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September 30, 2024

And here are the ISFMF 2024 Nominees

ISFMF 2024 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!

The International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF) is proud to announce the official nominees for its 2024 edition! This year’s selection process was more competitive than ever, with an impressive 1,011 submissions from 83 countries across the globe. 

We faced the challenging task of reviewing a vast array of works showcasing remarkable creativity, artistic expression, and storytelling. The exceptional quality of the submissions reflects the growing importance of sound and music in the world of film, and we are excited to celebrate the talents of artists who continue to push the boundaries of their craft. 

As always, the festival serves as a platform to honor the finest achievements in the world of sound design, film scoring, and audiovisual storytelling. The selected nominees represent the best of the best, coming from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds.

We are thrilled to congratulate all the nominees, and we look forward to celebrating their outstanding work at the festival in Samobor from October 11th to 13th, 2024

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | FEATURE

  • A STONE DREAMS TO BLOSSOM | Portugal
  • ANOTHER GERMAN TANK STORY – Fabian Zeidler | Germany
  • BLUE |UK
  • END OF TRIP – SAHARA – Carlos Viziello | Spain
  • ENESCU, SKINNED ALIVE – Sebastian Androne Nakanishi | Romania
  • EXCURSION – Drasko Adzic | Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • JOACHIM AND THE APOCALYPSE – Michele Josia | Italy
  • MOUNTAIN BOY – Suad Bushnak | United Arab Emirates
  • SATU – YEAR OF THE RABBIT – Joshua Szweda| UK
  • SEE YOU ONCE MORE, MY DEAR KID – Guy Renardeau, Jianguo Wan | USA
  • SIN EATER – Alberto Bellavia | USA
  • STORMSKERRY MAYA – Lauri Porra | Finland
  • THE BREATH OF LIFE: DARK MATTER – Anna Gerasimova | USA
  • THE IMPOSTERS – Melissa Guerison, Mel Guérison | UK
  • THERE’S STILL TOMORROW – Lele Marchitelli | Italy
  • TORCH SONG | Netherland
  • VILLAGE MUSIC – Xelil Abduqadir | China

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | DOCUMENTARY

  • ALL I EVER WANTED – Ruben Saez | USA
  • BEAUTIFUL LOVELY PEOPLE – Porto Morto | Croatia
  • BURDEN OF DEBT | Bulgaria
  • CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY – Joaquin Gomez, Cyrus Reynolds | USA
  • DEAD ZONES – Rafaele Andrade | Netherlands
  • FARAWAY NEARBY – Allyson Newman | USA
  • FRACTALIS – Gabriela Ortiz | Mexico
  • GOOD MEN – Paul Haslinger | USA
  • HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS | USA
  • POLYRHYTHMIC – Ameen Mokdad | Iraq
  • RIDE BACK TO BEST AGE – Bernhard Falkner | Austria
  • ROMANO ARTIOLLI! REVIVING BUGATTI – Georges Tomb | USA
  • SIRENS OF DIEPPE | France
  • SONGS OF EARTH – Rebekka Karijord | Norway
  • THE JOURNALIST AND HER JAILERS – Frank Schreiber| Germany
  • TOTAL THRASH – THE TEUTONIC STORY | Germany
  • WHO’S BEHIND BLACK ART – Joel Campbell | USA

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | SHORT

  • ANNA – A TALE FOR TOMORROW – Peter Albrecht | Germany
  • ARLO AND THE SEA – Michael Drew | Australia
  • AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES – Mandy Hoffman | USA
  • BEVERLY HILLS EXORCIST – Jarryd Elias | USA
  • BRAVE: HOW THE MOUNTAINS SAVED MY LIFE – Cale Wachtmeister | Sweden
  • BURDEN – Parker Phinney | Sweden
  • CLOUD STUDY – Pelle Parr, Laurenz Winklhofer | Germany
  • COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE – Danielle Alicz | USA
  • FIREMEN – Liam Phan | Switzerland
  • FORBIDDEN – Michal Worek | Czech Republic
  • GUGUTO MEMENTO – Hajrudin Muhic | Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • GUILT – Vivek Abhishek | USA
  • HALUBJE’S BELL RINGERS | Croatia
  • HEART OF THE OSA – Jack McKenzie | UK
  • HEART-WARE – Haruna Kubo | Japan
  • IDA – Javier Ideami | Spain
  • I’M PERFECTLY FINE – Hans Nieuwenhuijsen | The Netherlands
  • INFERNO IN PARIS – Georges Tomb | USA
  • JOS – MAN AS A USEFUL SPECIES – Jelle Vierda | The Netherlands
  • KALU – GROWING UP WILD | UK
  • LAPSO – Maria Eugenia Leon | Spain
  • LOST IN THE WAVES – Alex Komlew | France
  • MARMOTS ON TOAST – Patrick Kendell Smith | Austria
  • PACT OF DESIRE – Christopher Sammut | Malta
  • PALOMA – Liam Phan | Switzerland
  • SAM AND DUKE’S BIG RIVER ADVENTURE | US
  • SANDCASTLE: THE SECRET LIFE OF POTTER WASPS – Jack McKenzie | Switzerland
  • SAVE ME – Nicole Overmann, Quirin Hildebrandt | Germany
  • SIT – Oihenart Garai | UK
  • STAND-UP, MAN! | Italy
  • TAHLEQUAH THE WHALE: A DANCE OF GRIEF – Lolita Ritmanis | Lithuania
  • THE DONOR | USA
  • THE LEGEND OF THE GOLD TRAIN | Hungary
  • THE REWINDING OF ALEXANDER – Tristan Baumeister | USA
  • TERRES MARRONNES – Ignacio Jeannot | Mauritius
  • TIME’S UP – Angelo Ciriello | USA
  • WHAT WE WISHED WE COULD BE – Michael Llewelyn Barker | UK
  • WHEN THE FLOODS COME – Alexander Leeming Froudakis, Manuela Lubrano | UK

