Portrait of a Song(2025)

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces(ja)

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version(en)

Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.

The Road Forward(en)

The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.

Sheena Ringo: Gekokujyo Xstasy(ja)

"Gekokujyo Xstasy" is a video album by Japanese singer and songwriter Ringo Sheena, released on 7 December 2000 by Toshiba EMI. It contains a live recording of Sheena during her first tour of the same name. "Gekokujyo Xstasy" was the first nationwide tour for Shiina performed from April 17, 2000 to June 7. The live video takes up two performances at NHK Hall and at Fukuoka Sunpalace mainly from this tour. The stage design of the tour makes a hospital a motif like her single "Honnou." The stage setting imitated an operating room, and an ECG Monitor or an anatomical model of the human body, etc. were arranged on the stage, and the synthesizer and the drum set were laid on operating tables. Shiina wears a white dress looks like gauze bandages with which she blinds her body. Four members of the tour band also wear the white coat.

Maria(en)

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

BoA FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI-(ja)

BoA FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI- is BoA's second Japanese DVD. It contains songs from her album second album VALENTI and also songs from the her first album LISTEN TO MY HEART. The concert was recorded on the last day of the tour at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo.

Street Musique(en)

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the music, but his own beat is more boisterous than that of the musicians. The illustrations range from convoluted abstractions to caricatures of familiar rituals. Without words.

Session Man(en)

When personal and creative differences threaten to destroy a musical supergroup during the recording of an album, studio guitar player McQueen is brought in to smooth out the tracks. Soon he is reconsidering the direction of his life as he dreams of the elusive brass ring.

Metallica: Live from The House of Vans(en)

"Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" release live session for 850 fans at House of Vans, London, England and streamed online via Youtube on November 18th, 2016. Kirk Hammett's Birthday. Setlist: Breadfan (Budgie cover) / The Four Horsemen / Battery / Sad but True (Kirk's solo ended by 'Prowler' riff) / Fade to Black / Atlas, Rise! / Harvester of Sorrow / Moth Into Flame (Rob's solo) / One / Master of Puppets / For Whom the Bell Tolls / Enter Sandman / Whiskey in the Jar (cover) / Hardwired / Seek & Destroy

Kittie ‎– Spit In Your Eye(en)

Featuring 60 minutes of exclusive footage! 9 Live songs including "Brackish" and "Charlotte", never-before-seen interviews, and behind the scenes footage!

Hype Nation 3D(ko)

Ryan and Kevin and their crew from Los Angeles are hired by U.S. Interpol to be matched up against the notorious Gambler Crew from South Korea, known to the b-boy world as the best of the best. Their mission is to gather information about Tony Kai, an "ex yakuza" member who controls the Asian underworld in the United States. Tony Kai is in South Korea planning a worldwide monopoly on drugs, sex, and gambling. Ryan and Kevin struggle as they go deeper into the Asian underworld. Ryan falls for a beautiful Korean girl named Esther who happens to be the sister of "Kicker", the leader of the mafia-run Gamblers crew. Their love is put to the test as the rivalry between the two crews escalate. As reality sets in, the crew from LA is no match against the world champion Gamblers crew in the Mach 1 competition. Ryan, Kevin and the crew go into hiding where they meet an underground b-boy legend...

Dolly Parton: Here I Am(en)

Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.

Bad News(en)

A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where they argue about the cost of sausage and chips.

MAMI KAWADA LIVE TOUR 2008 "SAVIA" LIVE & LIFE vol.2(ja)

Concert film and documentary of Mami Kawada's second live tour "SAVIA" featuring the live concert and the documentary in the making of the film for her "SAVIA" tour. The concert film itself was filmed on August 8, 2008 at STUDIO COAST in Tokyo.

dream live 2003 ～dream world～(ja)

Concert film featuring dream's live 2003 ~dream world~ tour on May 11, 2003 at Nippon-seinenkan. This specific film was special as it was Ami's birthday and the crowd was depicted singing 'Happy Birthday' during the encore.

LIVE BEE LOUD ～THANKS GIVING～(ja)

Concert film featuring HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR's LIVE BEE LOUD ~THANKSGIVING~ tour filmed on October 18, 2008 at Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo.

Brighter Days Ahead(en)

A short film accompanying the deluxe edition of "Eternal Sunshine," marking Ariana Grande’s directorial debut. Peaches, now elderly, revisits Brighter Days Inc. to relive idealized versions of her memories before they are destroyed forever. Inspired by the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and a sequel to the "We Can't Be Friends" music video.

Corée : Vues de Séoul et du port de Chemulpo(fr)

RY X - Live at the Roundhouse with the London Philharmonic Orchestra(en)

Ry X performs live at the Roundhouse with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

9/11(en)

An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever.