Open Call – The Camille Awards 2026
Hae nyt mukaan eurooppalaiseen elokuva- ja TV-sävellyskilpailuun Camille Awardsiin! Lähetä hakemuksesi viimeistään 19.1.2026.
The Camille Awards on eurooppalaisten musiikintekijäjärjestöjen kattojärjestö ECSAn (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance) elokuva- ja TV-sävellyskilpailu. Palkinnot jaetaan 22.9.2026 Wienissä.
Open callilla haetaan ehdokkaita kolmessa eri kategoriassa, joista valitaan yksi Suomen edustaja per kategoria. Lopullisen valintatyön tekee kansainvälinen tuomaristo.
Lähetä hakemukseksi viimeistään 19.1.2026 sähköpostitse osoitteeseen nina.lith@musiikintekijat.fi.
Luethan ohjeet huolella. Alla lisätietoa ja hakemusohjeet englanniksi. Huom: vain Suomen Musiikintekijöiden jäsenet voivat hakea.
Palkinto
Kategorioiden voittajat palkitaan taiteilija Caroline Brissetin tekemällä palkintopatsaalla. Ehdokas pääsee myös juhlatilaisuuteen Wieniin.
Lähetä nämä tiedot:
Send the following information
- Name of the Composer
- Nationality of the Composer
- Name of the featured Film/Documentary/Series (täsmennä, mihin kategoriaan ilmoitat teoksen)
- Date of première in Europe (European premiere screening between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025)
- Link and password/account offered by the production company to watch the entry with English Subtitles
Huolehdi, että linkki on katsottavissa seuraavasti:
The link and password need to be valid during the first selection phase (26 February 2026 – 13 April 2026), and, in the case of a nomination into the second selection phase, during the second selection phase as well (23 April 2026 – 23 June 2026).
The categories are as follows:
- One nominee for ‘Best Original Film Score’
- One nominee for ‘Best Original Score for a Feature Documentary’
- One nominee for ‘Best Original Music for a Drama Series’
Awards by the artist Caroline Brisset © Abdel Rakoon
The Camille Awards
Previously known as Grand Scores, ECSA’s European Film Composer Awards have been renamed the Camille Awards as a tribute to Camille Saint-Saëns, the composer of the first music ever composed for a fiction film: The Assassination of the Duke of Guise in 1908.
The Camille Awards is an event dedicated to celebrate film music and its composers. Scores from different categories will be awarded during a ceremony in Vienna, Austria in the frame of the ECSA Session hosted by the Austrian Composers Association, taking place on 22 September 2026.
The following achievements shall be honoured annually with a Camille Award:
1. Best Original Film Score
Award presented for one film score in the respective two years.
2. Best Original Music for a Drama Series
Award presented for one score for a drama series screened in the respective two years.
3. Best Original Score for a Feature Documentary
Award presented for music written directly for a feature documentary in the respective two years.
Eligibility
a. Only the principal credited composer(s) responsible for the conception and execution of the work as a whole shall be eligible for a Camille Award.
b. Only original scores made specifically for the production are eligible.
c. An original score is a substantial body of original music.
a. An audible and significant rendition of the music must be used in the body of the film. It is the film/TV series version of the music that will be considered.
d. Scores will qualify as eligible if the motion picture or TV series for which the score was composed has had its European premiere screening between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. This edition of the Camille Awards thus covers a period of two years as there was no ceremony organised in 2025.
e. Unless noted otherwise, scores for motion pictures will be eligible if they are used in a feature-length fiction film of 70 minutes or more that had its European premiere in a commercial cinema theatre or on online public streaming platforms.
f. If not in English, the films and series (pilot or first episodes) for which the scores have been written, must be submitted with English subtitles.
g. The submissions by the different organisations should be scores composed by a composer coming from their own countries – regardless of the origin of the production.
h. The production companies will need to provide a link with a password or information on where to access the films, documentaries and series (pilot episodes) from which the scores have been written. The links must be accessible within the timeframes of the first selection phase (26 February 2026 – 13 April 2026), and, in the case of a nomination, in the second selection phase too (23 April 2026 – 23 June 2026).
More information
ECSA
The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) represents over 30,000 professional composers and songwriters in 27 European countries. With more than 55-member organisations across Europe, the Alliance speaks for the interests of music creators of art and classical music (contemporary), film and audiovisual music, as well as popular music.
The main objective of the Alliance is to defend and promote the rights of authors of music at the national, European and international levels by any legal means. It advocates for equitable commercial conditions for composers and songwriters and strives to improve social and economic development of music creation in Europe.
ECSA was initiated in 2006 in Vienna within the framework of the Mozartjahr. It was established as an alliance in March 2007 in Madrid with the purpose of becoming the central organisation representing the interests of all music creators in Europe, giving every composer and songwriter a European voice.
FFACE Committee
The Film and Audio-Visual Music Committee (FFACE) is the committee of ECSA dealing specifically with issues affecting composers of film, advertising and other audio-visual music. The committee aims to assert and maintain the specificity of the profession, reinforce the dialogue with producers, editors and broadcasters and facilitate exchanges and mobility of professionals.