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PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

The PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD honors the Best Original Music in a Short Film. The winner receives a prize money of 1,500 euros. First presented in 2009, the award commemorates the great German film composer Peer Raben.

Nominated are six film scores from six outstanding short films with innovative and dramaturgically coherent use of music and sound in relation to the narration.

The short films include stories about violence against women in the Middle East, about a magic record that reads the soul and plays memories, about the friendship of a young girl and her wise old dragon, about a neighborhood dispute as a musical feud that shakes the balconies of the disputants, about loneliness in old age and about a mysterious creature from Alpine folklore.

These seven composers are nominated for the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD and will present themselves with their film scores for their films at the competition screening on June 23 at 14:30 at Turistarama.

To attend the screening you either need a valid accredition for Friday, June 23 (for details click > here) or a single ticket for the screening, which you can buy by > clicking this link.

  • Jan Willem de With for ABIA by Sam Nutt, United Kingdom
  • Ros Gilman for THE LAST CLOUDWEAVER by Anna-Ester Voloz, United Kingdom
  • Lukas Günther for DRUD by Florian Ecker, Germany
  • Ana Krstajic for JOS JEDAN DAN / ONE MORE DAY by Radivoje Bukvic, Serbia
  • Jonathan Laskar for THE RECORD by Jonathan Laskar, Switzerland
  • Rens Machielse & Willem Schneider for BALCONY CACOPHONY by Quentin Haberham, Netherlands
The winner will be announced at the festive awards ceremony on June 23 at 19:00 the COMEDIA Theater.

The nominees at SoundTrack_Cologne 20
Jan Willem de With

Jan Willem de With

Jan Willem de With is an award-winning German-Dutch film composer, producer, and musician currently based in London.

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Jan Willem de With

Composer, Musician

Ros Gilman

Ros Gilman

Ros is a classically trained German-British composer, music producer, conductor and musician, his composer credits include the HBO Original series Folklore, two theatrical feature films, two prime-time TV documentaries and a dozen short films.

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Ros Gilman

Composer

Lukas Günther

Lukas Günther

Lukas Günther is a multi-award-winning german film score composer working near Hamburg and Frankfurt. His diverse repertoire ranges from live-recorded full orchestral scores to pure production music or small intimate ensembles.

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Lukas Günther

Composer

Ana Krstajic

Ana Krstajic

Ana is an award winning composer, selected for AWFC and Society of Composer’s and Lyricist mentoring session 2022. She is currently working on several Film, TV and Theater productions in Serbia, plus an Apple TV animated shorts collection.

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Ana Krstajic

Composer

Jonathan Laskar

Jonathan Laskar

Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied visual arts , classical double bass and architecture. He works in Geneva with Georges Schwizgebel and Claude Luyet, as well as an independent animation filmmaker.

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Jonathan Laskar

Composer, Musician, Animation Filmmaker

Rens Machielse

Rens Machielse

Rens has long and award-winning career as a composer and sound designer for theater, moving images, and interactive experiences. Over the years, he has worked with Willem Schneider on more than two hundred projects.

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Rens Machielse

Composer, Musician, Sound Designer

Willem Schneider

Willem Schneider

Willem has long and award-winning career as a composer and sound designer for theater, moving images, and interactive experiences. Over the years, he has worked with Rens Machielse on more than two hundred projects.

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Willem Schneider

Sound Designer, Composer, Musician

Jury Members 2023
Philipp Budweg

Philipp Budweg

Philipp Budweg is a award-winning German film producer and co-founder of Lieblingsfilm GmbH. He has been a member of the German and European Film Academy since 2012.

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Philipp Budweg

Film Producer

Sanna Salmenkallio

Sanna Salmenkallio

Sanna Salmenkallio is one of the most experienced film composers in Finland. She has composed the score for more than 30 films, mostly artistically ambitious documentary features.

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Sanna Salmenkallio

Film composer

Jørund Fluge Samuelsen

Jørund Fluge Samuelsen

Jørund Fluge Samuelsen has the last 15 years scored for a wide variety of television series, radio drama and short films.

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Jørund Fluge Samuelsen

Composer

Conditions: 

Short films can be submitted whose production was completed after January 1, 2022 or which were premiered after January 1, 2022. Films with a maximum length of 15 minutes in all industry standard formats will be considered. There are no restrictions regarding country of production, genre or content. However, the film must be predominantly with original music.

The nominees of the competition should be present at the screening of the films on Friday, June 23, 2023 and will be presented to the audience and the jury. The award ceremony will take place during the official Gala on the same evening.

Regulations PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD at SoundTrack_Cologne 20, 2023:

1. General Conditions
Prized will be the best soundtrack for a short film. There is a 15 minutes limit on duration, but not on the form, theme or genre of the film. The film music must have mainly been written for the film. If the selection committee does not accept a film for the competition, it has the option to be placed in one of the extra screenings.

