Marcel Barsotti

In 2024, Marcel Barsotti made his debut as a film director with the highly acclaimed short film ‘Transformation’, an elaborate science fiction production made with artificial intelligence that deals with the question of the extent to which life can find peace in this universe or whether living beings are fundamentally capable of doing so permanently. The film received 12 international awards & 31 nominations. In 2025, Barsotti completed his second AI film, ‘IMPERIA,’ which celebrated its world premiere in Toronto in the autumn. The 36-minute, highly elaborate science fiction film has already won an award in Toronto and received eight international nominations.

Barsotti began working as a music video director on various projects in 2020 and received the David Award (2023) for his electronic music video "The New Human" and the Onkyo Award (2023) for "Fields".

Multi-award winning composer Marcel Barsotti is an impressive and extraordinary talent who creates powerful individual film scores and electronic music that expand the possibilities of storytelling. The composer is known for a wide range of international projects, from the impressive highly awarded international drama La Línea Imaginaria (2023), to the acclaimed Constantin Production Pope Joan (2009) and The Miracle of Bern (2003), the dystopian thriller Forgiveness (2022), to the Warner family entertainment comedy Jesus Loves Me (2012) and to the german documentary Germany. A Summer`s fairytale (2006).
Barsotti‘s numerous more than 80 wins & nominations include the German Record Critics Award, Rome & Madrid International Movie Award, New York Cinematography Award, Goldspire International Film Award, Atlantis Moondance Award, nominations at the Cannes World Film Festival, International Sound & Film Music Festival, Next Generation Indie Film Awards, Global Film Festival Los Angeles, German Television Award, German Film Academy Award, German Film Critics Award and the German Music Authors Award.