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Program conference 2023

Womxn in Media Music Lunch (invite only)

Prior to BMIM Special, we bring female (media) composers, sync managers, music supervisors, directors, producers and A&R managers together during the Womxn in Media Music Lunch. This lunch

Matchmaking One on One Sessions

Since its inception, BMIM’s central aim has always been to act as a facilitator and enabler for the creative industries, and over the last years our One on

Music in Mind; The Composers’ Life, Health and Wellbeing

How do you take care of your mental health as a composer? Days, nights, weeks and sometimes years of work on that one creative project. Often alone in

Buyouts: unfair or fair enough?

Composer buyouts cause controversy and generate polarised opinions. Royalty from music used in films, advertising and TV can be substantial – so the stakes are high. When music

Meet the Music Supervisors: The power of music on screen

As long as streaming services keep popping up with more and more shows, music also gets a bigger chance to shine. For example, the British Kate Bush from

Round Table Sessions

After you meet a potential client, how do you ensure a successful follow-up? How do you deal with gender inequality, and why is developing a Personal Brand so

Game face ON / Your game plan

Why don’t game developers seem keen on copyright associations? BumaStemra notices that composers do not sign up or unsubscribe to work directly for game developers. In this panel,

Artificial Intelligence: a useful tool or a threat to the media composer?

It can’t have escaped your notice: artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic, and the media just can’t stop talking about it. DallE2/Imagen generates impressive visual images from

Networking Drinks

When do the best conversations happen? During the drinks! That’s why we’re opening the bar after BMIM Special to anyone who feels like a snack, a drink and

Generation Inclusion: White Berry – Case Study

While shooting a movie, there are a lot of different disciplines that have to work together. Composers, directors, sound desginers and editors need to have a good flow

BMIM Special

June 7th is the day! Then we will host the first edition of BMIM Special in LAB111, Amsterdam. Here you can talk to like-minded people, learn from each

BMIM Awards is all about the community and that is what's most important in art and life. It's not about win or lose. BMIM has generously given me some fertile ground to grow my own seeds.

Stavros Markonis

winner 2019 Buma Award Best Original Composition in Television Series

The BMIM LA Sync Mission is a very inspiring and horizon-broadening initiative that offers the Dutch music professional a chance to get in touch with the top of the Los Angeles music industry and has provided interesting opportunities for the ability of his international network.

Merlijn Snitker

composer 'Bankier van Verzet'

Sometimes showing my portfolio isn’t enough to convince potential clients. They also want to see if my work is being rated as successful. Winning a prestigious award like the Buma Award helped me a lot with getting new gigs!

Beau D. Schaepman

winner 2018 Buma Award Best Original Composition in Trailer (for Film, TV, Gaming)

Buma Music in Media Awards

Nominees 2023

Film

Rutger Reinders

Knor

Ella van der Woude

Moloch

Rui Reis Maia

White Berry

Short Film

Sebastiaan Bax

Funny Feeling

Federico Solazzo

It's Nice in Here

Justin Welgraven (by RAVEN)

Overwatch 2 – 'Kiriko'

Documentaries

Maarten Vos

Great Escape

Rutger Hoedemaekers

Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction

Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)

Wij Praten Niet (Halal Docs Music (Copyright Control))

Television Series

Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer

De Sneeuwman: Geheimen van een kindermoordenaar

Alexander Reumers

Rampvlucht (Big Blue Music Publishing (Copyright Control))

Matthijs Kieboom

Van der Valk

Advertising

Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee (Soundsright)

Better Time Stories (Copyright Power International)

Mark van Bruggen, Rachel Tauwnaar

G-Star RAW – The Rhythm of Denim (Sizzer Music, Yellowbloom Music Publishing)

Jacqueline Govaert

Staatsloterij – Oudejaarstrekking 2022 (Sony Music Publishing)

