should contact their national member organization for more information.
NOTE: The program is subject to change.