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Film Awards

 

Fade to Black

Winner of Best Documentary Film at the Kansas International Film Festival

Winner of Best Documentary at Doc Awards of Excellence

 

Lodgers 

Winner for its Pilot episode, Best Short at Africa International Film Festival

Monica

Finalist for the Vimeo Audience Award in the Sundance Channel Short Film Competition

Best Documentary Award, Festival of Nations
AUDIENCE AWARD at SHORT OF THE YEAR, 
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM at SHORT OF THE YEAR
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM in London Greek Film Festival
Special Mention in Balkan Focus Competition at World of Film International Festival Glasgow
Nominated Best Short Film at WIND International Film Festival

 

Music Awards:

SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer Finalist

(Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium)

Frank Prindl Best Orchestral Composition Winner

London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra ‘Piece of the Year’ Finalist

Scruffy City Film Festival Composer Competition Finalist (Documentary, Animation) 

 

 

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About

Mihali is an award-winning composer with a varied musical output that includes music for Film, Concert, Theatre, Installation, and Dance. Mihali’s music has been commissioned and performed by numerous ensembles and artists such as the Brussels Philharmonic, Chroma ensemble, Ergon ensemble, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; with performances in Europe, USA, South America, Australia, Japan, and China.

Mihali is currently scoring the original music for the documentary film 'Missing Inaction: The Raul Wallenberg Story' directed by Emmy award winner Brian Mait. His compositions for Film include the original scores for the feature film 'Dissolved', the documentary films ‘Fade to Black’; and Lights Out, Berlin! as well as the TV series ’Lodgers’.  Mihali has been a jury member for the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging composers (NY, USA),  a jury member at the Scruffy City Film and Music Festival, and a member of the pre-selection committee at the Filmbox Hellas in Berlin. He founded the Fusion Film Scoring Workshops and is the Artistic Director of the Berlin International Film Scoring and Sound Design Competitions.

As a conductor, Mihali performed his compositions and other repertoires, especially new music for film in the past years. He conducted in venues such as the Wigmore Hall (UK); Queen Elisabeth Hall (UK); Bishop’s Gate Institute(UK); Paxos Music Festival (GR); GSMD (UK); 20th Century Theatre (UK); National LNK TV and Radio Hall (LT). 

Mihali began his musical studies in Greece, obtaining his Artistic Diplomas in Harmony, Counterpoint, and Orchestration. He was offered a full scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with Professors Julian Anderson, Richard Baker, and Paul Newland, completing his Bachelor's degree with Honours and Master's degree. He continued his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with Prof. M. Lapidakis receiving his PhD in Extended Instrumental Techniques and Composition.

Mihali’s publications and awards include among others, A Different Green for Solo Flute (by Arcomis), Chinese Notebook (in collaboration with poet D.Agrafiotis) on Readings Web Journal of Birkbeck University of London, a finalist for the SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer and First Prize Winner of the Frank Prindl Prize for Best Orchestral Score. Mihali teaches Music and Sound for Film at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for the 2023 and 2024 spring semesters.  

 

His first musical, 'Between Empires', premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning rave reviews:

 

"... a mesmerizing, brand new score by Mihali Paleologou also Musical Director, and a clutch of vocal performances that demolish any reasonable expectations of what one might encounter in a

Fringe show."

 

"... It's a must-see, but even more importantly, with a score and cast of this caliber, it's a must-hear…”

 

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Mihali Paleologou
IMPULSE
Fade to Black
Monica
Lodgers
Dissolved I First Look Teaser
SUMER
Hommage A Piranesi
The Bookshop - Teaser Trailer
Netwton's Laws
The Curse and the Symphony
Stay with me AT&T
O2 International sim
MIHALI PALEOLOGOU
Composer
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