With music by Max Richter: Vivaldi's 4 Seasons recomposed

A sensitive dialogue between choreography, music, nature, and the camera. Four seasons. Four landscapes. Four choreographers. Four phases of love portrayed by dance couples.
Each chapter of the film is shot in a remarkable natural setting. Spring sequences trace a river from a waterfall to the sea. Summer unfolds in the dunes of an endless desert. Autumn takes place in a deep forest and in misty moorlands. Winter scenes are set on snow-capped peaks overlooking a sea of clouds. 
In Spring, Franck Chartier (of the company Peeping Tom) stages the birth of romantic feeling. In Summer, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber express the intensity of passion.  Autumn is entrusted to the Dutch duo Imre & Marne van Opstal, who explore the conflicts and trials of the couple. 
Finally, Winter, choreographed by French-American Emilie Leriche, evokes rupture and detachment.

Franck Chartier (Peeping Tom), Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Imre & Marne van Opstal, Emilie Leriche, choreographers

Chineke! Orchestra

***Grand Prix, Golden Prague 2025***

Director: Tommy Pascal

Producers: Le Grizzly / Martha Productions in co-production with Héliox Films, ARTE France

Format: 4K/UHD

Progr. No.: 4900

More information and trailer. 

One of Europe's most enduring and influential jazz festivals is now available.

The Berliner Jazztage was one of Europe's most enduring and influential jazz festivals. Founded in 1964 in West Berlin during the Cold War, it was envisioned as a cultural bridge between East and West, showcasing jazz as a symbol of freedom and artistic expression.

Hosting the inaugural festival at the newly completed Berliner Philharmonie, designed by Hans Scharoun, underscored the festival's commitment to innovation and excellence in jazz music. Dr. Martin Luther King contributed a foreword in which he emphasized the power of jazz as a source of strength for the American Civil Rights Movement, “Jazz speaks for life (…) This is triumphant music”.

Famous US-jazz celebrities, such as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, and Gil Evans, set the tone during the first decades. The 1960s and 1970s played a pivotal role in the development of music history and reflect the evolution of the festival’s curation during socio-political developments: By featuring African American jazz musicians, the festival helped introduce these artists to mainstream audiences, fostering greater acceptance and appreciation of their work, and therefore breaking down racial barriers. The Berliner Jazztage became a “Window to the World”.

The first seven programmes have now been upscaled to HD and are ready for delivery. 

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA (1969)

DIZZY GILLESPIE QUARTET (1974)

STAN GETZ QUARTET (1974)

GIL EVANS & MCCOY TYNER SEXTET (1976)

FREDDIE HUBBARD QUINTET (1977)

LIONEL HAMPTON ALL STAR BIG BAND (1979)

OREGON (1980)

More episodes featuring artists such as Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Africa 70, Joanne Brackeen Trio, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Pat Metheny, Carla Bley will be released in 2026. 

HD Upscales

Lengths: 44', 44', 45', 44', 47', 56', 42'

TV Directors: Reiner Bertram, Sigrid Schröder, Dieter Krause, Oskar Krüger

All programmes were produced by Sender Freies Berlin 

For further information, please get in contact with the EuroArts team.