Digital Audiovisual Composition Contest for talented youngsters
Join and enjoy the works of BFM students and DAVC nominees!
We want to thank all the talented youngsters who submitted their works to this year's Digital Audiovisual Composition Contest (DAVC)! A total of 38 works were received: 12 in the age group 11–15 and 26 in the age group 16–19. The jury nominated 23 nominated pieces by 17 nominees, from among which the prize-winners and honorary mentions will be announced before the BOB gala in a special event on 8th of June 2023 (details added soon).
For the first time, a special audience award will also be announced from among DAVC’s nominees, which will be chosen by the visitors of the student film festival BOB. The music fragments of all the nominees will be played during the breaks of BOB’s film sessions between the 15th and 26th of May.
Best of BFM (known as BOB) is an annual Tallinn University’s BFM’s student film festival that will be held for the tenth time in 2023. This year, you can watch all the work nominated for BOB from 8th to 26th of May in BFM's SuperNova cinema hall.
DAVC 2023 results
Uku Palandi
Grand Prix
“Hello”
I place
11–15 age group: electronic dance music
“Record17”
I place
11–15 age group: sound art (ambient)
“New”
III place
11–15 age group: sound art (ambient)
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Uku Palandi
“Hello”
I place
11–15 age group: electronic dance music
Karl Hiiemaa
“Peppermint”
II place and audience favourite
11–15 age group: electronic dance music
Karl Martin Kambek
“High”
III place
11–15 age group: electronic dance music
Joosep Sootla
“Space Thunder”
encouragement for young author
11–15 age group: electronic dance music
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Aleksei Voltšihhin
“I Need You”
I place
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
Aleksei Voltšihhin
“Losing Control”
II place
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
Joonatan Jakobson
“j.i.m.”
III place
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
“Melachi”
honorable mention
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
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Egor Kubyshev
“Culture Kid”
honorable mention
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
“Young Forever”
honorable mention
16–19 age group: electronic dance music
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Artjom Amosov
“Tuisueide ja Külmavärina laul”
I place
16–19 age group: film music
Stella Liivik
“Perpetua”
II place
16–19 age group: film music
Lars Liimets
“Town of the Dead”
III place
16–19 age group: film music
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Aleksandra Voit
“kiisu & miisu”
I place
16–19 age group: music video
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Fjodor Dratsan
“Musta ja valge sünd”
I place and audience favourite
11–15 age group: electronic acoustic music
Kaidi Viitkar ja Karl Martin Kambek
“Loomepuhang“
I place
16–19 age group: electronic acoustic music
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Uku Palandi
“Record17”
I place
11–15 age group: sound art (ambient)
Petrik Rähn
“Fantasy”
II place
11–15 age group: sound art (ambient)
Uku Palandi
“New”
III place
11–15 age group: sound art (ambient)
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Astrid Kohtring
“Kulg”
I place
16–19 age group: sound art (ambient)
Säde Ojasoo
“Tallinn! Minu linn!”
II place
16–19 age group: sound art (ambient)
Lars Liimets
“Industry“
III place
16–19 age group: sound art (ambient)
Eliisabet Uusma
“Looduse harmoonia”
honorable mention
16–19 age group: “videomusic”
Since 2021 the BFM-led school youngsters project DAVC supported the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science in the framework of Tallinn Science- and Creativity School conducted in Spring 2023 four workshops on music production and audiovisual production. The lecturers were TLU BFM alumni Morten Endrik Milder, Jana Liisa Johannson, Roland Teeäär, Grete Teearu, Markus Hugo Rohtla as well as recognized musicians Maksim Adel and folktronica band Oopus members Johannes Ahun and Mari Meentalo. On June 8th the award ceremony of the 2023 the contest took place in BFM, first time also audience favourite prices were awarded that were collected during BOB film weeks as well as online. The achievements of the contest were presented on the same day also in ERR Klassikaraadio Delta programme. This year the jury included in addition to TLU BFM and EAMT staff members also the composer and music producer Sairam Hariharan from India, four IKUMUMU workshop lecturers and two 2022 contest laureats.
