ISFMF 2024 – 12th edition – Winners

The International Sound & Film Music Festival – ISFMF has announced the winners of its 12th edition, celebrated in Samobor, Croatia: October 11 to 13, 2024.

ISFMF 2024 – 12th edition – Winners

 

 

The jury was the following (read more):

  • Adele Etheridge Woodson – Composer
  • Wayne Pashley – Sound designer
  • Doreen Ringer-Ross – Film/TV music specialist
  • Ozren K. Glaser – Composer, director, writer, and producer
  • Javier Navarrete – Composer

The nominees & winners to the Crystal Pine awards are (read more):

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | FEATURE

  • ENESCU, SKINNED ALIVE – Sebastian Androne Nakanishi | Romania
  • A STONE DREAMS TO BLOSSOM | Portugal
  • ANOTHER GERMAN TANK STORY – Fabian Zeidler | Germany
  • BLUE |UK
  • END OF TRIP – SAHARA – Carlos Viziello | Spain
  • 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

  • RIDE BACK TO BEST AGE – Bernhard Falkner | Austria
  • SONGS OF EARTH – Rebekka Karijord | Norway
  • 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
  • ROMANO ARTIOLLI! REVIVING BUGATTI – Georges Tomb | USA
  • SIRENS OF DIEPPE | France
  • 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

  • I’M PERFECTLY FINE – Hans Nieuwenhuijsen | The Netherlands
  • INFERNO IN PARIS – Georges Tomb | USA
  • ANNA – A TALE FOR TOMORROW – Peter Albrecht | USA
  • 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 | Spain
  • 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 WISH WE COULD BE – Michael Llewelyn Barker | UK
  • WHEN THE FLOODS COME – Alexander Leeming Froudakis, Manuela Lubrano | UK

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | SERIES

  • THE CROWN (SEASON 6) – Martin Phipps | UK
  • DESCENDANTS – Sveinn Geirsonn | Iceland
  • 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

  • FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! – Peter Flynn | USA
  • 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
  • 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

  • L E V A – Felix Wallén, Jimmie Jannerfjärd | Sweden
  • SOUNDS LIKE FAME – Robert D. Morais | Canada
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Barsottio | 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

  • AIDAN’S SONG – WHAT WE WISHED WE COULD BE – Nick Blyth, Chris Cheater, David Good, Michael Llewelyn Barker | UK
  • 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
  • VILLAGE MUSIC – Helil Abduqadir | China

 

BEST USE OF MUSIC

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

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

  • OLD HORSE – Vladimir Andrijasevic, Didier Chanot | France
  • 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
  • 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

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

 

BEST SOUND MIXING

  • KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON – Mark Ulano, Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty
  • ANATOMY OF A FALL – Olivier Goinard
  • THE KILLER – Ren Klyce, Stephen Urata
  • 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

  • OPPENHEIMER – Richard King
  • 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
  • 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

  • THE FILM FACTORY – Silvestar Kolbas | Croatia
  • ¡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
  • TORN – Emily Sewell | UK
  • UNTIL HE’S BACK – Jacqueline Baylon | Spain
  • WAVESWATERWALL – Barbara Peikert | Switzerland

 

You can read more about ISFMF 2024 and its previous editions here:

http://soundtrackfest.com/en/tag/isfmf-en/

 

Official website:

https://isfmf.com/