Valentin Hadjadj

Composer

Valentin Hadjadj is the score composer for several feature films such as Lukas Dhont’s Girl (Camera d’or at the 2018 Cannes Festival), Peter Mackie Burns’ Rialto and Fabienne Berthaud’s A Bigger World (both selected at the 2019 Venise Film Festival), the animation film April and the Extraordinary World (which was awarded at the Annecy Film Festival) and about two dozen short films. As well as working in cinema, Valentin has forged many artistic collaborations as a composer for ballets (for several creations by choreographer Jérémy Tran), live music performance for film screenings (composed scores based on Meliès’ films, performed at the Lyon Opera House), VR projects, documentaries. Over the last few years Valentin has often been nominated and won awards for his music in significant European festivals and events: the World Soundtrack Awards, the Lisbon Monstra FF, the Ensor Awards, the UCMF Awards, the France-Musique Awards, etc