Previous Competitions and Winners

Winter 2023 Winners

Unabducted – Young

First Place – Andreas Meienberg

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Second Place – Arthur Chanson

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Slice Of Adventure – Standard

First Place – Timothy Forrester

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Second Place – Paul Ching

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Love Is A Gift – Young

First Place – Carlos Magana Bru

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Second Place – Justin Villaflores

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Love Is A Gift – Standard

First Place – Thomas Bennett

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Second Place – Brendan Vincent

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Popularity Prize

Dallas Long

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Honorary Mentions

To honor a couple of submissions that didn’t make it very far in the competition but still stood out to the judges,
here are some honorary mentions:

Janis Krajewski

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for cinematic storytelling

Jiahan Zhang

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for harmonic sophistication and originality

Alejandro Rodrigo

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for extra suspenseful writing

Winter 2023 Finalists

Unabducted – Young

Andreas Meienberg
Arthur Chanson
Leona Sigmund
Natalie Theodore
Niccolò Mescia
Omari Pascal

Slice Of Adventure – Standard

Andrzej Gładkowski
Hugo CHALON
Jason Pantino
Nathaniel Wsiaki
Paul Ching
Timothy Forrester

Love Is A Gift – Young

Anders Lundholm Gregersen
Andreas Meienberg
Ben Kelly
Carlos Magana Bru
Justin Villaflores
Saro Manoukian

Love Is A Gift – Standard

Brendan Vincent
Dan Couper
Nicolas Berland
Ondřej Timpl
Thomas Bennett
Trevor Dickson

Winter 2023 Semi-Finalists

The higher number of finalists for “Love Is A Gift” in the Standard category is due to a significantly higher number of submissions with that film.

Unabducted – Young

Quincy Gordon
Andreas Meienberg
Arthur Chanson
Carmel Moran
Harriet Luck
Kevin Chen
Leona Sigmund
Natalie Theodore
Niccolò Mescia
Omari Pascal
Diego Carrillo
Tosca Lavaroni

Slice Of Adventure – Standard

Aleksandar Pavlović
Andrzej Gładkowski
Danmichael Reyes
Don James
Hugo CHALON
Jason Pantino
Johan Adrian Supriyono
Nathaniel Wsiaki
Paul Ching
Simone Campete
Timothy Forrester
Yasen Velchev

Love Is A Gift – Young

Adam Cruz
Anders Lundholm Gregersen
Andreas Meienberg
Ben Kelly
Carlos Magana Bru
Josef Hlaváček
Justin Villaflores
Mathis Zweifel
Samuel Masoud
Saro Manoukian
Tianyue Gao
Ziyuan Yin

Love Is A Gift – Standard

Andrea Colasante
Brendan Vincent
Dan Couper
Daniel Blows
Eunseo Ko
Franziska Helmrath
Iñaki García
Janis Kaneps
Jason Putra Darmawan
Kent Moussault
Lukas Logan
Nicolas Berland
Ondřej Timpl
Ricky Kuo
Shiqi Zhang
Thomas Bennett
Trevor Dickson
Victor Weigand

Summer 2023 Winners

Outdrawn – Young

First Place – Wesley Lo

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Second Place – Jessica Stoker

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La Vida De Una Piñata – Standard

First Place – Phaik Sim Lor

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Second Place – Jenya Shteinberg

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Subway Love – Young

First Place – Shengyuan Li

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Second Place – Cody Rong

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The Cook – Standard

First Place – Francis Smith

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Second Place – Agustín Rodas

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Popularity Prize

Prismriver Orchestra

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Summer 2023 Finalists

The irregular number of finalist per film is due to submissions that received the same amount of points.

Outdrawn – Young

John De Loziér
Wesley Lo
Ryan Hudson
Jessica Stoker
Yunil Kim
Lorraine Wong

La Vida De Una Piñata – Standard

Weissa G
Max Hills
Phaik Sim Lor
Agustín Rodas
Jenya Shteinberg
Kim San
Gen Sakamoto

Subway Love – Young

Shengyuan Li
Cody Rong
Jun En Ang
Leo Baghdasaryan
Madeline Gallichio

The Cook – Standard

Francis Smith
Roberto Galbiati
Agustín Rodas
Delisle Louis
Eunseo Ko
Raphaël Raymond
Slavia Simonova

Summer 2023 Semi-Finalists

The lower number of finalists for “Subway Love” is due to a significantly lower number of submissions with that film.

Outdrawn – Young

Artur Verbin
John De Loziér
Jessica Stoker
Lorraine Wong
Ryan Hudson
Giada Morici
Wesley Lo
Elijah Siegler
Jiwon Yoon
Luca Prioriello
Ian Tam
Calvin Deifer
Jason Darmawan
Guilherme Assunção
Juan Pablo Tapias Olaya
Yunil Kim
Ethan Soto
Madeline Gallichio

La Vida De Una Piñata – Standard

Weissa G
Kim San
Simon Agozzino
Jared Valle
Simone Manfredini
David Gehring
Timothee Josset
Trevor Dickson
Agustín Rodas
Hugo Clément
Jenya Shteinberg
Adam Dzieżyk
Michael Goessler
Max Hills
Phaik Sim Lor
Leo Billon
Thomas Johnson
Gen Sakamoto

