Competition Programmes
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100 – Accentus - "Transcriptions"
Accentus has made a name for itself in particular by transcribing orchestral pieces for choir.This film by Andy Sommer is an introduction to the magical “Accentus world” and is constructed like an “a capella” film musical. It combines some of the...
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99 – A journey with Peter Sellars
Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Venice, Vienna… For more than two years, Mark Kidel’s camera followed and filmed Peter Sellars, the gifted “enfant terrible” Opera director.
From his early fascination with puppet shows and avant-garde theatre, to his...
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98 – Talking about music
The program is dedicated to Croatian composers who have made music for Croatian films.
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97 – Papas Bag of Rhythm
One of six episodes presenting six countries and their music. Each concentrates on one genre in each country. The series "Papa’s Bag of Rythm" presents music of the people and the places they come from. Here music is not primarily a...
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96 – Zheztyrnak
A ballet based on Zhestyrnak, a monster from Kazakh mythology. A demonic creature with copper claws, hostile to humans, and living in the desert. Externally it does not differ from people. Although it has a monstrous force and shrill voice....
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94 – Body Music
Gout,farts, surgery and hypochondria as music? Baroque composers were closer to their bodies and expressed their feelings also in instrumental music. A sick and slightly grotesque musical display of human conditions. Pieces by JS Bach, Telemann,...
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93 – HIGELIN EN CHEMIN
Making a film about Higelin means capturing him always on the alert. Capturing the movement, vibration, agitation, the coming-and-going of the perpetual waltz of his life. Higelin isn’t very talkative, but he loves to tell stories.
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92 – Dream station. Yuri Bashmet
In 1976, a young man with the unusual name of Bashmet arrived in Munich from Moscow on a train. He had a small amount of luggage, of which the most valuable piece was an alto saxaphone. The young man had a fever of over 39 C˚ and spent several...
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91 – Russian sanctities.
The film “Russian Sanctities” is a synthesis of music, architecture, painting and nature based on the eminent records of Russian choral music, Russian temple architecture and icon painting performed by The Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir...
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90 – Galina
This film-portrait is dedicated to the famous Opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya.
She began her stage career at the age of 17. Mark Chagal once said of her that "Hers is a rare combination of greatness and simplicity." She did not grow old...
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