3rd IMMSANE Berlin
Congress
16th - 18th February 2024
at the Nordische Botschaften Berlin and the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Meetings
Educational meetings and presentations were held at the Nordische Botschaften as part of Nordic Film Music Days to share information and discuss collaborative projects between education institutions, composers, sound designers and artists and students.
Research
Keynotes and papers were presented dealing with new and innovative topics related to pedagogy in media music and sound art programmes, research on industry practice and technique as well as performances/screenings as part of the research event components. The keynote speakers will be focusing on the theme of International Music Business for this IMMSANE Berlin Congress.
Events
Berlin International Film Festival and Nordic Film Music Days collaborates with IMMSANE Berlin Congress 2024.
Call for papers and presentations (now closed)
IMMSANE Berlin 2024 opened call for papers and presentations with the topic of Negotiation, especially in regard to the dynamics and changes in International Music Business Practice pedagogy. We sought discussions, academic papers and presentations that present current best practice and methods representing contemporary challenges to the industry and their implications in the fields of media music pedagogy and professionalism and the sound arts. Especially emphasised is the affect Artificial Intelligence can create positive influences and resources in our challenging current times.
Participants contacted information@immsane.com with a brief abstract and proposal for IMMSANE Berlin 2024. Papers were delivered online, as well as in-person at the event in February 2024. The deadline for submission was 15th December 2023.
Locations
Nordische Botschaften Berlin, Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11, 14482 Potsdam
Partners of IMMSANE Berlin 2024
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg is the oldest and largest film school in Germany. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, as well as post-graduate studies in all fields of the process of filmmaking. The university hosted events as part of IMMSANE Berlin 2024 at their campus in Potsdam.
Soundtrack_Cologne /Soundtrack _Zurich
Soundtrack_Cologne is one of the most important media music and sound design industry events in Europe and is the patron and host of AcadeMeet. The next Soundtrack_Cologne 21 takes place 2nd - 5th July 2024. Soundtrack_Zurich represents the Swiss film music scene, and takes place each year during the Zurich Film Festival in the Autumn.
Nordic Film Music Days
Since 2010, Nordic composers have joined forces to put focus on Nordic Film Music and Nordic Film with the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award. From 2016 the HARPA Nordic Film Music Days and the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award have been taking place at the Nordische Botschaften in Berlin in the same time as the Berlinale film festival. With new collaborators within the Norwegian and the Finnish Music export offices our event has been seriously strengthened. HARPA Nordic Film Music Days and Composer Award is supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Nordische Botschaften. Nordic Film Music Days co-hosted IMMSANE Berlin 2024 at the Nordische Botschaften Berlin.
Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille
The Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille (formerly the Festival International du Film d'Aubagne) is dedicated to the relation between music and image. Presenting both, short and feature film competitions, an original music score or a special work on sound creation is always the lead.
The Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille is also an important support for young international film creation and film music composers. Presenting masterclasses of composition, seminars, round tables, ciné-concerts, the Festival has also developed many professional meetings initiatives such as the European Market for Film Music Composition. The next edition of Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille will take place 1st - 6th April 2024.
