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Alfred Schnittke, renowned Russian composer of German descent, talks about his life and music.
Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
A film miniature for classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The form of a luminous line following the rhythm and tempo of the music creates musical instruments suspended in space. The line runs through a city lit up by neon lights, tracing surreal, abstract shapes, only to transform them into dancing silhouettes a moment later. The sounds of the music change the intensity of the light from white and black to a full range of colors vibrating to the rhythm of the music.
In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He promises to reform his dissolute life, even trying to do an honest day's work.
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Antonio is slowly consumed by jealousy and possessiveness towards Carmen, just like Don José in the original opera, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Domestic and wild animals celebrate with Uncle Fisher and the children who come to visit the zoo. Values such as animal compassion, mercy and consideration, the song of the jungle and the forest, along with admiration for the beauty of creation, all come together in a rich and joyful musical film that will captivate the whole family.
A musical study of Los Angeles in the late 90s, where homeless teens roam the streets and profess to live a punk lifestyle of music, drugs, and flouting authority.
A young woman Egle is forced to marry the king of serpents, her brothers seek to avenge their sister.
The hero of the painting is a young man who is engaged in deciphering ancient cuneiform inscriptions. His life flows exactly according to schedule, everything is predetermined, calculated, taken into account. But suddenly events begin to develop so rapidly, unforeseen circumstances assert themselves so completely that Yunus cannot get to his own wedding for a whole day and becomes an active participant in many events taking place on that day in the city...
The story of how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's Wham! turned one song into a cultural phenomenon. As well as new interviews with Wham! fans and friends, figures such as Mary J Blige, Sir Bob Geldof, Neil Tennant and Sam Smith give their views on the song's themes of unrequited love and loss.
Feature-length documentary about the biggest and most humane festival of alternative music in the Balkans.
Adventures of the Dagestan hip-hopper Tofig.
Few films wield the awesome spiritual power of Jazz Dance, on which Leacock was one of two cameramen charting the slow, smoldering build of a Manhattan dance club from idle space to explosive, carnal bacchanal. Employing handheld cameras, limited light and sheer proximity, the film achieved an intimacy never before witnessed in a documentary.
The Ritchie Blackmore Story traces the long and winding road of the guitar legend — from his early days as a session player (with legendary producer Joe Meek) and his early ’60s combo the Outlaws up through his years guiding one of hard rock’s finest bands, Deep Purple, and into his recent work with Blackmore’s Night.
A concert film that explores both the scale of YoungBoy’s cultural impact and the personal realities of life on the road at the highest level.
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
Marie-Rose and the Mysterious Journey is an animated 3D feature film based on the iconic show of Chantal Goya.