ISFMF 2024 – 12th edition – Nominees

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 | 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
• 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 WISH 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 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

• 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 Good, Michael Llewelyn Barker | UK
• VILLAGE MUSIC – Helil Abduqadir | China

 

BEST USE OF MUSIC

• PLAY IT AGAIN, YUKI – Yuki Rodrigues, 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