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Cold Trumpet

January 1963 •Italian

Chet Baker silently wanders through an Antonioniesque landscape in a Felliniesque state of wonderment as his improvised trumpet solos alternate between earnestly offering the obvious and mocking the artiness of the whole affair.

The Crazy Stranger

April 1998 •French

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

Black Cat, White Cat

June 1998 •Serbian

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

March 1967 •Serbian

The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.

Los Tarantos

November 1963 •Spanish

Roma Romeo and Juliet: A boy and a girl from rival families fall in love.

Gogol Bordello: Live from Axis Mundi

October 2009 •English

A full 15-track live set recorded over two nights in NYC at Irving Plaza. Setlist: Ultimate, Sally, Not A Crime, Dogs Were Barking, Wonderlust King, Mishto, Forces Of Victory, Tribal Connection, 60 Revolutions, Start Wearing Purple, Think Locally - Fuck Globally, Punk Rock Parranda, Illumination, Baro Foro

Rromani Soul

September 2008 •English

RROMANI SOUL traces the true origin of the Rroma people. Through rituals, song and dance we follow emblematic figure and "Queen of the Gypsies" Esma Redzepova to Macedonia, south of France and finally to India. The film reveals for the first time ever that the true and unique origin of the Rroma is Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Petitet

June 2018 •Catalan

Joan Ximénez el Petitet is a Catalan gypsy who pursues a dream. A former musician now —a percussionist, son of Ramón el Huesos who worked with the mythical singer Peret—, and affected by a rare chronic disease, he wants to accomplish the promise he made to his mother before she died: to celebrate a rumba concert on the stage of the Liceu, a great theater in Barcelona, along with a big symphony orchestra.

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story

November 2021 •Spanish

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.

Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse

February 2001 •Hungarian

Waiters’ competition at Heroes’ Square in the late thirties. Dressed as waiters, Kapa and Pepe awake in the bronze chariot of the millennial sculpture group. They drive along the Danube promenade, and on the concrete reinforcement of the demolished Budapest rondella hotel they get involved in a showdown of political background. In the burnt-down Sports Hall the waiters train for a last supper, Pepe and Kapa run around the big laid table with trays in their hands. While doing so, Pepe keeps crying out: "I am the best one, I am the most beautiful one, I am the king, I am the god..." Sitting in a boat on the Danube, a ship goes past them, and the Niagara falls, majestic and breathtaking, resound in their ears. On each passing away something new will come to life – as rapped by Sub Bass Monster.

Terremoto: El documental

October 2021 •Spanish

Documentary that recovers the figure of the singer Terremoto de Jerez and his legacy.

These Women don't know regret

August 2009 •Arabic

Five sisters whose life conditions deteriorated after the death of the father and the mother was sentenced to death after her involvement in a murder in defense of her honor. Each of them grew up with painful memories that gave rise to feelings of hatred and hatred for this world in them, and hostility to all men was rooted in their souls and made them desire revenge and control.

A woman in a snake cleft

March 2007 •Arabic

The events take place in a social context around “Khalil,” one of the symbols of the business community who has power and influence. Suddenly, his life turns upside down after a man appears who reveals a secret that threatens Khalil’s entire empire and shakes his throne. This secret concerns the maid, "Buthaina".

Fetish & Dreams

June 1985 •English

The film is about a Swiss filmmaker (S.) who is working on a documentary film on the theme of loneliness in New York. It mixes documentary and fiction in an entertaining way, showing all the flourishing industry that is aimed at lonely people, the numerous organizations that offer their services for singles and those seeking partners. S. explores it all with journalist thoroughness. Initially distanced, but as time goes by he finds himself more and more involved personally. He cannot get a woman, he saw on the flight to New York, out of his mind. All that he knows is her name, Michéle, and that she studies music in Boston. His telephone quest does not bring anything and he decides to go to Boston. There he visits all the music schools and puts up posters in the streets. Finally Michéle gets in touch. S. falls in love. The film story meets finally his personal situation. Distance is no longer possible.

Aventura no Cinema

December 2023 •Portuguese

Shot with remnants of film negatives from various Brazilian productions, the film tells the story of a girl who, upon entering an old cinema in the center of Rio de Janeiro, finds herself trapped in a complex labyrinth of mirrors, visions, and spirits.

The Back of Your Eyelids

Invalid date •English

After a recent breakup, social media obsessed Maria faces her deepest fear - spending the night alone. What will she do to pass the time? Not even she knows. Through facing her ex-boyfriend, celebrating her birthday alone, and a chance encounter with a delivery driver, she learns a lesson in what it means to choose yourself.

Gema

May 1950 •Spanish

Senses

January 2023 •English

After a horrific encounter with a stranger, two friends, one blind and other deaf, use their senses to defend themselves from a robbery gone.