Sync Advertising

Leo Roelandschap, Chyvon Pala, Felix Laman, Alex van der Zouwen

ONVZ – Jaaah – ‘JA!’ (Bizzey, Chivv, Yung Felix, Kraantje Pappie) (BMG Benelux, Cloud 9 Music)

Andy Ricardo de Rooy, Thijs van der Klugt, Yousef Gnaoui

Revolut – Your Way In – ‘Excusez Moi’ (Sef) (Pennies From Heaven, Universal Music Publishing, BMG Benelux)

Torre Florim, Jop van Summeren, Tim van Delft, Vedran Mirčetić, Rocco Hueting

Zippo – Live With Confidence – ‘KITTY KITTY’ (De Staat) (CTM Publishing)

Videogames, VR and Metaverse

Nikolaï Clavier

At Eve’s Wake (Sugar Rush Studios)

Mark van Mameren, Mathijs Wiermans, Matties Grooten, Barry van der Knaap (Manglemoose)

Dashing Dodgems (Yellowcake Games)

Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)

Sync

Vincent van den Ende

Inventing Anna – ‘Own It’ (Rico Nasty) (CTM Publishing)

Jules Reivers, Roel Gommans

Ozark – ‘Brillo’ (Niña Dioz) (Amp.Amsterdam Publishing, Universal Music Publishing )

Sevdaliza, Mucky

Surface – ‘Darkest Hour’ (Sevdaliza) (Maktub Music Publishing, Cloud 9 Music)

Podcast and Radio Imaging

Ad van Dongen, Jos Jansen (Big Orange)

De Man met de Rammelaars (Joods Museum)

Darius Timmer

Long Covid, de schaduwpandemie (NPO Radio 1 / EO) (Crossmex)

Adrian Vrijhoef, Buket Zor, Daniel Sillem (KLOAQ audio design)

Sporen (NPO 3FM / Omroep ZWART)

Podcasts

Jeroen Jaspers, Bas van Win (Nozem Audio)

Cocaïnekoorts II (NRC)

Darius Timmer

De coup van Qatar (NRC)

Bouke Hennipman

De Omega (NPO 3FM / NTR)

Television Imaging

Ward Henselmans, Jeroen Kuitenbrouwer, Daan Jansen, Thijs van der Goot (KH Music)

Formule 1 (Viaplay)

Karl Heortweard

Project Rembrandt (NPO 1 / NTR) (NTR Music (Copyright Control), Helder BV)

Alexander Reumers

Ruud Gullit en de Mysteries van het Oude Egypte (Prime Video) (Scenery BV)

Experience

Benjamin Ankomah

Angry Young Men

Renger Koning

Hotel Wonderland (Copyright Power International)

Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)

Proloog van een Natie

New Talent Award

Benjamin Ankomah

Een Gat In Mijn Hart

Sebastiaan Bax

Funny Feeling

Shakuru Tajiri

Wisdom Gone Wild

Winners 2023

Film

Ella van der Woude

Moloch

Short Film

Federico Solazzo

It's Nice in Here

Documentaries

Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)

Wij Praten Niet (Halal Docs Music (Copyright Control))

Television Series

Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer

De Sneeuwman: Geheimen van een kindermoordenaar

Advertising

Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee (Soundsright)

Better Time Stories (Copyright Power International)

Sync Advertising

Torre Florim, Jop van Summeren, Tim van Delft, Vedran Mirčetić, Rocco Hueting

Zippo – Live With Confidence – ‘KITTY KITTY’ (De Staat) (CTM Publishing)

Videogames, VR and Metaverse

Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)

Sync

Sevdaliza, Mucky

Surface – ‘Darkest Hour’ (Sevdaliza) (Maktub Music Publishing, Cloud 9 Music)

Podcast and Radio Imaging

Adrian Vrijhoef, Buket Zor, Daniel Sillem (KLOAQ audio design)

Sporen (NPO 3FM / Omroep ZWART)

Podcasts

Bouke Hennipman

De Omega (NPO 3FM / NTR)

Television Imaging

Karl Heortweard

Project Rembrandt (NPO 1 / NTR) (NTR Music (Copyright Control), Helder BV)

Experience

Benjamin Ankomah

Angry Young Men

New Talent Award

Sebastiaan Bax

Funny Feeling

Jury 2023

Titia van Beckum

Titia started her musical career as a music researcher and A&R at MassiveMusic. In addition to her work as a DJ and music producer and supervisor at Sizzer, among others, she founded Duotoon, where she links visual artists to musicians.

