FILM PROGRAM
 
World Music Film Today
Cine Symphony
  Music In Sight
  Theme & Variation
  Korean Music Film Today
  Jecheon Film Music Award Special
  Family Fest
  Music Short On Track
   
 
* Cine Symphony
 
‘Cine Symphony ’section introduces films of various genres dealing in music and musicians, and contemporary feature films which uses music as a key factor in story development. Once again, twelve films with entertaining and heartwarming qualities from twelve countries around the world will be showcased in this section. From the Argentine La Antena reminiscent of the silent film era, the Japanese omnibus film Tokyo Rhapsody inspired by Japan’s popular songs, the super-sexy Bossa Nova-rhythm-packed Out of Tune to Piano, Solo which portrays the Italian Jazz piano genius, Luca
Flores’life, various films of diverse genres and subject matters await the audience in this section.

 
La Antena
Argentina  l 2007 l 90min l Feature Experimental l Esteban Sapir
The year is XX and an expressionless metropolis has fallen under the spell of the cunning villain Mr. TV. He has stolen the public’s voice and now monitors every aspect of their lives. Meanwhile, he’s working on a machine that will use television to grant him total control over people’s minds. To succeed with this scheme, Mr. TV must first kidnap the last person who still has ‘The Voice’. Inspired by silent film and German expressionism, La Antena is an aesthetic masterpiece. Esteban Sapir has inventively updated classic techniques to offer this luminous cinematic delight.
 
 
 
Burned Hearts
Morocco  l 2007 l 84min l Feature  l Ahmed El Maanouni
Amin, a young architect who lives in Paris, returns suddenly to Fès, Morocco where his uncle is dying. He did not speak to the man who brought him up since he left his hometown Fès ten years earlier to study and settle in Paris. The visits of the young architect at the hospital revive the deep wounds of his painful childhood. His long-time friend, the craftsman Aziz, exhorts him not to surrender to the resentment of the past. The uncle’s death does not soothe the young man’s agonies forcing him to find his own answers within his soul.
 
 
 
Drumbeat
Philippines  l 2007 l 90min l Feature  l Adolfo B. Alix, Jr.
Ever wanted something so bad that you would do anything just to get it? Drumbeat focuses on one boy’s simple dream of owning his very own drum set. Set in the slums of Manila, Philippines, the film is taken from the point of view of 14-year-old Jason, a boy on the verge of manhood whose biggest passion is playing drums. When his older brother Billy impregnates his girlfriend, the brothers and their streetsmart friend Pablo try to come up with any means possible to get money to pay for the abortion.
 
 
 
Estrellita
Slovenia , Germany, Bosnia, Macedonia l 2007 l 97min l Feature  l Metod Pevec
When Mihael Fabiani, a famous violinist, passes away he does not leave behind just his precious instrument but also a few delicate secrets that, when revealed, upset his widow Dora deeply. Emotionally broken down, Dora donates the violin to a gifted boy from a poor family. makes a significant progress playing the violin. Dora is delighted to witness that the musical soul of that wonderful instrument lives on. A story about an old violin, which triggers a violent conflict among the protagonists, reaching to extremes of love, music and greed.
 
 
 
Falco – Quit Living on Dreams
Austria  l 2008 l 109min l Feature  l Thomas Roth
The film picturizes the life time career of Austria’s greatest pop star ever, Johannes Hoelzel, better known as Falco. As one of the precursors for white hip-hop artists around the world he had been also famous as a fashion icon during the 1980s. Falco remains the only German speaking artist who has ever landed a Number One Hit with his hit single ‘Rock Me Amadeus’in the American billboard charts up until today. The biopic covers his life time story from his childhood to the discovery of his musical talent, his first stage appearances to his gigantic break-through as an internationally successful artist around the globe.
 
