Competition Programmes
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137 – Assassinio nella Cattedrale
The British King Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket had been friends, but each felt that his interests should be of primary concern to the nation and that the other should acquiesce to his demands. Becket fled to France....
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135 – THE TRACE IN HISTORY. ROMANTICA
The film is based on the creations of the two great masters belonging to the same epoch – composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Pergolesi (1710-1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. He spent...
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134 – Astanadan Shashu
Recording of a concert of the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments of the city of Astana.
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133 – Dmitry Shostakovich
The film is about the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Through narrations of his children Maxim and Galina Shostakovich, it explores his life, his loves, his creative work, his depression, and his relationship with the city of St...
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132 – Marvellous Prima Donna. Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko: beauty, faultless vocalist, actress, and sex-symbol of the world opera stage. In her student years she washed floors in the lobby of the Mariinsky theatre, but just as Cinderella became the princess, now she is the queen of the...
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131 – FAR AWAY FROM SUNSET BEACH
Lidya Polyakova was once the brightest star of the Soviet movie industry, playing leading parts in all the movies directed by her husband Konstantin Dalmatov. Our story begins on her 85th birthday. The times are different now: Dalmatov’s movies...
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130 – CINDERELLA
"Cinderella is not only a fairy tale character," said Prokofiev, "but also a living being who feels and lives, and whose fate moves us". Following the example of this essentially human vision, Jean-Christophe Maillot toys with...
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124 – 5 DAYS OF EDIN KARAMAZOV
Edin Karamazov is a world-renowned interpreter of string instruments, especially the lute. This documentary includes several of her performances.
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