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | SERIES

  • DESCENDANTS – Sveinn Geirsonn | Iceland
  • THE CROWN (SEASON 6) – Martin Phipps | UK
  • THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER – The Newton Brothers | USA
  • RIPLEY – Jeff Russo | USA
  • TRADE WAR – Ian Chen, Chi Jou Cho, Alexander Wong | Taiwan

BEST PICTURE

• A BEE AND A SILKWORM – Sunghwan Kim | South Korea
• ALL I EVER WANTED – Carlos P. Beltran | USA
• CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING – Sander Maran | Estonia
• DELA – THE MAKING OF EL ANATSUI – Oyiza Adaba | Nigeria
• DREAM SCENARIO – Kristoffer Borgli | USA, Canada
• ELECTRA – Robert Meakin | UK
• FARUK – Asli Özge | Turkey
• FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! – Peter Flynn | USA
• FLIGHT ANIMAL – Mikael Palm | Sweden
• I WANT TO SWIM – Cường Chí Trần| Vietnam
• IN THE MAZE – THE MUSICIAN JöRG WIDMANN – Holger Preusse | Germany
• JEANNE DU BARRY – Maïwenn | UK
• MIRACLE ZONE – Alexandre Sadreddini | UK
• MOUNTAIN BOY – Zainab Sheheen | United Arab Emirates
• MO’ZAR – Sébastien Petretti | Belgium
• PLAYING THE CHANGES – Michiel ten Kleij | Netherlands
• POEMS – Robin Thomson | Germany
• RED MONET – Halder Gomes | Portugal
• SKINAMARINK – Kyle Edward Ball | USA
• THE OLD OAK – Ken Loach | UK
• THERE’S STILL TOMORROW – Paola Cortelessi | Italy
• VILLAGE MUSIC – Lina Wong | China
• YAKAMOZ – Ali Kerem Gulermen | Turkey

BEST SHORT

  • AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE – Tom Bell | USA
  • AND THAT’S FOR THIS CHRISTMAS – Peter Vulchev | Bulgaria
  • DARWIN THE DREAMER – Don Dixon | USA
  • DEMI – GODDESSES – Martin Gerigk | Germany
  • FIRST DATE – Mehmet Zakir Ekni | Turkey
  • FLATLAND NO 1 – Robin Cantrell, Alexis Gideon | USA
  • FOREVER KHAILD – Yousef Salhi | Palestine
  • FROM THE ALPS TO THE NORTH SEA – Simon Rainer, Manu Delago | Austria
  • GAZE – Arina Popa | Germany
  • HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY – Camila Sagyntkan | Kazakhstan
  • HOME – Danilo Bjelica | Serbia
  • HYMN OF THE PLAGUE – Philipp Ivanov, Alexander Epikhov, Dimitri Gorbaty | Germany
  • IN COMPLETE PRIVACY – Anthony Pele | France
  • L E V A – Felix Wallén, Jimmie Jannerfjärd | Sweden
  • LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES – Sam Von Hagen | USA
  • NINE YEARS – Haley Muraleedharan, Gabriel Fernández-Gil | UK
  • NOWHERE – Erfan Parsapour | Iran
  • MUSIC TO DIE FOR – Rebecca Doherty | Ireland
  • OVERTHINKER – Nemanja Mladenović | Serbia
  • PIANO MAN – Jay Zaretsky | USA
  • PSALMS – Benjamin Till | Spain
  • SOUNDS LIKE FAME – Robert D. Morais | Canada
  • SPONGE BOB REIMAGINED – Garnamatac | Georgia
  • STORY OF ONE MAN – Fran Cantón, Xandru Fernández | Spain
  • THE MACHINE ROOM – Jack Ethan Perry | UK
  • THE SPRAYER – Farnoosh Abedi | Iran
  • THE WAY – Okan Batur | Turkey
  • TRANSFORMATION – Marcel Barsotti | Germany
  • WHAT WE WISHED WE COULD BE – Luke Shelley | UK
  • WORLD NAKED BIKE TOUR – William Bradford | Canada
  • WRINKLES OF HER SMILE – Suzan Eck | The Netherlands
  • YENTL’S SECOND NATURE – Florian Stiboller | Austria

