Badsound

Family Portrait

Feature film · Directed by Lucy Kerr · 2023

Badsound: Supervising sound editors, sound design, re-recording sound mixer, post-production supervisor

World Premiere: 76º Locarno Film Festival, Concorso Cineasti del presente.

Family Portrait — feature film poster, Boccalino d'Oro, Locarno 2023

Festivals & Awards

  • Boccalino d'Oro, Locarno 2023
  • Hainan Island IFF 2023 — Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Artistic Contribution
  • Black Canvas Film Festival — Black Canvas Best Director Award 2023
  • FIDLab AirFrance Prize 2022
  • Austin Film Society Feature Film Grant 2022
  • US in Poland 2022 New Horizons Award
  • 76º Locarno Film Festival
  • 7º Black Canvas Film Festival
  • 59º Chicago International Film Festival
  • 14º American Film Festival Poland
  • 15º Houston Cinema Arts Festival
  • 72º Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival
  • 6º El Gouna Film Festival
  • 14º Unknown Pleasures
  • 5º Hainan Island IFF
  • 14º D'A - Barcelona Film Festival
  • 46º Fest Du Femmes Festival

Credits

Title and Poster Design
Caspar Newbolt
Directed by
Lucy Kerr
Producer
Insufficient Funds, Megan Pickrell
Director of Photography
Lidia Nikonova
Written by
Lucy Kerr and Karlis Bergs
Editing
Lucy Kerr and Karlis Bergs
Production Sound Mixer
Andrew Siedenburg
Supervising Sound Editors
Nikolay Antonov and Andrew Siedenburg
Sound Design
Nikolay Antonov and Andrew Siedenburg
Re-recording Sound Mixer
Nikolay Antonov
Post-production Supervisor
Nikolay Antonov
Featuring
Deragh Campbell, Chris Galust, Rachel Alig, Katie Folger, Robert Salas, Silvana Jakich, Veronica Cinibulk, Ed Hattaway, Vanessa Cetodal, Christian Huey, Les Weiler, David McGuff, Miriam Spumpkin, Luke, Gray, Rhett, and Magnolia Picarazzi

"Indeed, there’s a surreal side to Family Portrait, although the film also feels hyperreal in places, with sound designer Nikolay Antonov turning up the mix at key moments. When leaves rustle, it’s like a tidal wave suddenly washing over the land. At other times the sound almost drops out completely, plunging the viewer into a troubling void."

Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

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BADSOUND Reel 2020–2025
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Badsound is a Berlin-based sound post-production and music studio founded by Nikolay Antonov. For over a decade, we’ve shaped the sound of film and advertising, from sound design and re-recording mixing to original music.

Our films have screened at Sundance, Berlinale, NYFF, Tribeca, Locarno, IDFA, IFFR and many more festivals. In advertising, we’ve worked with Nike, Jordan, Coca Cola, Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Netflix, Amazon, Bumble, and Oura, earning a Webby People’s Voice Award and an ADC Bronze for Best Use of Sound and Music, among other accolades.

Beyond sound and music, we work as post producers and supervisors, guiding projects from the first script draft to the premiere.

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