31, Indie Film Director
1. Gustavo Santaolalla - I Come With the Rain (worked on Babel and Brokeback Mountain)
2. Soren Hyldgaard – Red (worked with Eye of the Eagle and Angel of the Night)

24, Film Student, International Academy of Film and Television
> Gabriel Yared for Adam Resurrected (previous acclaimed scores – The English Patient and Cold Mountain)
>Tyler Bates for The Day the Earth Stood Still (previous acclaimed scores – 300 and Dawn of the Dead)