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.
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
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
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Cash Prize 500 Euros
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A Full Scholarship to participate in Fusion Film Scoring Workshops
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A Volume of their choice from the Symphobia Series by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling,
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3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
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Screening of their winning submission at the Sunlight International Film Festival Berlin
+ VIP Invitation for the Award Ceremony and Screenings.
1st Runner-up
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3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
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A Volume of their choice from the Orchestral Essentials Series by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling
2nd Runner-up
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3 Virtual Instrument Libraries of their choice by AmpleSound.
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A Volume of Orchestrator / Animator by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling
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
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