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Israel / 2024 / Length: 42
Direcor: Bettina Fainstein
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Indie City - Gaza Envelope Indie City is a concept project combining the vibrant Israeli indie music scene and documentary situations in different Israeli locations. The series provides a platform for new and unknown bands alongside veteran artists and has been promoting Israeli indie music for over a decade. Over the course of 12 seasons, over 180 music videos were filmed and broadcast as part of a special slot on HOT’s Channel 8. Indie City's YouTube channel has received millions of views and thousands comments from all over the world, and serves as an archive of independent Israeli music. The...
Germany / 2022 / Length: 90
Direcor: Michael P. Aust, Tessa Knapp
Language: German, English, Hebrew subtitles
Tribute to Irmin Schmidt The film will be screened as part of a special tribute to the avant-garde composer and legendary keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, who is best known as a founding member of German avant-garde rock group and electronic music pioneers CAN. After a classical education as pianist, conductor and composer, Irmin Schmidt - who studied under Stockhausen and Ligeti - established CAN in the late 60s combining contemporary classical music with rock and jazz. CAN’s unparalleled genius remains unquestioned, timeless and immeasurably influential. Schmidt’s post-CAN career was no less groundbreaking, featuring solo albums, diverse collaborations, the opera Gormenghast, as...
France / 2024 / Length: 78
Direcor: Lisa Azuelos, Thierry Teston
Language: English, French, Hebrew subtitles
My Way My Way is much more than a song; this song has crossed eras, borders and generations. It’s an anthem that has become part of us and a permanent part of music history. My Way is also one of the most covered songs ever, from Sid Vicious to Tom Jones, not to mention Nina Simone or Pavarotti. However, many people are unaware that it was initially conceived in France, by the pool of Claude François’ mansion on a summer afternoon in 1967, and that a succession of fortuitous meetings and sleepless nights had guided her across the Atlantic towards...
Direcor: Robert Mugge
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
Black Wax: Gil Scott-Heron Celebrating the 40th (+1) Anniversary of this classic documemtary on Gil Scott-Heron - the artists whom The Melody Maker called "the most dangerous musician alive" and many saw as the Godfather of rap. This is Robert Mugge’s classic and absorbing portrait of the late soul and jazz poet-singer-songwriter and famed spoken-word performer Gil Scott-Heron, filmed at national monuments and local neighbourhoods of Washington DC, and featuring a live set with his Midnight Band at the Wax Museum Nightclub. The screening will be followed by a video conversation with director Robert Mugge hosted by Soundtrack Tel Aviv...
Direcor: Ondi Timoner
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the most talked about rock and roll documentary of the current millennium with a celebratory premiere of its new and updated edition! Dig! XX DIG. XX looks at the collision of art and commerce through the star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry of dueling rock bands - The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. DIG. XX is the 20th anniversary extended edition of the rock documentary DIG!, which adds new narration by The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Joel Gion and features 40+ minutes of never-before-seen footage. This special 20th anniversary edit of the film brings the...
Direcor: David Charles Rodrigues
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
S/HE IS STILL HER/E - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story... never this intimate... until now. In this authorized but raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality and, in the process, reveal the many sacrifices and ultimate payoffs of a life that transcended boundaries. Featuring William Burroughs, Brion Gyson, Timothy Leary, Alice Genese (Psychic TV), David...
ארה"ב / 2023 / Length: 116
Direcor: Robert Schwartzman
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary British Invasion icons The Zombies reflect on paving 60 years and counting of their musical path from teenage friends to legends in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In their first ever feature documentary, The Zombies tell their story of navigating the tumultuous music industry over the decades and making one of the most influential albums of all time, Odessey and Oracle.
France / 2024 / Length: 120
Direcor: David Hertzog Dessites
Language: French, Hebrew subtitles
The Windmills of His Mind Jazz is Paris, and Paris is jazz, as Malcolm McLaren once observed. So we will open the festival this year with a Parisian composer who had jazz running through his veins - the greatest of French soundtrack composers, Michel Legrand (1932 - 2019). A virtuoso pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer, Legrand was one of the first European musicians to collaborate with American jazz giants like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Bill Evans in the 1950s. Over the years, his songs have been performed by iconic artists such as Frank Sinatra, Tony...
France / 2024 / Length: 120
Direcor: David Hertzog Dessites
Language: French, Hebrew subtitles
The Windmills of His Mind Jazz is Paris, and Paris is jazz, as Malcolm McLaren once observed. So we will open the festival this year with a Parisian composer who had jazz running through his veins - the greatest of French soundtrack composers, Michel Legrand (1932 - 2019). A virtuoso pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer, Legrand was one of the first European musicians to collaborate with American jazz giants like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Bill Evans in the 1950s. Over the years, his songs have been performed by iconic artists such as Frank Sinatra, Tony...
Direcor: Jessamyn Ansary, Joyce Mishaan
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
Lee Fields: Faithful Man His voice has been compared to the mighty James Brown, but Lee Fields is no knock-off. He’s the real thing. Listening to the soul sounds coming through his transistor radio in the late Fifties and early Sixties, a young Lee was hooked. Through the Seventies, he made his living touring the legendary Chitlin’ Circuit in the southern US, alongside some of the greatest names in blues and soul history, later landing a gig with Kool and the Gang before their rise to fame. But as the Seventies came to a close, disco began its reign and...