2. Organiser and Date
SoundTrack_Cologne is held by Televisor Troika GmbH. The festival will take place in Cologne from June 20 - 23, 2023.

3. Entry Requirements

a) The film has to be submitted via the online form provided by SoundTrack_Cologne.

b) The applicant gets sent an automatic entry form to the provided email address. The applicant has to send the signed entry form to SoundTrack_Cologne by E-mail, fax or mail to one of the following addresses:

E-mail: peerraben@soundtrackcologne.de

Fax: +49-(0)221-9318449

Shipping address:

SoundTrack_Cologne
c/o Televisor Troika GmbH
Trajanstraße 27
D-50678 Köln
Germany

Without the signed entry form the submission is not complete and will not be considered by the jury!

The deadline is April 11, 2023.

c) Each entry requires a unique entry and a completed and signed entry form. Use a separate entry form for each film.

d) The running time of the film may not exceed 15 minutes.

e) All short films whose production was completed after January 1st, 2022, or which had their premiere after January 1st, 2022, are eligible for submission. These conditions are subject to change by the organizer.

f) The film should be mostly accompanied by original music.

g) Works cannot be withdrawn from the competition after submission.

4. Accepted Film Formats
The screening print can be one of the following formats: DVD, BluRay-Disc or digital file (e.g. high quality prores). We only accept the video format PAL (no NTSC, SECAM or similar). If the original language of the film is neither German nor English, subtitles in one of those languages are required.

5. Entries
The preview copy should be entered digitally via link. This link has to be accessible without changes until the end of the festival (June 23, 2023). If the original language of the film is neither German nor English, subtitles in one of those languages are required. If the language of dialogues or subtitles is neither German nor English, please enclose a film script in German or English. Preview tape and material will remain in the festival archive.

6. Selection
The selection committee will view the submissions that reached the festival office by April 11, 2023. All entrants will be notified of the selection results in time. The results will be sent by E-mail only. Please send your submission as soon as possible and do not wait until close to the deadline. This will support the selection process. Thank you.

7. Postage
Costs for submitting materials, viewing copy and screening copy are to be paid by the submitter [Submissions with insufficient postage will not be accepted]. Return expenses for the screening-print will be covered by the festival. Submissions from abroad must read in German: “Nur für kulturelle Zwecke – keine kommerzielle Nutzung. Empfänger ist Selbstverzoller” (For cultural purpose only, no commercial value –  Independent Custome Clearance by the recipient). Submitted viewing copies (DVD screeners) from non EU-member states must be accompanied by a „pro forma invoice“ stating a value of max. 20 US$. In the event of accruing custom fees such fees shall be charged to the submitter. Submitted viewing copies (DVD-screeners) will not be returned!

Shipping address:

SoundTrack_Cologne
c/o Televisor Troika GmbH
Trajanstraße 27
D-50678 Köln
Germany

8. Further Remarks

a) Screening prints will be insured during the festival time at their print value. Any claims for replacement due to damage are to be submitted not later than 10 days after the festival.

b) The submitter has to confirm, that the composer agrees with the submission and the participation in the competition und that s/he is willing to participate in the Award Ceremony if s/he is nominated.

c) We will make every effort, but we cannot promise to invite all the filmmaker whose films have been selected. We will also provide information about private accommodations or low cost hotels.

9. Declaration of Agreement
With their signature, the participants and rights holders in the submitted work declare their consent to participation in the competition and their agreement to the rules and regulations in the version here present. There is no right of appeal. All matters in doubt will be decided by the festival management according to international guidelines. The German version of these rules and regulations is binding.

10. Online Form
Please fill in all mandatory fields truthfully and completely. Wrong details or entries like “blank blank blank”, “Please request this at …”, links to websites or similar entries will automatically lead to a disqualification of the submission!

11. The entry form is to be printed, signed and sent to SoundTrack_Cologne (see §3b).

If there are any questions or problems, please check our FAQ or contact us any time via peerraben@soundtrackcologne.de

FAQ • PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD

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Yes, your film must have a maximum length of 15 minutes, including credits.

Yes, we accepts re-scored films if they fulfil our conditions of participation. You have to be in hold of all rights of the film.

Yes, your film will be eligible for submission with re-interpreted soundtracks.

No, unfortunately we do not accept soundtracks without image.

Yes, you can submit as many films as you want.

Only short films whose production was completed after January 1st, 2022, or which had their premiere after January 1st, 2023, are eligible for submission. 

Yes, in general you are free to submit VR films, but if it would be chosen for the short list, we can only show it in a standard way with beamer or on an LED screen.

Nothing, the submission is free.