12-year-old Barbara dreams of meeting her idol Venus, a one hit wonder from the 80s who has gone missing. When a mysterious person moves to her neighborhood, Barbara sees an opportunity to finally solve the mystery of Venus.
Nana Mizuki's concert film LIVE HEROES 2023 -BLADE MODE- filmed at Saitama Super Arena on January 22, 2023. This was the second part of a two day special concert.
January, this year, saw the release of Belfast harpist Úna Monaghan's debut album Aonaracht. Coming from the traditional Irish music background, it finds the musician, composer and Gaeilgeoir expanding beyond her native hinterland to explore the possibilities that might arise by combining the latest technological tools with the element of chance. Her journey is captured from its onset in August 2021. Along the way she is joined by a variety of collaborators, amongst them, Iarla Ó Lionaird, Kevin Murphy, Paddy Glackin, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Pauline Scanlon and Jack Talty.
Failure after failure in the pursuit of what happiness means confuses David, who ends to isolate himself and go into solitude. When he got the answer he was seeking for, he was also thinking about performing a song that was difficult for him to finish.
"I didn't look for the mandolin: it found me." By chance, as a child, Avi Avital discovered a passion for this modest stringed instrument, traditionally associated with popular music and amateur performances. His first teacher, a violinist by profession, inspired him to defy the limits of genre and learn to play classical music. The Israeli musician has now become the mandolin's greatest ambassador, performing sensitive arrangements of baroque pieces the world over.
Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman were the producers who came, SAW and conquered the UK charts in the 1980s, spinning the music scene right round like a record with their instantly recognisable brand of disco floor-filling pop hits. The trio divided the nation between those who loved their Hi-NRG sound and the singers they transformed into tabloid sensations, and a music press that loathed them for turning record producing into a production line. Today, many of SAW’s most memorable hits are considered classics of their time, and the very best of them are celebrated in this new selection, featuring such artists as Rick Astley, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, Bananarama, Mel & Kim and, of course, Kylie and Jason
Nana Mizuki's concert film LIVE HEROES 2023 -LIGHTENING MODE- filmed at Saitama Super Arena on January 21, 2023. This was the first part of a two day special concert.
Hard Rock classics turned into jazz - or even the creators of many Black Sabbath songs? Jazz Sabbath is damn well thought out and yet very true. Live performance of the band from November 11, 2022 as part of the 43rd Leverkusen Jazz Days.
A pictorial portrait of the legendary sambista, Assis Valente. The film traces his biography in a sensorial way, capturing a world divided between joy and despair.
Freddie Mercury was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range - the lead singer of Queen defied the conventions of a typical rock frontman. He paved the way for many contemporary artists to have a more confident and theatrical act which indelibly shaped the next generation of pop and rock music. From working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport to hiding his HIV diagnosis from the public until just before his death, Mercury's life was filled with adventure, publicity, and perhaps above all, a clear duality. He was both flamboyant and shy, outspoken and intensely private. The illness that claimed his life could never have defined Freddie, and now, years later, his legacy is greater than he could have ever imagined.
For a long time, the musician with the velvet tone, the voice of Eurythmics, has found a balance in solo and by becoming a pasionaria of humanitarian causes. A vibrant portrait of the inventive Annie Lennox.