Subway Love – Young

Shengyuan Li
Jun En Ang
Pierre Frichot
Brage Bjanger
Tobias Auer
Paul Ching
François Dupé
Cody Rong
Nick Huston
Irene Huang
Madeline Gallichio
Manish Sanga
Leo Baghdasaryan

The Cook – Standard

Inhwa Kim
Raphaël Raymond
Roberto Galbiati
Francis Smith
Hideki Tsutsumi
Joseph Fallon
Agustín Rodas
Leslie Lemon
Delisle Louis
José Monzón
Sébastien DIDON
Tsz Ying Law
Conrad Van Breda
Thomas Laufenberg
Eunseo Ko
Slavia Simonova
senthuuran vellupillai
Sebrina Lambert-Rose

Winter 2022 Winners

Agent 327 – Young

First Place – Jay Connor

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Second Place – Andreas Vreim

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Agent 327 – Standard

First Place – Jonathan Kingly

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Second Place – Igor Cherny

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Time Trap – Young

First Place – Tobias Auer

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Second Place – Friedrich Gattermann

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Time Trap – Standard

First Place – Kenneth Malm

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Second Place – Ferenc Bátri

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Popularity Prize

Antonio Ramón Giménez Cerezo

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Honorary Mentions

Nicolas Hartman

For great use of humor and an original score.

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John De Loziér

For delivering an exceptional score it the age of just 14.

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Afrah Nadeem

For a well-orchestrated score.

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Winter 2022 Finalists

The uneven number of finalists for each category is the result of submissions that were tied in the same place.

Agent 327 – Young

Dzidzor Amorin
Jordy Nuñez
Andreas Vreim
Jay Connor
John De Loziér

Agent 327 – Standard

Simone Manfredini
Arthur Rigley
Elliott DeVivo
Jordan Hall
Diede Oosterveen
Mostafa Sarbazi Azad
Kingly Jonathan
Igor Cherny
Will Rixon

Time Trap – Young

Tobias Auer
Cody Rong
Leo Baghdasaryan
Carson Zuck
Friedrich Gattermann

Time Trap – Standard

Simon Depys
Zach Fendelman
Shinae Lee
Ferenc Bátri
Kenneth Malm
Nicolas Managazze

Honorable Mentions

Samuel Parnell
A as one of our youngest participants at age only 13 Samuel delivers a score with a great overall musical sensitivity.

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Adriano Panoschi
For great sonic textures, a theme at the end and build into and throughout the credits.

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Dzidzor Amorin
A charming score really thoughtfully conceived with strong thematic material and just the right amount of whimsy.

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Edmir Begovic
With great sonic cohesiveness which makes it feel like a crafted score.

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Samuel Parnell
A as one of our youngest participants at age only 13 Samuel delivers a score with a great overall musical sensitivity.

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Adriano Panoschi
For great sonic textures, a theme at the end and build into and throughout the credits.

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Dzidzor Amorin
A charming score really thoughtfully conceived with strong thematic material and just the right amount of whimsy.

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Edmir Begovic
With great sonic cohesiveness which makes it feel like a crafted score.

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Summer 2022 Finalists

Young IFMC

Friedrich Gattermann
Sebastian Kierkegaard
Chinmay Murthy
Taegwoo Kim
Brage Bjanger
Kaiyang Zhao
Dzidzor Amorin
Joshua Elliott
Yuqing Zhu
Kashyap Nemani

Standard IFMC

Kevin Piquemal
Jimmy Benecasa
Richard Chen
Trevor Thomas Dickson
Yannick Maris
Thomas Dancer
Tyra Orgill
Daniel Wakefield
Solmi Kim
Aaron Reed

Popularity Prize

Frederik Abel

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Honorable Mention
Danny Salvagna

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Winter 2021 Finalists

Young IFMC

Chaoran Zhang
Maximilian M.K. Gill
Can Yabanci
Culver Songalia
Christopher Kenny Hoesin
Enrico Mangia
Alexander Dawson
Makenna Harding-Davis
Tzu Teng Liu
Marco Salamida

Standard IFMC

Hugo Heynard
Hamilton Kurt
Bojan Petkovic
Francois Chabot
Osama Sajed Madkouri
Benjamin Widawski
Julie Gundersen
Candice Susnjar
Tariq Khan
Levent Altuntas

Summer 2021 Winners

Standard

1. Prize

Leonardo Zorzi

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2. Prize

Ignacio Valdivia

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3. Prize

Raphael Sigrist

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Young

1. Prize

Joel Hoo

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2. Prize

Senthuuran Vellupillai

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3. Prize

Vega Pierce-English

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Summer 2021 Finalists

Standard

Ignacio Valdivia
Raphael Sigrist
Irene Alcántara
Beni Pineda
Michiel Kapteijns
Audi Cabrio Mulia
Ruadhan Butler
Edmund Roberts
Gabriella Stufano
Leonardo Elias

Young

Blu Brockert
Vega Pierce-English
Senthuuran Vellupillai
Joel Hoo
Emma Jackson
Zane Shihadeh
Evan Wright
Jason Shu
Emma Most
Avraham Dayanim
Jacob Fanto