 
 
Great World of Sound
United States  l 2007 l 107min l Feature  l Craig Zobel
An audience-pleasing riff on the dirty underbelly of the American Idol phenomenon, Great World of Sound stars Pat Healy and Kene Holliday as Martin and Clarence, two normal southern guys who get caught up in the excitement of a record industry talent scouting scheme. Real people performed in the audition scenes without knowing it was actually a film shoot. With hidden cameras, the interaction was recorded between the lead actors and the unsuspecting musicians. This documentary-style process was integrated into the final narrative, creating a unique blend of fact and fiction.
 
 
 
Nirvana
Russian Federation  l 2008 l 89min l Feature  l Igor Voloshin
Fed up with her life in Moscow, nurse Alisa moves to St. Petersburg, where she takes a room in a filthy apartment. The other residents in the apartment are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Dead Man. First they fight, but soon the two women form a tender and substantial friendship. Together they even go after the Petersburg underworld when Dead Man is abducted because he can’t pay his debts. A simple story, a love triangle, and a fully-fledged tragedy in the finale.
 
 
 
Om Shanti Om
India  l 2007 l 169min l Feature Musical l Farah Khan
A romantic saga of Om Prakash Makhija who works as a junior artist in Bollywood in 1970s. He is madly in love with the superstar of that time, Shantipriya. His dreams and aspirations to become a superstar and be with his ladylove are thwarted as he witnesses the brutal murder of his beloved by a mercenary producer Mukesh Mehra. Om Prakash dies trying to save his Shanti. But destiny has something else in store when‘Om Prakash’, the junior artist, returns as‘Om Kapoor’, the superstar of 2007. A tribute to the joyous and exultant era of Bollywood - the swinging 70s.
 
 
 
Out of Tune
Brazil  l 2007 l 128min l Feature  l Walter Lima Jr.
The year is 1962 and a feeling of hope and new beginnings spreads up all over Brazil. A group of friends form a Bossa Nova band and get a chance to play in the legendary Bossa Nova Concert, at the Carnegie Hall, in New York. One day, Joaquim, the band’s pianist, gets hypnotized by a Bossa Nova melody flowing from a nearby flute. Instantly, he is smitten by the beautiful Brazilian musician, Gloria. In their early twenties, they all believe they are on the verge of revolutionizing Brazilian popular music and as a result, Brazil itself.
 
 
 
Piano, Solo
Italy , France l 2007 l 111min l Feature  l Riccardo Milani
A passionate and heartrending true story based on the life of a gifted jazz pianist, Luca Flores. A tragic destiny awaits Luca on a road in Africa when, at a very young age, he sees his mother die in a car accident. The boy’s obsessive feeling of guilt for this terrible loss will torment the fragile musician for the rest of his life. Luca Flores was an acclaimed figure in the Italian and international jazz scene, appearing with legendary musicians such as Chet Baker and Dave Holland. Kim Rossi Stuart gives a superb performance as the lonely and uncommunicative Luca.
 
 
 
Reality, Love and Rock’n’ Roll
Indonesia  l 2006 l 109min l Feature  l Upi Avianto
A coming of age tale between two best friends, Ipang and Nugi; both rebellious and bullies, and have high hope for their rock ’n’roll band. Like any other teenager, they feel the world is in their hands. Until reality hits hard beyond their imagination: One turns out to be adopted while the other one has transsexual father. All while caught in a triangle love story with a girl named Sandra, which almost ruins their friendship. This film shows how two angsty boys with rock ’n’roll attitude cope with the reality in life.
 
 
 
Tokyo Rhapsody
Japan  l 2007 l 130min l Feature  l
The Japanese title ‘Kayokyoku-Life Itself’points to the defining element of this omnibus of 11 short films; the extraordinary music genre known as ‘ Kayokyoku’, a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Some of it is strongly rooted in the Japanese ballads from pre-modern times, while other influences come from the developing musical currents of Western music from the 50’s, 60’s and thereafter. A unique collection of 11 directors who all share the passion behind the intensely emotional roots of ‘Kayokyoku’.