Music

Director Peter Esmonde Present

This intriguing documentary by Peter Esmonde follows the multitalented German artist and musical mastermind known only as Trimpin through his acoustic explorations of Seattle.

A documentary looking at the formation and eventual dissolution of The Shukar Collective, a collaboration between three Gypsy folk musicians and a posse of urban music producers and DJs.

Opening Night Film • Actor Noah Reid Present

A warm, irreverent and irresistibly goofy love letter to Canada's national pastime, "Score: A Hockey Musical" pretty much says it all, serving up singing-and-dancing hockey players, gentle satire and even musical icon Olivia Newton-John, in one unapologetically pleasant package. -Hollywood Reporter

This film is a rousing celebration of the Great White North’s favorite pastime: hockey.  A story of young love, overnight success and on-ice drama, with cameos from Nelly Furtado and Olivia Newton-John, this Canadian musical is sure to have audiences dancing in their seats.

Director Georges Gachot Present

An intimate tribute to Nana Caymmi, one of Brazil’s most cherished musical icons.

The story told by Mr. Bowser’s film is complicated and tragic. Once the songs stopped coming, Ochs’s bipolar illness, worsened by alcoholism, led to acute paranoia and eventually to suicide. - NyTimes

In this latest addition to his impressive filmography, award-winning documentary, television, and feature film director Kenneth Bowser turns a biography of the prolific political musician Phil Ochs into a powerful political depiction of 1960s America. 

Director Ahmad Abdalla invited

Anticipating Egypt’s youth-led January democratic revolution, Ahmad Abdalla’s story about Egypt’s long-supressed counterculture movement is set against the dense cityscape of Alexandria. The follow-up to his widely acclaimed debut, Heliopolis, the film tracks recently repatriated Khaled as he attempts to readjust to life in his hometown. Feeling alone and dispirited, he takes to the streets in search of something, anything, to connect to. What he quickly finds is a vibrant underground arts and music scene, long suppressed by the Mubarak regime.

One of the finest independent Hong Kong films in recent years, this visually stunning ensemble drama brings the vibrant beauty of past and present Hong Kong to life. 

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From Award-winning Julio Hernandez Cordon, known for Gasolina (2008), comes a wacky story of musical escapades in the slums of Guatemala. 

Conductor Armand Diangienda Present

This is a great story worth seeing... - Chicago Reader

Audience Award winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Kinshasa Symphony is an unexpected and beautiful musical merging of worlds. 

Producer Frank Matter Present

This debut feature from Nicola Bellucci on the healing powers of “aural therapy” is a cinematic and sonic achievement, blending artful cameracraft with intricate soundscapes. Living in a Swiss hamlet tucked away in the mountains, blind musician and child therapist Wolfgang Fasser guides his youthful patients into the mysteries of sound and music, while working to ease pain and relieve tension. With quiet reverence, Nicola Bellucci observes this almost alchemistic phenomenon, and allows audiences to witness a remarkable journey into new sensory worlds, as children are given an indispensable key to improve their daily lives.