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Oticons Faculty

"You are the Music while the Movie lasts"

paraphrased T. S. Eliot

The most innovative film music competition in the world that focuses on Quality in Film Music and calls for all the undiscovered talented artists to finally get heard and discovered!

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Oticons Faculty Winners & Finalists

of the previous years' competitions
Meet the Grand Winners of the previous years!

#1 Winner 2024

SAMUEL LELOUP (France)

#2 Winner 2024

MARGUERITE DE GALBERT (France)

#1 Winner 2023

CLAIRE COWAN (New Zealand)

#2 Winner 2023

ALBERT STENSEN (Poland)

#1 Winner 2022

NATALIA HATZOPOULOU (Greece)

#2 Winner 2022

MAURO GIAMBOI (Italy)

#1 Winner 2021

KAREL BREDENHORST (Netherlands)

#2 Winner 2021

INBAL COHEN-RASNER (USA)

#1 Winner 2020

YAKOV ALEXANDROV (Russia)

#2 Winner 2020

JAN WILLEM DE WITH (Germany)

#1 Winner 2019

JOHN KONSOLAKIS (Greece)

#2 Winner 2019

AMIR HEDAYAH (Egypt)

#1 Winner 2018

RASMUS ZWICKI (Denmark)

#2 Winner 2018

LAWRENCE WHITEHEAD (U.K.)

#1 Winner 2017

SERGEY PERVOV (Russia)

#2 Winner 2017

SEBASTIAN BARTMANN (Germany)

#1 Winner 2016

BENOIT LEFEVRE (France)

#2 Winner 2016

BENJAMIN VIOLET (France)

#1 Winner 2015

ANDREA GRANT (Italy)

#2 Winner 2015

BARTOSCH McCARTHY (Germany)

#1 Winner 2014

BENJAMIN WOODGATES (U.K.)

#2 Winner 2014

CHRIS ROE (U.K.)
Benoit with Oticons Faculty & Krakow FMF Awards winner Bartosch McCarthy, accompanied by George Christopoulos
Benoit Lefevre with maestro Ludwig Wicki, Jean-Michel Bernard and wives, with George Christopoulos.
Lukasz Targosz, Joseph Trapanese, Benoit Lefevre
Heitor Pereira, Benoit Lefevre, Eleni Mitsiaki, Robert Piaskowski, George Christopoulos, Bartosch McCarthy.
Alan Silvestri & Andrea Grant at the WSA ceremony.
Andrea Grant & Patrick Doyle at the dinner after the WSA ceremony.
Alan Silvestri discussing music with Bartosch McCarthy & composer Christopher Slaski.
Ramin Djawadi & Bartosch McCarthy during a Krakow FMF event.
Benjamin Woodgates with ASCAP Directors for Film & TV, Simon Greenaway (left) & Mike Todd (right).
Benjamin Woodgates & Oticons Faculty founder, George Christopoulos, on stage on the Awards ceremony of Soundtrack Cologne 2014.
From the left: Simon Greenaway & Mike Todd (ASCAP), Hans Zimmer, Dario Marianelli, maestro Diego Navarro, Nancy Knutsen (ASCAP), Patrick Doyle, Garry Schyman, Julie Taymor & Elliot Goldenthal.
Chris Roe, George Christopoulos & Benjamin Woodgates, during Soundtrack Cologne.

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Early-bird
Early-bird Registrations 1.9.2024 - 1.1.2025 @ 12 p.m. (noon) UTC
Registrations & Submissions
Regular Registrations & Submissions 1.1. - 29.2.2025 @ 12 p.m. (noon) UTC
Announcement of Finalists & Winners
Announcement of the Winners by April 1st