A revealing look at the meteoric rise of seminal 1990s rock band Oasis, weaving never-before-seen concert footage with candid interviews and a firsthand account of the backstage sibling rivalry.
Secção: IndieMusic
Japanese pop singers are called Idols regardless of actual success, and most of their fans are middle-aged men. Tokyo Idols is a story of girls trying to grow up in a society where they need to embody innocence and immaturity.
A documentary about the pioneering life and works of artist Tony Conrad who has remained an enigmatic figure for fifty years: tracing his history from New York underground scene to the present as he is finally being recognised.
A film about twerking, and how a dance move turned into a statement about freedom, sexual expression and empowerment. It also explores how the music industry and the internet influence cultures, all around the world.
Aidan Moffat sets out to explore Scotland by rewriting and touring his oldest songs. But he wasn’t counting on running into 79-year- -old Sheila Stewart, a travelling balladeer who upturns Moffat’s folk assumptions.
Beatbox, boom bap autour du monde is a unique trip that reveals a blooming and singular art form, as well as its ancestral roots.
Tecla Tónica is a journey into the history of the electro pop in Portuguese music tradition, starting in the sixties and ending today. Notable musicians talk about that evolution.
This is the tragic story of Mark Linkous, the leader of Sparklehorse. The genius of Linkous and his fight against drug abuse and depression, which lead to his suicide in 2010, are the main subjects of this documentary.
Sonita is an Afghan young girl living in Tehran. She sings rap as a way to protest against the plans of her mother to marry her against her will. Music is her only weapon, but in Iran women are forbidden to sing.
Rock star Wilco Johnson is fighting a pancreatic cancer by doing what he does best: rock n’ roll. The film shows the uplifting spirit of Wilco, while putting him face-to-face with his own death.
Barbara Kopple directs this documentary about Sharon Jones, the lead singer of The Dap Kings. Jones is presently fighting against a pancreatic cancer while trying to enjoy a singing career that eluded her for 50 years.
Mali Blues is a Malian band that fights the menace of radical Islamism in Africa. They travel all over their country trying to reconcile through music what was broken by the imposition of the Sharia law.
Benoît Bourreau gives us a backstage look on the artistic process of three remarkable artists: the “”sound poet”” Anne-James Chaton, the guitarist of The Ex Andy Moor and the founder of Sonic Youth Thurston Moore.
Janis Joplin is the queen of rock and roll. Amy Berg opens up the mind of a brilliant and troubled artist. The narration said by Cat Power is based on letters that Joplin wrote to her parents, friends and collaborators.
One of the greatest bass players of his generation, Jaco Pastorius was a product of his time: the crazy jazz of the seventies. As this documentary shows, his life shifted between order and chaos, dreams and sickness.
Emocean is an experimental journey to the world of the German psychedelic pop band Fenster. The true story behind the production of their third record is a mixture of hallucination and reality.
This film chronicles the challenges that the three youngsters that are part of the heavy metal band Unlocking the Truth are presently facing. Will premature success defeat their outstanding talent?
West Berlin was a city under a state of emergency. Its mixture of pop and punk influences, music and plastic arts, and a particular nightlife would call groups of people from all sides of Europe, influencing the music of David Bowie, Nick Cave, and bands such as Joy Division, New Order, and European electronic music.)