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Wolf Hall Composer Debbie Wiseman Honored AtWorld Soundtrack AwardsUK composer Debbie Wiseman will be guest of honour at the 25th World Soundtrack Awards, taking place within the framework ofBelgiums Film Fest Gent in October.
As part of the honor, the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by maestro Dirk Brosse, will play a selection of works by Wiseman during the presentation of the film music awards.
The festival will also present Debbie Wiseman: Music for Film and Television, its 2025 album with all-new studio recordings of selected scores by Debbie Wiseman.
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Wisemans work spans soundtracks for UK cinema classics such as asTom & Viv,To OliviaandWilde, as well as drama showsWolf Hall,Father BrownandJudge John Deed.
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Totto-Chan: The Little Girl At The Window Triumphs AtAnima 2025Japanese animation director Shinnosuke YakuwasTotto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Windowtook top honors at Belgiums Anima 2025 festival over the weekend, winning best international feature as well as the audience award.
Based on the memoir of Japanese actress and media personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, it is based on her unconventional childhood in World War II Tokyo.
Hungarian director Laszlo CsakisPelikan Blue, about a real-life fake train tickets scam that allowed hundreds of youngsters to discover Europe by rail, won a special jury mention.
Jurors were producer Christophe Jankovic (The Most Precious of Cargoes) and directors Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo (Make it Soul) and Mascha Halberstad (Fox & Hare Save The Forest).
Hosting some 150 screenings across three Brussels venues, Anima 2025 drew 30,000 visitors, while industry guests included the members of the team behind Oscar-winnerFlow, Claude Barras, Michael Dudok de Wit, Benjamin Renner and Jean-Francois Laguionie,.