Jelle Beuger

Jelle, who graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2020, was appointed chairman of VERS in 2021, an association dedicated to stimulating new filmmakers. In early 2022, he joined Keplerfilm as Marketing and Publicity Coordinator.

Tamara Bok

Tamara Bok studied audiovisual media and has been telling stories professionally for 25 years, as a film and TV producer, voice-over, news anchor, podcast presenter and business developer. Nowadays she is a management force behind Jamming, a unique communication & design agency in the Dutch city of Utrecht.

Thijs Bontje

Thijs Bontje is a creative partner at N=5 and loves music. Not only to listen to and use in campaigns, but he also plays the guitar and drums himself. As a jury member, he will pay particular attention to the extent to which the music used touches his heart.

Jenny Booms

Jenny used to work for clients such as Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stichting RPO (regionale omroepen), Netwerk Scenarioschrijvers, Cinekid and EYE. She is now director of the Dutch Academy For Film.

Peter Bradbury

Peter has worked in the UK television production and broadcasting industry for the last 25 years specialising in music rights. He joined Sky Television as Head of Music and became Director of Music in 2018 where he leads Sky’s music teams covering Licensing, Creative, and Reporting as well as Sky's Music Publishing and Library businesses.

Khaeta Chittick

Khaeta started her career in Sweden at an international youth film festival. She now works for the Netherlands Film Festival as program producer of the professionals programme.

Julia Chourgnoz-Villano

As a Brand Marketing Manager, she created campaigns for brands such as Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Far Cry and Skull and Bones. This year, she joined the Ubisoft Music team with a mission to empower all of the developer's original music creations and artist deals.

Ruben Dekker

Ruben worked on various film and television projects (Headhunters, KABAM!, Europeaan in New York) and later specialized in the editing and sound design of audio documentaries (Sara's Mysteries, Ondergronds Verleden). Nowadays he works for podcast publisher Tonny Media.

Stef Dunselman

Stef is board member of Jonge Honden, a nonprofit organization with a mission to create opportunities for young talent. Combined with his experience as a creative strategist at VICE, this results in his sharp eye for scouting new talent and his relevant knowledge on what’s happening in youth culture.

Aron Eilander

Aron is a concept creator and storyteller. His work brings together art, identity and heritage through public programmes, exhibitions and campaigns in the Rijksmuseum. He is also a freelance maker/manager pop-up hospitality and event manager.

Stephen Emmer

Aside from leading one of the premier Dutch media music & sound design boutique studios, composer, arranger and producer Stephen Emmer is the initiator of Buma Music in Motion.

Ilana Goldstoff

After earning her stripes at Sizzer, Ilana Goldstoff now works as Sync & Licensing manager at the famed classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. She is also active as a Sync Consultant.

Mark Gordon

As multi-award winning composer, Mark is at the helm of Score Draw Music, which provides original music to Nickelodeon Jr, PBS Kids, Disney Jr, Amazon, Netflix and BBC, among others. He also programs Output Belfast - Ireland's largest music conference.

Laura Harrison

Laura is Music Services Manager at independent music publisher and composer agency Manners McDade. She works across the creative and sync department, project managing for film, TV, advertising. With composition and sync as a key area of expertise Laura has produced a number of award-winning advertising campaigns for global brands.

Thijs Havens

Thijs is a musician and programmer for Eye on Sound at the Eye Film Museum, where he also composes and performs new scores for (silent) films.