DAVK workshop, lecturers Morten Endrik Milder and Maksim Adel
Basic aim
- to create possibilities for young people to present their audio visual pieces and to develop their skills further.
- sharing of their creations via BFM music juniors activities in Estonia and internationally.
Content aim
- to cover digital audiovisual creation means broader
- while taking into account the variety of aestetic-style and genre differences between several fields,
- film music as conjoining field
- cross-over creations.
Audiovisual creation competition 2022–2023
Age groups: 11–15, 16–19
Length of the pieces: 2–4 min!
In each category a maximum of 3 pieces can be submitted, either all three in one category or 2 in one category (1 in another category) or in each category one piece.
A – Category
Electronic dance music (A1), film music (A2) ja music video (A3)
Main features:
- clear pulse or rhythm,
- functional harmony-based,
- with vocals (melody or rapp or hip-hop style)
- create your music for self-chosen or self-created film or video scene
- if you don't want or you are not able to add the film or music video visuals, describe us in five sentences what we should see
B – Category
Electroacoustic music (B1), sound art (ambient) (B2), and “video music” (B3)
Main features:
- clear pulse (beat) is absent
- functional harmony can be absent
- tools and means are generally experimental
Competition deadline: 14th of April 2023
What do we do?
How do we support you?
Seminars / lectures / round-table discussions / workshops
BFM MUSIC JR – sharing young composers' music in Estonia and internationally
Organisers
“Digital Audiovisual Composition Contest for talented youngsters” DAVC project 2022–2023
Tallinn University BFM in collaboration with Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Estonian Arts Academy.
DAVC main organizer: Gerhard Lock (BFM)
Organizers are BFM Integrated art, music and multimedia (IKUMUMU) BA alumnis and staff members.
Marketing of the project
BFM MUSIC Jr.
Artists: Alex Ott & Paula Lass
Title: Feelings Out EP
Tracks: Feelings Out / Burnt
Label: Bfm Music Jr.
Production: Alex Ott
Lyrics: Paula Lass
Catalogue no.: BFMJR01
Release Date: 16.02.2023
BFM MUSIC Jr. was established within the Tallinn University BFM project DAVC “Digital audiovisual composition contest”, its main aim is to record, refine, create additional value with visual materials as well as market and distribute the music that has caught attention in the contest. It is a record company where also students (and alumni) of several curricula have been involved in the production process including communication with the authors, refinement of the pieces as well as marketing and distribution. The students’ inclusion provides a trustworthy and age-specifically inspired format both in content and form. As a result the jury-chosen pieces get the opportunity to be delivered into public radios in Estonia and internationally (Spotify, iTunes etc).
BFM MUSIC Jr.’s first creative output authors Alex Ott ja Paula Lass caught the attention of the DAVC 2021 contest jury, where they achieved with the song “Y U So Blue” the II place in age group 16–19 in the electronic dance music category. At this time these Kohtla-Järve High School students were perceived as having outstanding potential as songwriters, who had submitted to the contest a number of pieces from which BFM Music Jr. chose the experimental music category ballad-like song “Burnt”. However, the dashing title song "Feelings Out" dates from the earlier output of the duo. Both pieces bind together a stunningly warm atmosphere and a airy-fairy multilayer-vocal.
Last year (2022) the authors graduated from Kohtla-Järve High School and both continue developing themselves in music: Paula started vocal studies at Tartu University Viljandi Culture Academy and Alex entered Tallinn Music and Ballet School (MUBA) in the field of sound engineering.
BFM MUSIC Jr.
Supervision: Taavi Tuisk
Communication: Eva Pajusaar
Author of Visuals: Markus Hugo Rohtla
Compiler of Visuals: Eva Pajusaar