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Rémi collaborates with filmmakers such as Chie Hayakawa (Renoir, Plan 75 – 2022 Caméra d’Or Special Mention), César Díaz (Mexico 86, Nuestras Madres – 2019 Caméra d’Or), Camille Lugan and Erick Zonca. He has also scored documentaries by Flore Vasseur, Emilie Thérond and Virginia Tangvald, and has been a resident at Studio Ferber in Paris since 2019.

 
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As a French-Lebanese fluent in 4 languages, Wissam Hojeij is naturally open to a great variety of artistic approaches and collaborations. He has notably composed the music for Ceniza Negra dir. by Sofia Quiros (Semaine de la critique, Cannes 2019), Mi Besita dir. by Camila Beltran (ACID, Cannes 2024) and recently Chicas Tristes dir. by Fernanda Tovar (Cristal Bear, Berlinale Generation 2026).

 
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Taul Katz is a composer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist working across film, installation, and performance. Their textural scores explore sound as a sculptural and narrative medium that holds memory, queerness, and transformation. Recent credits include Barbara Forever with Killer Films (Sundance 2026) and Bouchra by Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki (TIFF 2025).

 
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Aska Matsumiya is a composer and artist working across film, television, and advertising. Her credits include I’m Your Woman, Bruised, After Yang (with Ryuichi Sakamoto), and The Listener, as well as HBO’s Betty and Apple TV+’s Home, earning a 2023 Daytime Emmy. She has collaborated with brands including Chanel, Prada, and Porsche and continues to release original music.

 
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Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi explores analogue synth timbres and orchestral forms. His music appears on HBO, NBC, PBS, Vice, NYT Op-Docs, and at Tribeca, Sundance, and TIFF, with installations at Tate Britain and the Guggenheim. His work is performed and commissioned by leading ensembles worldwide, and he has scored films, documentaries, and a Showtime original series.

 
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Alexander Parsons is a composer working across feature film and drama. His scores have been performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra and 12 Ensemble, and his work includes films executive produced by Oscar-winners Steve McQueen and Asif Kapadia. He is drawn to human stories, from the intimate to the politically and psychologically complex, through both ensemble and electronic writing.

 
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Her “effective scores” [Variety] are featured in more than 50 feature and short films. Pauchi received four international “Best Original Score” awards: Festival Cine Ceara, Festival de Cinema Latino Americano di Trieste; Filmocorto Film Festival of Lima; and National Film Council of Peru. She was mentored by legendary composer Philip Glass as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

 
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Hiroko Sebu is a Tokyo- and Paris-based film composer for cinema, animation, and global brands. She won the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music in 2025 and was twice nominated for the Mainichi Film Awards. She has worked with leading Japanese directors, including Kei Ishikawa and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Her music ranges from lyrical and fantastical to raw and realistic.

 
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Being attracted to music from a very early age, he started playing the violin at the age of 5. He studied improvised music and musical writing at the Paris National Conservatoire. He has given more than 300 concerts on 5 continents in very eclectic contexts. Versatile multi-instrumentalist and musical IT connoisseur, he composes, orchestrates, and produces for cinema, radio, and records.

 
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Mirjam Skal (*1996) is a Zurich-based film composer whose work blends synthetic textures with orchestral sounds, often incorporating unusual instruments such as the hurdy-gurdy, field recordings and her voice to create unique sonic palettes. Her score for Vracht won the 2025 German Documentary Film Music Prize. The social drama Enjoy Your Stay, her latest score, premiered at the 2026 Berlinale.

 
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