BIFSC
Berlin International Film Scoring Competition
BIFSC offers emerging Film Composers the platform to showcase their work and compete to receive multiple Awards worth of over 3500 Euros, participate in Film Scoring Workshops and have their music recorded by a live ensemble, be invited in Film Festivals with VIP accreditation.
Our 2018 Award Winners and finalists are
BIFSC 2018
Award Winners:
1st Prize Leandro Gardini
2nd Prize Adrien Sabathier
3rd Prize Fabrizio Riso
Finalists
Dimitris Arvanitidis
Benjamin Ash
Ho Ling Tang
Joaquim Badia
Dean Krommydas
Marcin Albert Steczkowski
Jordan Stockdale
Our 2018 Award Winners and finalists are
BIFSC 2018
Award Winners:
1st Prize Leandro Gardini
2nd Prize Adrien Sabathier
3rd Prize Fabrizio Riso
Finalists
Dimitris Arvanitidis
Benjamin Ash
Ho Ling Tang
Joaquim Badia
Dean Krommydas
Marcin Albert Steczkowski
Jordan Stockdale
BIFSC2018 AWARD WINNERS
Our participants for the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition 2018, had to compose an original score for the film 'Sputnik' by Maxim Svestkov.
Below you can watch the 3 Award Winning Submissions
Leandro Gardini, Brazil
1st prize
Adrien Sabathier, France
2nd Prize
Fabrizio Riso, Italy
3rd Prize
THE FILM
SPUTNIK
Original Version
“Sputnik” is a Maxim Zhestkov short film about the evolution of an extraterrestrial mind, and its journey to the light. The project was created with the help of industry leading artists from all over the world, including: United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Russia. Production of the full CG animated short film took a year and a half. All crew members worked on the project remotely. Maxim directed it and produced from his HQ in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
Credits:
Director / Designer / Producer: Maxim Zhestkov
Compositing: Alexander Kulikov
Animation: Dmitrii Kolpakov
Character design: Ben Mauro
Mo-cap actor: Yaroslav Andronov
FX artist: Artur Gadzhiev
Character CG producer: Maxim Miheenko
Character artist: Konstantin Illin
Additional character artist: Nikita Replyanski
Foley artist: Ivan Savelyev
Foley recording: Anna Cigarkova
Sound design / music: Alexander Plotnikov
Representation: Scott Glassgold / Ground Control --
2018 Awards List
Overall Winner
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Cash Prize 200 Euros
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A Full Scholarship to participate in Fusion Film Scoring Workshops
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Representation of their work at BIFSC
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
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Cash Prize 200 Euros
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Representation of their work at BIFSC
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Award Diploma
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Cash Prize 100 Euros
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Representation of their work at BIFSC
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Award Diploma
DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
Fredi Devas
Filmmaker - Producer
Primetime Emmy nominee Dr. Fredi Devas is a wildlife filmmaker who cares deeply about the natural world and the challenges it faces. Having worked on Meerkat Manor and Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, he joined the BBC to work on Frozen Planet and then Wild Arabia. On Planet Earth II he decided to leave the wildernesses behind to produce and direct.
Michalis Lapidakis
Composer
Michalis is an active composer, Professor of Composition at the Aristotle University and the Head of the New Music Lab. He studied along side great musical minds of the 20th century
such as O. Messiaen, W. P. Boulez, T. Takemitsu, and I. Xenakis
Maxim Zhestkov
Director - Visual Artist
Maxim Zhestkov is a visual artist and motion designer based in Russia. He created and directed the film "Sputnik", selected for the first Berlin International Film Scoring Competition.
His main passions are animation, design and cinematography which he combines for clients around the globe including Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Fox, MTV, IDEO, BMW,
Mihali Paleologou
Composer
Mihali Palaeologou is a composer based in Berlin. His award winning music has been performed in Europe, USA, Japan, China and Australia. He is a passionate Film Music educator and conductor. Mihali is the Artistic Director of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition and Founder of Fusion Film Scoring Workshops