King for a Day

La barba

April 2017 •Italian

Dizzy & Bop's Big Adventure: The Great Music Caper

January 2006 •French

When sweet little Dizzy and smart-aleck Bop meet, the last thing they expected is to become friends. But when they decide to rescue their musical, magical land from an evil villain, the brave duo inspires harmony amongst other instruments far and wide.

Black Cloaks

May 1947 •Portuguese

The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.

The Fair Is Here

November 1974 •Czech

Children from the village Bystrá are awaiting a nice and thrilling weekend. On Saturday they will play the championship football match with the nonresident boys from the village Skuhrov, on Sunday there will be the funfair with merry-go-round, swings and stalls with dainties. The members of the family of the merry-go-round man are brother and sister Janek and Zaneta Mareks whom the children have known since the last year. At that time Zaneta made friends with girls and Janek, an excellent football player, has been a welcome support of the football club.

Family Times

August 2015 •English

A short comedy film by Mike Mckee.

Floaters

April 2021 •English

High in the sky of a sci-fi metropolis a lone spaceship is confronted by a much larger and more intimidating vessel.

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

September 1944 •English

The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special

October 2010 •English

Renowned Nashville horror host, Dr. Gangrene, and New England's Penny Dreadful must join forces to save Halloween. Science and sorcery combine in this All Hallows Eve spooky special.

22 vs. Earth

April 2021 •English

Set before the events of ‘Soul’, 22 refuses to go to Earth, enlisting a gang of 5 new souls in attempt of rebellion. However, 22’s subversive plot leads to a surprising revelation about the meaning of life.

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

July 1980 •English

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical's director, composer and actors.

The Rooftop

July 2013 •Chinese

Wax and his friends are the happiest kids in the city of Galilee. Living on the rooftops of this bustling metropolis, sometimes life can be tough, but they still churn out songs all day, and dance under the stars at night. But when Wax meets his dream girl, a billboard beauty named Starling, fate takes him on a wild ride through the high and low parts of the town he loves.

The Last Five Years

November 2014 •English

In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

January 1940 •English

Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping.

Whiplash

January 2013 •English

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

Martyrs of Striving

October 2021 •German

When Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg in 1349, he has not reckoned with the two guard soldiers Volckel and Utz, who engage him in a heated argument about plague ordinances and entry regulations.

The Old Grey Mayor

April 1935 •English

Bob Hope wants to marry the mayor's daughter, but the mayor doesn't want his daughter to marry Bob Hope.

Hair

March 1979 •English

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.

An American in Paris: The Musical

April 2018 •English

Paris, after the end of the Second World War: GI Jerry Mulligan stays in the City of Lights after falling in love with a mademoiselle at first sight. Being a stranger, Jerry gets to know pianist Adam Hochberg, who - unbeknownst to Jerry - adores the same woman. The two of them have to work together for a ballet with said woman, who is promised to Henri Baurel. Henri also gets acquainted with Jerry and Adam.

The Bribe

June 2018 •Russian

A citizen offers the investigator a bribe to close a case... about bribery. But the events unfold in an unpredictable manner.

The Third Rule

April 2010 •Polish