Musical Date
Each year, Sabam For Culture, in collaboration with the Brussels Short Film Festival organises a Musical Date in order to encourage encounters between composers and directors.
Composers 2024: Margaret Hermant (Le coeur noir de fôrets) and Justine Bourgeus aka Tsar B (Samuel's Travels, Godvergeten).
During the Musical Date, two renowned composers meet with selected directors/producers and choose their favourite project for which they will compose an original score. Two grants of €2.500 are rewarded by Sabam For Culture for the winning projects.
Following six projects were selected in 2024
- Coeur Gras - Alice Khol & Pierre Foulon (Kozak Films)
- Happy End - Maarten Verhulst & Manon Van Caenegem (De Wereldvrede)
- A Las Escondidas - Wendy Montellano & Rosa Galguera (Hilife Cinematography)
- Undecidable - Emanuele Bosco & Giorgio La Rosa (Electric Sheep Productions)
- Sim - Lynn Ryssen & Katleen Goossens (Bulletproof Cupid)
- L'antre de la Galipote - Raphaël Delorme-Duc & Natacha Hostyn (IOTA production)
Winners Musical Date 2023:
- BACKSTAGE - Inès Eshun (Winnie Productions), chosen by Aiko Devriendt
- TOUCH ME - Tom Dupont (De Wereldvrede), chosen by Catherine Graindorge
Winners 2022:
- Cimarron, Rémi Vandenitte & Cédric Bourgeois (Zorobabel, Lardux Films) chosen by Vincent Cahay
- Nkondi, Michael Palmaers & Frederik Palmaers (S.O.I.L Productions) chosen by Ruben de Gheselle
