A legendary icon of folk music, a singer who was the source of inspiration for Bob Dylan, this essay-documentary is a p…
Premiered at the prestigious IDFA, this documentary follows the Swedish rapper Silvana over several years through her w…
This beautiful documentary portrays a small ethnic community in Udmurtia, Russia, and its unique singing, a precious ar…
A group of Yodelers in the Swiss Alps must face unprecedented fame, and an impending presentation in Shanghai becomes a…
With discretion and subtlety, this film documents in a school in Portugal the experience of the Generación Orchestra, a…
This peaceful and light-hearted film shows us how life in old age flows in present-day Cuba through three elderly music…
How could Beethoven compose his best pieces after his deafness? This documentary is a thorough investigation into the e…
Full of humor and freshness, this film is a road movie across Finland that follows a group of Argentines who come to di…
This documentary makes the curious portrait of Dorian, a prominent musician that has a feral cat colony in the tunnels …
Through the educational experience of a school in a popular neighborhood in Seville, Spain, this documentary shows the …
In this intimate documentary, a young film student faces a doubt, whether to continue in her profession or devote herse…
This award-winning documentary follows the anarchistic punk band Pussy Riot in its struggle against president Putin’s c…
This short film follows Floh, a passionate Belgian accordionist that expresses her rebellious spirit through her songs.
Pawel dedicates his life to finding the ideal sound hidden in everyday objects: wires, old toys, screws. This is a shor…
After his sudden death, in this documentary the famous Bolivian rapper Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) comes back to li…
This beautiful documentary tells the reunion of four Chinese musicians who reminisce the golden years of the symphony o…
Captured with a beautiful black and white film grain, this short film documents the process of a vinyl pressing plant.
This short documentary follows the rock music producer Jia Qu in his challenge to promote the genre in the youth scene …
Is it absolutely necessary to abandon our artistic vein when society pushes us to find economic stability? This documen…
In 1983, the band "Miller, Miller, Miller and Sloan" were still young and filled with great hopes and dreams of “making…
This documentary tells the compelling story of a mother and daughter who resolve to uncover their wartime past buried h…
A music documentary based on the work of Slovenian artist Frane Milčinski Ježek, whose satirical poems and songs from t…
In Orleans, France, the inmates gave a concert inside the prison. The sound was broadcasted outside for the audience. T…
After twenty years of exile near Geneva, Switzerland, Ustad Hossein Arman, a popular Afghan singer, returns to Kabul to…
An experimental portrait of the French pianist Erik Satie through audio recordings, musical compositions and the traces…
In this film we follow the Musical Director of the Paris Opera and the Paris Opera Orchestra during rehearsals for usta…
The access to precious archival footage and vibrant musical clips gives us the opportunity to witness an evocative port…
The release in 1986 of Karl-Marx-Stadt meant a musical revolution for their generation. This film documents the short l…
Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores a singing tradition of mysterious power called the R…
David has two passions in life: being a father and rap. Through a close and chronological follow-up, we become witnesse…
The Swiss singer Stephan Eicher and his brother Erich embark on a musical journey to their Yenish origins. The two toge…
This funny animation takes us through the diverse voices that make up the Bronx through the music and the street object…
Denis is in his final year at the Ukraine’s National Music Academy. He faces his graduation exam, in which he has the c…
After being suppressed during her childhood, the fierce feminist Kaouthar Darmoni fled to Europe to be a free woman. He…
At the beginning of the eighties, the musician Martin Bisi founded in New York the recording studio BC Studio with his …
Chanaika, a girl who prepares to dance at the Caribbean carnival in Rotterdam, exposes her bravery after surviving dome…
A dizzying film that documents ten years of the zigzagging career of the Australian rock band Screwtop Detonators.
Conceived as a musical docudrama, this unique film brings to life two apparently opposite stories: the impossible jump …
A ferry makes its way through the ice that floats somewhere in the Baltic Sea in the middle of a calm, dark night. Insi…
The appearance of Leo "Bud" Welch on the American blues scenario at his 81 years of age took the fans of the genre by s…
The film follows songwriter and singer Mattanja Joy as she beggins a new stage in her life and music career.
A film in which the universal language of music can promote tolerance and social harmony.
A collage - portrait of the Spanish industrial music band Esplendor Geométrico.
Spanish singer-songwriter Jairo Zavala embarks on a trip from Madrid to Casamance, Senegal, in search of the African so…
A cinematic poem about Belen Palacios, a peasant, social leader and renowned Quitiplá musician, an African-Venezuelan r…
Musician Colin Benders was eighteen years old when he sat down and created his very first music album. As it turned out…
Kids and Music is a project arising from a music class. Conducted by Joan Chamorro, the big band brings together childr…
Inspired by Depression-era folk songs, filmmaker Shelley Saywell and singer and activist Lorraine Segato set out to doc…
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