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The annual film festival in Venice is, of course, an ideal place to make a film (how come no-one has thought of it before). Everything is there in Pupi Avati's Festival: the famous hotels Des Bain and Excelsior on the Lido, the shimmering sandy beach which captivated Visconti. The film was made last spring and exploits the presence of passing film stars such as Jack Nicholson. We see the hysterical press conferences, where journalists and experts ask intelligent questions-without listening to the answers.

17 years old Lina goes to the Arvika Festival with her boyfriend Calle despite that her mother forbade her. At the festival she meets the singer Marc and they start to like each other but things are getting difficult.

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house

Follows a young boy's adventures at the Festival of Britain, after he acquires one of the free passes sent out attached to a balloon.

At an international animation festival, interesting encounters and conversations arise at different levels of society. A wide variety of films, ideas and nationalities convey the typical festival atmosphere with thunderous applause between celebrations, speeches and words of thanks.

Jean-Claude Rousseau is a filmmaker who believes in the natural power of images. The rigid compositions create something like a pure state, which constantly changes during the period of its viewing – like an empty and simultaneously detail-packed field. During this period the viewer is challenged to find and occupy his own position, to find his perspective in a similar way the filmmaker has found his in several places. Festival combines places the artist has visited during the last few years. Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films not only make beautiful discoveries, they are beautiful discoveries.

A mercilessly honest take on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the performers who take part.

Our country has two hundred and sixty eight million ninety four thousand farmer in total,further more, it's still in a increasing tendency, in other words,China has about three hundred million migrant worker's family,this is a large amount.How many people could pay attention to them?

An anime movie based on the boy band Strawberry Prince.

In celebration of July 4 Linkin Park was streamed LIVE from the iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse in London.

A special live event celebrating 30 years of Sailor Moon musicals.

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Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.

Filmed at Roundhouse, London, this concert film will give all fans a spectacular Live experience from start to finish. Classic Maroon 5 featuring unforgettable versions of their hits: 'Moves Like Jagger', 'Daylight', 'This Love' and many more...

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In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.

Hello! Project concert held at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall A / B Hall.

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra and its music director Riccardo Chailly dedicate an evening to Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Italian pianist Beatrice Rana shining in the highly virtuosic variations of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Also on the programme is the mysterious Symphony No. 1 and The Rock, an early work that already gives a glimpse of the Russian composer's musical sensibility.

Sports Festival featuring all current H!P members, divided into two teams, held at Osaka Dome & Tokyo Dome. Also includes a full Special Concert.

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced Minister of Justice. His first venture to the outside world finds him Esmeralda, a kind-hearted and fearless Romani woman who openly stands up to Frollo's tyranny.

Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.

A young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret—the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers this seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it’ll take more than just Satoshi and Pikachu to save the day! Can everyone put aside their differences and work together—or will it all end in destruction?

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

Strict teachers, all those hours inside four walls, all your desires and youthful energy repressed. School is an endless drag - until she comes along. Uhm Ji Young has a perfect body and metric tons of sex appeal, and she knows it. Needless to say, all the students go crazy, and the male teachers too! They should be preparing for the annual school festival, but they're all occupied with other matters.

An American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex where he learns to appreciate Opera.

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

Princess Odette is hosting a music competition to celebrate Princess Alise's birthday. Prince Li of Cathay has entered, but his sister Princess Mei Li has stowed away on his ship to seek help from Odette and Derek for Chen, who has been cursed to live as a dragon. Who will win the music festival and will Chen ever be free from his curse?

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

A guy from Germany becomes a volunteer at the festival to make a female organizer fall in love with him but instead loses an elderly headliner of Atlas Weekend. Guys from Kryvyi Rig organize a legendary stag party but quarrel like children and fight like adults. A young girl from Odessa looks for her rocker dad who she hasn’t seen and instead constructed an ideal image of for 10 years. A career-climber from Lviv arrives for the most important interview in her life but her younger brother disrupts absolutely all of her plans. This is going to be the craziest trip of our characters and their Best Weekend!

Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria. Set to hard rock such as only San Francisco blues can produce. BE-IN contains Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Timothy Leary, Michael McClure, Lenore Kandel and Buddha. Music by Blue Cheer.

Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town Uobuka, where 6 former criminals were sent to live there by the government, with the intention of re-socialising them. Aside from the few who know about the project, the general townsfolk has no idea of the former convicts' identities. Tsukisue is the pleasant and efficient municipal official put in charge of the programme. As he slowly learns about their past, a body is discovered.

Subaru finally gets to take a breather, but he does not waste any time as he prepares for a date with his beloved Emilia. He scouts the nearby village for the right dating spot, and with the help of the village children, he finds a wonderful location. With that, he is well prepared for his date! Unfortunately for Subaru, cold weather suddenly sweeps across Roswaal's mansion on his important day, leaving him with no choice but to postpone the date. Overnight, it becomes even colder and unbearable. Subaru must get to the bottom of this because, at this rate, his date will be the least of his worries.

