In 2022 the Tel Aviv Cinematheque launched with the initiative of Amit Itzcar, the Soundtrack Tel Aviv Film Festival - a new film festival, entirely dedicated to the connection between cinema and music. This year, the festival presents a wide range of musical genres, including jazz, folk, alternative rock, experimental krautrock, “Mizrahi” music, Israeli rock, Cuban music, classical Indian music, reggae, and more. The genre we are focusing on this year most of all is hip hop. We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop slightly late (for obvious reasons), with an original and exciting project that connects local hip hop with the history of Israeli cinema.
The second edition of Soundtrack Tel Aviv, which was planned for November 2023, was canceled due to the tragedy of October 7. It took us a few months to regroup and to realize that together with the pain we have all been experiencing ever since, it is imperative to continue creating culture, and consuming culture, in Israel. So, now we are finally opening the second edition of Soundtrack Tel Aviv.
Some of the things we had planned for last year have been carried over to this year, however, we also have lots of new films, premieres, and new restorations of classics, as well as brand-new shows and projects, a special event marking the tragedies of October 7th and its aftermath, and much more.
We have waited too long – let’s begin.
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...
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...
Michael P. Aust is a German curator, organiser of cultural events and film producer born in 1965. His focal point of interest lies in the intersectionality of art forms, especially in the relationship of music and moving pictures. He heads the SoundTrack_Cologne film music festival and conference he founded in 2004, as well as SoundTrack_Zurich since 2020. He curated exhibitions, conferences and music festivals and was Festival Director of Braunschweig International Film Festival 2014-2019. Aust has worked in the film industry for more than 25 years with producer credits for 20 feature films and feature-length documentaries, including “101 Reykjavik”, “Stumbling...
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...