Nitzan Hoffmann

Nitzan made her mark as a studio technician during her time as a composer for TV, music supervisor and touring musician. She now lives in Berlin where she works in the FXR-team and is committed to creating a music industry in which all creators and rights holders are properly compensated.

Jasper Hokken

Jasper is a programmer at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), responsible for IDFA Competition for Short Documentary. He is also a curator for the IDFA on Stage program in which unique live events are presented that explore the space between documentary cinema, new media and performing arts. 

Gavin Johnson

Since 2013, Gavin has led Monstercat's gaming operations, making the independent electronic music label one of the most influential music players in the gaming industry. He set up very successful collaborations with Fortnite, Rocket League, Beat Saber, Roblox, Paladins and SMITE.

Hannah King

Hannah is truly a specialist when it comes to music for films. She spent 13 years at EMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing and left to found We are Golden, a music supervision and composition management agency.

Eelke Kleijn

With a background in piano, guitar, bass and composing for film and TV, Eelke made remixes for John Legend and Pendulum, among others, but also for Hollywood blockbusters such as Batman vs Superman.

Ted Kocher

Ted is one of the music supervisors at Playstation Studios, where the music from 'his' videogames has been nominated several times. The in-game score of Call of Duty: Vanguard won a Grammy nomination in 2012. Ted is also a composer and Hammond B3 player himself.

Rebecca Leon

As Head of Music at Pitch & Sync, Rebecca Leon mixes musical passion and encyclopaedic knowledge in equal measures, giving brands like Adidas, Samsung and Google the perfect emotional and cultural selections for their campaigns. Before this she led music strategy and supervision globally at Absolut Vodka.

Rens Machielse

Rens Machielse is the former director of HKU Music and Technology. Rens composed music for over three hundred theatre plays, TV series, films, documentaries, commercials and animations.

Hannes de Maeyer

Hannes is one of Belgium's most famous composers, known for his collaboration with director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Gangsta, Black, Rebel). Next year he will be working on the Dutch-Belgian miniseries The Jewish Council.

Gregory Markus

Gregory is project leader at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. With RE:VIVE he brought together the world of Dutch musicians and heritage institutions and collaborated with Dekmantel Festival, Eye Filmmuseum and Nous'klaer Records, among others.

Ellemieke Middelhoff

Before coming to the Film Academy in 2013 to study editing, Ellemieke completed a Bachelor and Master in Theater Studies at the University of Amsterdam. The transfer to the Film Academy made it possible for her to become even more specialized in what matters to her in both disciplines: telling stories that matter and evoke something in people.

Neeltje Mooring

Since 2007, Neeltje Mooring runs her own company SOLID as a rock and operates internationally as an independent publisher, sync agent and music supervisor.

Pieter van Nes

Pieter van Nes is a musicologist with expertise in film music and also a presenter and music composer for Dutch radio station NPO Klassiek. For ten years he was conductor of the Netherlands Film Orchestra, where he was also able to share his love for film music on the concert stage with an eye for its multimedia aspect.

Susanne van Nierop

Susanne van Nierop is editor-in-chief of Adformatie, the leading Dutch platform in marketing, media and advertising. She is also a board member of the SPIN Awards for innovative work in digital creativity.

Than van Nispen

Than van Nispen is a lecturer and researcher at HKU School of Music and Technology and the Expertise Centre for Creative Technologies. Than also has a background in biology, and is a music composer for games and interaction.

Bas van der Ree

With more than 20 years of experience as a location scout, line producer and producer, Bas has been leading the Netherlands Film Commission since 2014 as part of The Netherlands Film Fund. Recent productions in the Netherlands include Sense8, DUNKIRK, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Killing Eve and The Goldfinch.

Michel Rensen

Michel Rensen works as a (short) film programmer and dramaturge. He is currently Head of Program for Go Short and also part of the selection committee of Cork International Film Festival. He previously programmed films for Leiden Shorts, Encounters Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival, among others.