Jagannadhan moves to Kanimangalam and wins over the locals, but falls into trouble with Appan Thamburan, a feudal lord. It starts after he organises a festival that has been banned by Appan himself.

XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night.

Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

Three friends decide to hire a prostitute on the day of the Aatukaal Pongala - a Hindu festival in Trivandrum - when their wives are busy.

Mahabali was a beloved king and very kind to his subjects in the state of Kerala. The time under his rule was considered one of great prosperity and happiness. It is in fact this success as a king that led the gods to be wary of him and bring his demise at the hands of Vamana.

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C Major Entertainment presents, in both single-disc DVD and Blu-ray editions, the Best of Verdi Opera Choruses. During the course of the following ninety minutes, viewers will both see and hear the choir hits from an array of Verdi Operas, including Nabucco, La Traviata, Aida, Il Trovatore, and several others. Among the Verdi choruses to be heard sung by the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma and the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo, among others, are Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola Patria oppressa! from Macbeth, Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie from Il Trovatore, Noi siamo zingarelle ... Di Madride noi siam mattadori from La Traviata, Tutto nel mondo e burla from Falstaff, and more.

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Midsummer, a housewife in a rural town, was asked by a passing movie director, Wada, to "become an actress!" And made a big decision to move to Tokyo. On the other hand, Wada, who had forgotten about such a thing, read the script written by the unsold scriptwriter Ippei and supported it. Ippei is depressed. It was midsummer who visited there, but Wada, who was not in the corner of her memory, was not so happy, and midsummer who lost her place was living together for a while with Ippei and her acting special training and script cooperation of love affairs. To start. The two of them try to make Wada blow a bubble, but Ippei gets out of touch with the sex appeal of midsummer.

Saaya, a Girls Love comic artist, works tirelessly on her latest story “Maaya and Chiharu,” in which she draws one of the titular characters based on Koharu, a childhood friend from her hometown with whom she fell in love with. Although things seem to be going well with her boyfriend, Saaya can’t seem to let go of her feelings for Koharu. Then one day, she unexpectedly encounters Koharu again. Learning that Koharu is no longer able to stay in their hometown because she was caught dating a woman at work, Saaya finds her old feelings of passion begin to stir…

Competently as usual and with a lot of visinary energy, Claudio Abbado conducted his LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at the opening of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005. The programm included Beethoven's impressive Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, with Alfred Brendel as soloist and, as the very heart of the opening programme of SOMMER 2005, Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7.

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert (2013)

On the shores of Lake Lucerne, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra continue their Rachmaninov odyssey with the Symphonic Movement, a rarely performed piece, as well as the Symphonic Dances and the Scherzo in D minor. The highlight of the evening is the Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by Alexander Malofeev, a rising star on the keyboard. Chapters : Sergueï Rachmaninov - Scherzo in D minor - Symphonic movement in D minor (youth symphony) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 - Danses symphoniques, op. 45

A conversation between Morton Feldman and lannis Xenakis which took place on Friday, July 4, 1986 at De Kloveniersdoelen, Middelburg, The Netherlands. The conversation was part of a five day master-class given by Morton Feldman during the Festival Nieuwe Muziek, June 19–July 6, 1986. Morton Feldman’s Trio (1980) was performed by Aki Takahashi, piano, Mifune Tsuji, violin and Tadashi Tanaka, violoncello on Thursday, July 3, 1986 at De Kloveniersdoelen, Middelburg.

The actress Desiree Armfeldt becomes entangled with multiple intersecting love affairs, which all converge for an evening at the Viennese country estate of her mother, a former courtesan.

This program captures one of the most celebrated classical conductors of all time, Leonard Bernstein, in rehearsal and performance at the Academy of Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in 1988, in particular exploring the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Bernstein's infectious passion and gift for teaching come shining through as he leads the student ensemble through the wonders of Shostakovich's evocative compositions.

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The Vicenza in Lirica 2020 Festival opened its edition with Vivaldi's oratorio “Juditha Triumphans” at the Teatro Olimpico. The performance was conducted by Francesco Erle and featured the Festival's Baroque Ensemble and the Schola San Rocco choir.

Gosbert Klee and Thilo "Abo" Abogast are anything but down on their luck. Nothing in their pockets, nothing on their minds and nothing but trouble to boot! But just as Gosbert's caravan has been blown up in an accident and Abo is being pursued by a bailiff, fate seems to give them another chance: by chance, the kidnapped multimillionaire Lorenz Kellermann falls into their hands. A really good opportunity to collect the ransom themselves - but there are a few other bad guys involved....

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This film covers the second half of the book.

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book.

About a boy and his lyrical perception of reality. At night, he, along with his cat writes poetry and notices unusual things that always happen to those who believe in them and are waiting for the magic to happen. Imagination draws amazing pictures that give the main characters a lot of experience and good mood.