1778, Paris: In hopes of a better life after the sudden death of his mother, depressed 22-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spends his days crying in his room, stuck in the past and spends his nights getting drunk, writing scatologique music, to escape the past.
On a quiet shore, a musician burdened by regret stumbles upon an old telephone, one that offers him a haunting chance to revisit the life he thought he’d lost forever.
Radio France, with the support of Lambert Wilson, Anne Sila and Gabriel Yared, pays tribute to the great film composer Francis Lai with a journey through his work, from A Man and a Woman to Black Eyes.
Lonely Lithuanian teenager Rokas, whose mother works abroad, is trying to rise above his depressing post-socialist housing block by singing in a choir. His only refuge – his voice – quickly turns into a threat, as local gangs hunt him for being branded a snitch.
As family pressures and authority figures try to shut them down, two high school friends fight for one shot to share their voices and pursue their dreams of becoming musicians.
Two brothers move silently through the mundane world, carrying an unseen offering of light. As they journey from place to place, dancing and observing, subtle traces of change begin to appear, revealing how quiet presence can shift everything.
A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.
Pianist Ieva Dūdaitė, who rewrote Lithuanian history, presents a film of her Grand Piano Show tour concert. In the film, the pianist opens the doors to the arena and talks about what the audience did not see – behind the scenes, family support, challenges, audience reactions, and intense preparations with a team of 46 people. Launched in the winter of 2024, the Grand Piano Show tour combined classical, popular, and hip-hop music genres, dance and aerial acrobatics performances, and amazed audiences with a glowing piano. and attracted nearly 10,000 spectators in Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga, receiving the highest ratings from the audience. The Grand Piano Show concert film captures moments from all three tour performances, behind-the-scenes footage, and genuine emotions. In the film, I. Dūdaitė also talks openly about her childhood, family support, her musical mission, the intense preparation stage, challenges, and the impact of this tour on the younger generation.
"Wonder World" follows Bret, a young man who secretly dreams of exploring the big, wide world. Little does he know that after wishing on a falling star one night, his wish is about to come true! With the help of the mischievous wish-fairy, Hailey, Bret is transported to Wonder World, the magical realm where dreams come true. But, as Bret’s about to find out, getting everything you've wished for isn't always all it's cracked up to be…
In a distant past, Léon and Elvira Berthelini, itinerant artists, make their living hopping from town to town. In Covarronca, harassed by the Police Commissioner, they are forced to spend the night out in the open. That’s when they meet Stubbs, a young Cambridge student, with whom they find shelter in the home of a painter at odds with his wife. In return for the hospitality, they remind their hosts that the love of art resolves the art of love. Meanwhile, an unusual curse sends them on absurd journeys into the 21st century, where the future of social security and of a rock band are at stake.
Rob Clutton has been composing a piece of music for a while. A long held “obsession”. Memory of Light, part observational documentary and part experimental-concert film, places the viewer within the eccentric rehearsal process and ecstatic performance stylings of The Cluttertones, a Toronto chamber jazz quartet. Roman poetry, phytograms, friendly bickering and otherworldly sounds.
Shot on 16mm film, Brume de Temps tells a story of intimacy, nostalgia, and the fragile boundary between loving your perception of a person and love as it truly is. It unfolds as a journey through the quiet moments of a couple at ease with one another, enclosed in the bubble they have created. Their gestures are subtle, and the safe space surrounding them becomes part of their story. Without dialogue or voice-over, the story unfolds through the images, which shapes the emotions that emerge. An original musical arrangement carries the narrative, enhancing and guiding this journey. Time intrudes through clocks, calendars, and digital displays, yet each object remains blank. Can this illusion endure where reality cannot be denied?
Vibrant musical inspired by the unique life of Dominican singer Milly Quezada worldwide known as the Queen of Merengue who as precocious young girl is forced to leave her country to escape a city torn by the 1965 civil war, once in New York she'll struggle to find her place in the colorful streets of Washington Heights where the wave of Latino immigration was just beginning, her musical journey will place her amongst the few female figures of the Latin Boom in the seventies alongside Celia Cruz and La Lupe.