Press release: winners of the Camille Awards 2024 revealed

On 13 November 2024 at 20:00, the ceremony of the Camille Awards (European Film Composer Awards) took place at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris, France. The ceremony was organised by the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) in collaboration with its members Syndicat National des Auteurs et des Compositeurs (SNAC), Union des Compositrices et des Compositeurs (U2C) and Union Nationale des Auteurs et des Compositeurs (UNAC), and with the support of Creative Europe and the Film Music Foundation.

The ceremony honoured composers of original music for audiovisual works in three categories: “Best Film Score”, “Best Score for a Feature Documentary” and “Best Original Music for a Drama Series”.

Winner “Best Film Score”      
Alfonso de Vilallonga (Spain) for “Robot Dreams”, directed by Pablo Berger

Winner “Best Score for a Feature Documentary”       
Anna Rice (Ireland) for “I Dream in Photos”, directed by Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon

Winner “Best Original Music for a Drama Series”      
Blair Mowat (United Kingdom) for “Nolly”, directed by Peter Hoar

During the ceremony, the winner of a special additional category was honoured: composer Miriam Cutler (United States) was presented with the Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of her long and exceptional career both as a composer and an outstanding advocate for inclusivity in the world of film music.

The wonderful Orchestre Pasdeloup performed various of the nominated pieces live, and opened the ceremony with Camille Saint-Saëns’ score for “The Assassination of the Duke of Guise”, the very first film music in the history of cinema. The ceremony also included speeches from ECSA President Helienne Lindvall, Member of the European Parliament Laurence Farreng, Camille Awards Steering Group members Bernard Grimaldi and Chris Smith, and composer Pierre Thilloy. 

This year’s international jury, who decided on the final winners among the nominees, consisted of five exceptional and renowned personalities in the film music business: Dirk Brossé, Maggie Rodford, Philippe Rombi, Manel Santisteban, and Stephen Warbeck. The nominees were carefully selected by ECSA’s FFACE (film and audiovisual) committee. ECSA sincerely thanks the international jury and the FFACE Committee for their valuable time.

The next Camille Awards ceremony will take place in 2026.