Submissions

Consult the 2025 WSA Rule Book for all the eligibility criteria.

Original score for a motion picture:

• A feature-length fiction or documentary film (of at least 70 min):
  • that was part of the official selection at one of the film festivals accredited by FIAPF, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, CPH:DOX, IDFA or Tribeca Film Festival;
  • or received its initial commercial theatrical release.
• Screened in world premiere or initial theatrical release between 16 June 2024 and 15 June 2025.
• With a minimum amount of 30 minutes of score in the film (exceptions may be allowed).

Composed by a screen composer:

• Who has scored maximum five feature-length fiction or docmentary films with a commercial theatrical release in two countries or more, up to and including the motion picture in question for which the submitted score has been composed (short films, TV films and TV series are not counted);
• Who has not previously won the Discovery of the Year WSAward;
• Who was previously nominated a maximum of one time in this category.

If more than one composer is credited for the film score, each composer should meet the eligibility criteria.

• If you are a WSAcademy member: submit your score by filling in the submission form made available online in the tab 'WSA Submissions for WSA Members' on April 15. Make sure you are logged in to your MyFFG account to access the form.
• If you are not a WSAcademy member: submit your score by filling in the submission form made available online in the tab 'WSA Submissions for non-WSA Members' on April 15. Make sure you are logged in to your professional MyFFG account to access the form.
• An administrative submission fee of €35 will be required for processing and consulting costs. From 15 May onwards the fee will be €45. This fee is non-refundable. Eligible composers that are WSAcademy members do not have to pay the submission fee.
• A composer can only submit one original score per year. In case there are multiple eligible scores during the qualifying period, you can choose which score to submit for consideration.
• Only submitted scores will be taken into consideration for the Discovery of the Year Award.
• Submissions must include links to the complete score and to the screener which must remain valid until 31 August. For more information, see the Rule Book 2025.

• Start submissions: 15 April
• Deadline early bird submissions: 15 May. An early bird rate applies to all submissions before 15 May. After this date, an administrative fee of €45 will be required.
  
• Deadline submissions: 15 June. Registration and payment should be completed by 15 June. Scores submitted after the deadline will not be accepted and incomplete submissions will be disqualified.
  
• Start voting: 1 July. Members of the WSAcademy Advisory Board can cast their vote starting 1 July, through their personal MyFFG account.
  

Consult the 2025 WSA Rule Book for all the eligibility criteria.

General eligibility criteria - all categories:

• Screened in world premiere or initial commercial theatrical release between 16 June 2024 - 15 June 2025.

• Only the principal composer(s) or song writer(s) responsible for the conception and execution of the work as a whole shall be eligible for a WSAward.

• Only original scores or songs are eligible

Eligibility criteria - FILMS
Scores/songs that are used in a feature-length fiction or documentary film (of at least 70 min):

• that was part of the official selection at one of the film festivals accredited by FIAPF, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, CPH:DOX, IDFA or Tribeca Film Festival;

• or received its initial commercial theatrical release;

• with a minimum amount of 30 minutes of score in the film (exceptions may be allowed).

Eligibility criteria - TV SERIES
Scores/songs that are used in (a season of) a dramatic episodic television series or miniseries:

• that had its world premiere on a public network, on pay television or on streaming TV services that commission original content (sitcoms and DVD premieres are excluded from consideration);
• with a minimum amount of 30 minutes of score in the film (exceptions may be allowed).

Eligibility criteria - GAMES
Scores for video games are eligible when the project for which it was written is released for purchase or download by the public between 16 June 2024 - 15 June 2025.

• If a game is in “Early Access” or “Game Preview” it has not been officially released and therefore is not yet eligible for consideration.

• You can submit your score by filling in the submission form made available online in the tab 'WSA Submissions for WSA Members' on April 15. Make sure you are logged in to your MyFFG account to access the form.
• Only WSAcademy Members can submit in these categories. Apply for membership now, and enjoy submission and voting privilege.

• Start submissions: 15 April. Submissions will start 15 April. WSAcademy members can submit their scores through the submission form in their personal MyFFG account.
• Deadline submissions: 15 June. Scores submitted after the deadline will not be accepted and incomplete submissions will be disqualified.
• Start voting:
  • For the WSA Game Music Award, the voting starts 27 June. Both the public and members of the WSAcademy can cast their vote through their personal MyFFG account.
  • For the other catergories, the voting starts 1 July. Members of the WSAcademy can cast their vote through their personal MyFFG account.

Consult the 2025 WSA Rule Book for all the eligibility criteria.

Original score for a motion picture:

• A feature-length fiction or documentary film (of at least 70 min):
  • that was part of the official selection at one of the film festivals accredited by FIAPF, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, CPH:DOX, IDFA, Tribeca Film Festival, or a Belgian film festival;
  • or received its initial commercial theatrical release.
• Screened in world premiere or initial theatrical release between 16 June 2024 and 15 June 2025.
• With a minimum amount of 30 minutes of score in the film (exceptions may be allowed).

Composed by a screen composer:

• Who has the Belgian nationality.

If more than one composer is credited for the film score, each composer should meet the eligibility criteria.

• If you are a WSAcademy member: submit your score by filling in the submission form made available online in the tab 'WSA Submissions for WSA Members' on April 15. Make sure you are logged in to your MyFFG account to access the form.
• If you are not a WSAcademy member: submit your score by filling in the submission form made available online in the tab 'WSA Submissions for non-WSA Members' on April 15. Make sure you are logged in to your professional MyFFG account to access the form.
• An administrative submission fee of €35 will be required for processing and consulting costs. From 15 May onwards the fee will be €45. This fee is non-refundable. Eligible composers that are WSAcademy members do not have to pay the submission fee.
• Only submitted scores will be taken into consideration for the Belgian Film Composer of the Year Award.
• Submissions must include links to the complete score and to the screener which must remain valid until 31 August. For more information, see the Rule Book 2025.

• Start submissions: 15 April
• Deadline early bird submissions: 15 May. An early bird rate applies to all submissions before 15 May. After this date, an administrative fee of €45 will be required.
  
• Deadline submissions: 15 June. Registration and payment should be completed by 15 June. Scores submitted after the deadline will not be accepted and incomplete submissions will be disqualified.
  
• Start voting: 1 July. Members of the WSAcademy Advisory Board can cast their vote starting 1 July, through their personal MyFFG account.