"Bay Area Rising Moon" The Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2024(2024)

"Moon rises in the Bay Area" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film and Music Gala(zh)

Zorn III (2018 – 2022)(fr)

For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to programme during his concerts, like a musical set. They are screened here for the first time out of a concert setting. Music in the making, constellations of energies, an ever-expanding universe of sound…

Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House(it)

The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him. But Pollione’s love has withered, and he now loves Norma’s fellow priestess Adalgisa. Meanwhile, the people urgently look to Norma to lead their rebellion.

The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde(de)

Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic opera. In the daunting title roles of the doomed lovers, Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton are passionate, overwhelming, and heartbreaking as they battle every obstacle that separates them from their true destiny. René Pape is King Marke, betrayed not only by Isolde but by Tristan, the man he most trusts and loves like a son. With Ekaterina Gubanova as Isolde’s confidante Brangäne and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal, Tristan’s loyal lieutenant. Simon Rattle conducts a surging, shimmering account of Wagner’s monumental score.

Carmen(fr)

Live performance from Teatro alla Scala, 7 December 2009 .

Carmen(fr)

Live performance from the Vienna State Opera, 6 May 2010.

Bizet: Carmen(fr)

This 2003 performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera Carmen was produced and directed by filmmaker and stage director Franco Zeffirelli, best known to many for the Academy Award-winning big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Shot at the Arena di Verona, the production features Marina Domashenko in the title role and music by the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona under conductor Alain Lombard.

God Help the Girl(en)

Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.

Florence and the Machine: Live at the Rivoli Ballroom(en)

Filmed at the launch party for their debut album 'Lungs', Florence and the Machine performs the songs at the Rivoli Ballroom in this special concert.

McFly: 10th Anniversary Concert - Live at the Royal Albert Hall(en)

McFly document their recent show stopping 10th anniversary celebrations at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Across four incredible sold-out nights, the band – Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd – performed their greatest hits and exclusive tracks with their trademark showmanship, verve and personality. This film captures the excitement and energy of those shows and also includes their incredible, headline-making collaboration with ex-Busted members James Bourne and Matt Willis.

New Faces of 1937(en)

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.

Doe Maar - Afscheidsconcert 1984(nl)

Last Dance(fr)

Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time to realize what has happened to him before his family forces their way into his daily life: non-stop phone calls and visits, meals and activities organized in advance – all meant to make his life as regular as clockwork. But Germain’s mind is elsewhere. Honoring a promise he made to his dear departed wife, he suddenly finds himself at the heart of a contemporary dance company’s newest work.

A Dream of Armageddon - New National Theatre Tokyo(en)

H.G. Wells's story traces the experiences of a man, ravaged by dreams in which he serves as the proverbial frog in the pot of water: in a dystopian dream-world where a military dictatorship threatens to take absolute power the protagonist, formerly a powerful politician in this dream, chooses to do nothing.

Wiebo | Live at Philharmonie de Paris 2(fr)

Toscanini in His Own Words(en)

This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed by well-known filmmaker Larry Weinstein; who pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary storytelling by borrowing tools from fiction films; including dramatic reconstructions and historical cinematic stylings.

Jenifer - Basique le concert(fr)

Soolking au Zénith(fr)

Tom Petty: Going Home(en)

Television documentary spanning Tom Petty's career from 1976-1994.

Parchís: the Documentary(es)

The spotlight's on Parchís, a record company-created Spanish boy/girl band that had unprecedented success with Top 10 songs and hit films in the '80s.