SAGindie & Helix Collective
Film Music Connect
BRINGING ORIGINAL MUSIC TO SHORT FILMS
SAGindie and Helix Collective have re-joined to present the 2024-25 FILM MUSIC CONNECT SHORTS COMPETITION, a partnership program matching indie filmmakers with professional composers.
The winning filmmakers will choose their composer from a list of finalists to create the original score for their film. They’ll be guided through the process of watching composer reels, making their final selection, and communicating with their music team.
The winning composers will score the soundtrack for Helix Collective, a 6-member ensemble with winds, strings, piano, and percussion. The scores will be professionally recorded for use in the winning films in April 2025.
Guiding the filmmakers and composers through the process is Helix Collective, a non-profit organization that produces the Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival and has worked with over 50 film composers and directors on original scores.
ELIGIBILITY
Film Requirements:
- Maximum runtime of 10 minutes (including credits)
- Signatory under a SAG-AFTRA agreement (Student Film, Short Project, New Media, or Micro-Budget Agreement). The film’s SAG-AFTRA production ID number must be included with the submission.
- Questions? Email SAGindie
Composer Requirements:
- Submit link to video reel up to 5 minutes in length of music scored to picture
- Submit a PDF sample score
- Questions? Email Helix Collective
APPLY NOW!
Submission Deadline: January 6, 2025
Submissions are now closed
Congratulations to this season’s winning filmmakers MARY ANN ANANE and DAVON CECIL, and winning composers NATASHA FRANK and MADISON ANGLIN!
FILM MUSIC CONNECT ALUMNI
- LAST CHANCE MOMS (Director: Mandy Fabian; Producers: Sarah Chaney, Heather Olt; Composer: Logan Stahley)
- Best Picture: Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival; Official Selection: Atlanta Women’s Film Festival, California Women’s Film Festival, Catalyst, Dayton Independent Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, Women’s Comedy Film Festival Atlanta
- FUTURE FRED (Director: Brent Katz; Composer: Annie Rosevear)
- Official Selection: Austin Comedy Film Festival, Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival
- THE PROMPOSAL (Director: Traci Carter Holsey; Composer: Cora Chung)
- Official Selection: Golden State Film Festival, Hollywood Gold Awards, Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival, Rhode Island Black Film Festival
- SILT (Director: Emilie Upczak; Producer: John Otterbacher; Composer: Nathalie Bonin)
- Special Jury Award: Independent Film Festival Boston; Audience Award: Feminist Border Arts Film Festival; Narrative Jury Award: Houston Cinema Arts Festival; Best Score: Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival; Official Selection: Centre Film Festival, Charlotte Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Green Film Festival of San Francisco, Hawaii International Film Festival, Mother Tongue Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival
- GONE TURBO (Director: Allison Volk; Composer: Logan Stahley)
- Official Selection: Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival
- AS YOU WISH… (Director: Brent Katz; Composer: Silas Hite)
- JEAN & I (Director: Mirta Desir; Composer: Paul Apelgren)
- Grand Prize: DGA Student Film Awards; Official Selection: Emerging Lens Independent Cultural Film Festival, Essence Film Festival, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, New York African Film Festival, Roxbury International Film Festival,
- THE DAUGHTER (Director: Mary Ann Anane; Composer: Natasha Frank)
- TARAJI (Director: Davon Cecil; Composer: Madison Anglin)