NEWS
DEC 2019 - Invited by Cannes’ SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE in collaboration with SACEM as consultant-composer for this year's new formula of the NEXT STEP "Three composers will share their experience and expertise during one-to-one consultations with each director, so as to guide them optimally in their artistic choices."
NOV 2019 - "SAISON CALME" directed by Celia Bchir, prod. Films Grand Huit in competition at Festival Européen du Court-Métrage de Brest.
Excerpt of the score in the FICTION section.
JUNE 2019 - A word about the Original Score in VARIETY's review of Sofía Quirós' film 'CENIZA NEGRA' :
"... Wissam Hojeij’s delicate score is sparingly used, and never employed to elicit emotions the story itself has not earned. Mostly, its faraway melodies are knitted deep into Christian Cosgrove’s enveloping, fertile sound design, which allows even the quietest of human moments to occur against a sonic backdrop alive with crickets, frogs and the patter of water droplets on leaves."
Full article HERE and Music in the AUDIO section
JUNE 2019 - Festival de Cannes INTERVIEW (in French) available in the ABOUT section
MAY 2019 - Feature film : Original Score of Costa Rican film
"CENIZA NEGRA- CENDRE NOIRE - LAND OF ASHES', directed by Sofía Quirós,
Selected in competition at the Semaine de la Critique - Cannes, 2019
Produced by Promenades Films, Sputnik Films. Music in the AUDIO section
FEB.2019 - Feature film: Original Score of lebanese director Bahij Hojeij's film "GOOD MORNING"
is nominated for "Best Soundtrack" of the year at the Lebanese Movie Awards.
Excerpts available in the video FICTION and AUDIO sections
JAN.2018 - Selected as one of the Composers of "BERLINALE TALENTS 2018"
DEC. 2017- Selected as one of the composers of the "NEXT STEP" - Semaine de la critique - Cannes 2017.
In partnership with Sacem.
Image from "Saison Calme" directed by Celia Bchir, 2019