BIFSC 2019 Award Winners and finalists

BIFSC 2019

Award Winners

1st Prize Winner: Kevin Queille

2nd Prize Winner: Mehdi El Morabit

3rd Prize Winner: Julien Casel

Finalists

Ching-Shan Chang

Artem Gribov

Anja Lobnik

Ioannes Papanikolaou

Simone Pucci Rocco

Lucas Safaru

Jan Šléška

BIFSC2019 AWARD WINNERS

Our participants for the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition 2019, had to compose an original score for the film 'Wrapped' by Roman Kälin, Falko Paeper and Florian Wittmann

Below you can watch the 3 Award Winning scores

Kevin Queille, Switzerland

1st Prize

Mehdi El Morabit, France

2nd Prize

Julien Casel, France

3rd Prize

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THE FILM

WRAPPED

Original Version

“Wrapped” is a VFX driven short film by Roman Kälin, Falko Paeper and Florian Wittmann that combines Time Lapse Photography with CG to create a new reality. The short explores the effects of time and change focusing on the the worlds seemingly never ending cycles. The deterioration of one is the foundation for another. This fact takes on new dimensions when the unexpected forces of nature clash with the existing structures of our civilization.

Produced by: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

3D LEAD: Roman Kaelin and Florian Wittmann

RAT RIGGING: Pascal Floerks

RAT ANIMATION: Jacob Frey

ADDITIONAL EFFECTS: Felix Hoerlein and Amit Rojtblat

ADDITIONAL LIGHTING: Vincent Ullmann

ADDITIONAL TEXTURING: Natalia Alencar

COMPOSITING LEAD: Falko Paeper

ADDITIONAL COMPOSITING: Matthias Baeuerle, Christoph Hoffmann, Denis Krez, Vincent Langer, Manuel Rivoir and Alexander Scholz

CONCEPT ART: Juan Carlos Barquet

MATTE PAINTING: Christoph Hoffmann

SOUND DESIGN: Philip von During

MASTERING: Marvin H. Keil

Original Music: Stefan Wiedmer

2019 Awards List

Overall Winner

Cash Prize 500 Euros
A Full Scholarship to participate in Fusion Film Scoring Workshops
A Volume of their choice from the Symphobia Series by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling,
3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
Screening of their winning submission at the Sunlight International Film Festival Berlin

+ VIP Invitation for the Award Ceremony and Screenings.

1st Runner-up

3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
A Volume of their choice from the Orchestral Essentials Series by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling

2nd Runner-up

3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
A Volume of Orchestrator / Animator by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling

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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.

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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

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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,

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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

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