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • AQUARIUS – R. Djordan | France
  • BLUE TANGERINE – Milo McCann, Matthew McCracken | UK
  • DREAMS OF YESTERDAY – M. Formoe, T. Formoe | Norway
  • FIRST DATE – Dariush Khajehnouri, Mohammad Ali Khajehnouri | Turkey
  • GALAXY – Dariush, Mohammad Ali Khajehnouri | USA
  • IN THE HOOD – Anichka Banichka, Arcenio de Almeida | Bulgaria
  • NO HOUSE TO MOREHOUSE: THE UNTOLD STORY | USA
  • PALOMA – Liam Phan | Switzerland
  • RETURN TO SKYE – Kurt Rosenberg | UK
  • TORCH SONG | The Netherlands
  • WHAT WE WISHED WE COULD BE – Nick Blyth, Chris Cheater, David P. Goodes, Michael Llewelyn Barker | UK
  • VILLAGE MUSIC – Helil Abduqadir | China

BEST USE OF MUSIC

  • PLAY IT AGAIN, YUKI –  João Ganho | Portugal
  • WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVICH STORY – Suzanne Coffman | USA
  • WHISPERS – Hsuan-Hung Chou | Taiwan

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

  • ALIVE – Dasha Charusha | Russia
  • AS LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER – Miha Šubic | Slovenia
  • BUEN CAMINO – THE ASH OF STARS – Sebastian Juszczyk | Poland
  • COSMIC LULLABY – Kirineos Papadimatos | Greece
  • CRYSTAL LIGHT – Bart Wierzbicki | Belgium
  • DREAMS OF YESTERDAY – Youssef Abdelfadel, Sohila Medhat | Norway
  • DUEL – Alberto Nacci | Italy
  • HURRICANE – Michele Benigna | Italy
  • OLD HORSE – Vladimir Andrijasevic, Didier Chanot | France
  • PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION – Alessandro Amaducci | Italy
  • RECALL – Erik Jasaň | Slovakia
  • THE PROPHET – Philippe Sfez | France
  • WHEN YOU COME TO PAMPLONA – Gorka P. Santa Cecilia |Spain

BEST TRAILER MUSIC

  • BEAU IS AFRAID | USA
  • COCAINE BEAR | USA
  • LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL | USA
  • LONGLEGS | USA
  • A PRAYER FOR TWO | Spain
  • SHEPHERDS | USA

BEST SOUND MIXING

  • ANATOMY OF A FALL – Olivier Goinard
  • THE KILLER – Ren Klyce, Stephen Urata
  • KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Mark Ulano, Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty
  • MAESTRO – Steven Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic
  • TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR – Jacob Farron Smith, John Ross, David Payne, Christopher Rowe
  • THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers

BEST SOUND EDITING

  • THE CREATOR – Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE – Hisafumi Takeuchi, Natsuko Inoe
  • MAESTRO – Richard King, Rich Bologna
  • KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Eugene Gearty
  • OPPENHEIMER – Richard King
  • THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Johnnie Burn

HONORABLE MENTION:

  • NOTES ON LISTENING – Francisco Mazza Filho | UK

SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • ELEMENTAL – Thomas Newman
  • KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Robbie Robertson
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE – Naoki Sato
  • MAY DECEMBER – Marcelo Zarvos
  • MONSTER – Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • PAST LIVES – Daniel Rossen
  • POOR THINGS – Jerskin Fendrix
  • SALTBURN – Anthony Willis
  • THE ZONE OF INTEREST – Mica Levi

HORIZON AWARD

  • ¡EYL! – Julia San Andrés, Jóel Cordoba | Spain
  • ABUNDANCE – Dora Jung | Serbia
  • BRAINLAND – Chiara D’Anna | UK
  • CECILE PARK RD. – Thomas Kriechhammer | Austria
  • FIRST DATE – Mahmet Zakir Ekni | Turkey
  • KELLY – Emeric Gallego | France
  • LOST SOULS ARCHIVE – Connor McRae | Australia
  • LUCINDA’S PANDORA – Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez | Germany
  • NOTES ON LISTENING – Francisco Mazza | UK
  • OPEN WINGS – Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vasilis Tsiouvaras | Greece
  • RESONANCES – Xavier Esteban | Spain
  • SIKAT SUBAR – A HIDDEN COLORFUL FEATHER – Diogo Pessoa de Andrade | Portugal
  • SINGIN’ IN THE DIRT – Anne Brandy, Thomas Robineau | France
  • SOUL FLYERS – Thibault Gachet | France
  • SPIDER-ZAN – Maryam Khodabakhsh | Iran
  • THE BARN – Jonathan Paul Brooker | UK
  • THE CALLING – Piotr Matyja| Poland
  • THE FILM FACTORY – Silvestar Kolbas | Croatia
  • TORN – Emily Sewell | UK
  • UNTIL HE’S BACK – Jacqueline Baylon | Spain
  • WAVESWATERWALL – Barbara Peikert | Switzerland

Congratulations to all ISFMF nominees!