Katherine Rodgers

As a community manager at Water & Music, Katherine manages a group of over 2000 music industry professionals. She also writes as a journalist about music and technology for NME, Vice, Stereogum and DJ Magazine, among others.

Martin de Ruiter

Martin is Programmer of ‘Eye on Sound’ in Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam. He has written several scores for silent films including ‘un Chien Andalou’ (1929), ‘Submarine’ (1928) and ‘Der Mandarin’ (1918).

Anik See

Anik See is a prize-winning Dutch-Canadian podcast and audio documentary producer. She has worked for public broadcasters such as Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the BBC, the CBC in Canada and ABC in Australia. In 2021 she joined Audio Agency Airborne as showrunner and editor-in-chief of narrative podcasts. 

Marion Slewe

Marion Slewe works at the Production department of the Dutch Film Academy, where she is responsible for the distribution of studentfilms, contracts, festival policies and the organisation of the Keep an Eye Film Academy Festival. Additionally, she is involved with Staccato Films.

Janne Spijkervet

How does a track made by using artificial intelligence sound? Janne created hip-hop tracks with De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig to tearjerkers inspired by André Hazes with the help of this technology. At TikTok, she is developing an advanced technique to inspire creativity with music.

Mink Steekelenburg

Mink is a producer, composer and pianist from Rotterdam. He composes for film, theatre, dance & spoken word, but also releases autonomous music under the name Winterdagen.

Paul Stevelmans

Paul Stevelmans was editor-in-chief of the Dutch online film music magazine Score from 2004 to 2021. Now he writes for the Facebook group Score Magazine: CD and book reviews and interviews with Dutch and foreign film composers. Also, since 2008, he has been a member of The International Film Music Critics Association.

Jeroen Swinnen

Belgian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jeroen Swinnen has carved out a reputation for fusing brooding string scores with electro-synthpop, post-rock and indie sounds. Recently he branched out more into television soundtracks, including the acclaimed score for “Hotel Beau Séjour” and “The Twelve” on Netflix.

Nathan Tamis

Nathan worked as a radio producer and director at De Coen en Sander Show (BNN), among others. He is now a permanent producer for Annemieke Schollaardt on NPO Radio 2, where he takes care of the audio design.

Michiel Thomassen

Michiel Thomassen first successes were under his moniker Mike Mago, when he released his multi platinum and UK Top 10 single Outlines and running the well known dance label Bmkltsch Rcrds catapulting him into the global dance scene.

Jasper Vierboom

With more than 60,000 hours of listened-to songs on his Spotify Wrapped, Jasper is quite the music fanatic. As a Creative Director, he uses music in his work to enhance a story or emotion.

Boelie Vis

Boelie Vis is a composer and editor, best known for editing and/or composing numerous drama series and films for Dutch television. In 2022 he won a Buma Award and an International Emmy for the children's series KABAM!

Bart Westerlaken

After graduating as a cameraman at the Dutch Film Academy, Bart Westerlaken chose to become a composer. He scored various shorts, feature films and television series like Penoza, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen and De Stamhouder. Currently he's working on Anoniem, Sphinx and an interactive museum in the UK.

Leon Winkler

After producing his own program on The BOX at the age of 21, Leon found his calling in the video game industry and now works as Director of International Events at Ubisoft. He also founded the Black Game Pros Mixer, an initiative to promote diversity in the video game industry.

Bob Zimmerman

Bob Zimmerman composed and arranged the music for numerous theatre, television and film productions. His work includes films De Avonden and Tirza and documentaries De Nieuwe Wildernis and Holland, natuur in de Delta.

Josephine Zwaan

Josephine is an artist-producer, researcher and co-founder of rosetta. - the platform for female and gender non-conforming music producers. She started her career as a Dutch-speaking singer-songwriter. Recently she launched her dark rap alter-ego SUZOOKI SWIFT.

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Jury report Buma Music in Media Awards 2023