In July 2021, after the last German soldier had left the country, the film team of Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin and German-Afghan journalist Sharmila Hashimi traveled to Kabul to meet female singers. No one could have guessed at the time that this…

We have no moving images of Gustav Mahler and no recordings of his voice, but there are photos, texts and music. They've been brought together to form a whole in: The Mahler Monologues. It's neither a historical approach nor a chronological one, but…

In the middle of the largest contiguos rainforest area in the world stands an opera house: the Teatro Amazonas. The neo-classical building in the centre of the Amazon metropolis Manaus has room for more than 700 people and was the second largest…

By the beginning of the 1990’s, facing the indifference for the AIDS epidemic, Act Up activists invent a spectacular and provocative style of action, widely imitated since then. This documentary shows how 120 BPM, multi-primed movie in 2017…

Enrico Caruso's life was as melodramatic as the plots of many of the operas he sang. His phenomenal tenor voice made him famous worldwide and he became the first superstar. The background to a hitherto little-known assassination attempt in Cuba sheds…

FOREST:SYMPHONY is a humorous declaration of love to Kuhmo, a small town in the Finnish forest. Every summer, a renowned chamber music festival takes place there. Musicians and guests from all over the world populate the streets and enjoy the nature…

Whether techno or hip-hop – electronic music is nowadays the driving force of pop culture. We have almost forgotten that its origins lie in the WDR’s electronic studio, which made Cologne to one of the centres of the avant-garde during the post-war…

“Sound-Treck Europe: Portugal” is about a country in which the mixture of traditional and modern musical styles throws a new perspective on identity, people and country. We accompany the singer Mieze Katz (band: MIA) on her musical exploration tour…

Five years after its theatrical release, documentary filmmaker Rémi Lainé tells the story of the making of award-winning film I, Daniel Blake, the social drama that became a worldwide phenomenon and exposed the reality of the punitive benefits system…

They attract millions of people to their concerts and via streaming services; their albums sell like hot cakes. Both young and old flock to sold-out houses; making directors and managers in the classical music industry green with envy. In any case…