Golden Leaves

"Golden Leaves"
Single by Noemi Smorra, Lena Katina
from the album Trasparente (Noemi Smorra), This Is Who I Am (Lena Katina)
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2015
Recorded2014
GenreEuropop
Length3:16
LabelMaqueta Records
Songwriter(s)Fernando Alba, Kathleen Hagen
Producer(s)Alessandro Paolinelli

"Golden Leaves" is a song by Italian actress and singer Noemi Smorra featuring Lena Katina, a former member of the early 2000s music band, t.A.T.u. This Europop song was written by Fernando Alba and Kathleen Haghen. Smorra and Katina first premiered Golden Leaves during a gig at the Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome in November, 2014 and single was released two months later.

Music video

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The concept video for the song was directed by Livia Alcalde and Francesco Sperandeo and shot in Rome: young Lena introduces young Noemi to the magic world in an old Circus, and then they meet years later as grown up fairies. Golden Leaves fantasy music video received enthusiastic reviews[1][2] and won several international awards, being screened[3] in TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and in many other theaters in Europe[4] and USA.[5]

Charts and accolades

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Golden Leaves was charted for 39 weeks and peaked #4 on the TOP20 in Russian state TV Channel One Russia, and ranked #16 in year-end video chart[6] of 2015.

  • FilmQuest Festival (USA) - Nominations: Best Music Video, Best Costumes[7]
  • Best Shorts Awards (USA) - Winner Award of Excellence Special Mention: Music Video
  • Global Music Awards (USA) - Bronze Medal Winner: Music Video[8]
  • HollyShorts Film Festival (USA) - Official selection: Music Video[9]
  • Thurrock International Film Festival (UK) - Official selection: Music Video[10]
  • Digitalmation Awards (USA) - Winner: Music Video[11]
  • Mizzica Film Festival (Italy) - Selezione Videoclip 2015[12]
  • Avanca Film Festival (Portugal) - Trailer in Motion 2015 official selection: Music Video[13]
  • Apex Short Film + Music Video Festival (USA) - Official selection: Music Video[14]
  • Hamilton Music and Film Festival (Canada) - Official selection: Music Video[15]
  • Visioni Corte Film Festival (Italy) - Finalista sez. Cortomusic[16]
  • The Monthly Film Festival (USA) - Nomination: Music Video Of The Month[17]
  • Utah Music Awards (USA) - Nomination: Music Video[18]
  • European Film Festival (Germany) - Winner: Best Music Video[4]
  • London Shows Film Festival (UK) - Winner: Best Music Video[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Golden Leaves leaves us breathless at FilmQuest". Filmbuzz.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  2. ^ "Golden Leaves". The Monthly Film Festival. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Festival Schedule". Archived from the original on 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Official Selection 2015 « European Film Festival". Film-festival.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-11-07. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. ^ "Il videoclip "Golden Leaves" premiato in California". CinemaItaliano.info. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  6. ^ "Парад - Музыка Первого". Archived from the original on 4 January 2016.
  7. ^ "2015 Award Winners & Nominees | FilmQuest". Filmquestfestival.com. 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  8. ^ "Winners-July-2015". Globalmusicawards.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  9. ^ "2015 Festival —". Hollyshorts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  10. ^ "The Thurrock International Film Festival". Thurrockfilm.co.uk. 2015-10-12. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  11. ^ "April 2015 Winners - DIGITALMATION AWARDS". Digitalmationawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  12. ^ "MizzicaFILM | Il sito dell'associazione culturale MizzicaFILM e dell'omonimo Festival". Mizzica.net. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Apex Film Festival". Apexfest.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  15. ^ "HMFF8 | The Eighth Annual Hamilton Music and Film Festival". Hmff.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  16. ^ "Visioni Corte Film Festival 2015: i finalisti". Visionicorte.it. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  17. ^ "Best of August 2015". The Monthly Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  18. ^ "Utah Music Awards – 2015 Utah Music Award Nominees". Theutahmusicawards.com. 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  19. ^ "Winners October 2015". Lshff.com. 2015-11-01. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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