Film archive
The Voice From the Edge Glas z roba
Žiga Stanovnik / Slovenia / 2019 / 55 min / Slovene
The documentary feature uses image, words and music to introduce poet and thinker Vid Sagadin Žigon. Philosophical commentary converses with Sagadin’s lyrical poetry and excerpts of Andraž Polič’s gentle guitar compositions.
LP Film Bulldozer - Spit Truth into the Eyes Glasba je časovna umetnost 2, LP film Buldožer - Pljuni istini u oči
Varja Močnik / Slovenia / 2017 / 52 min / Croatian, Slovene, Serbian
Music is the Art of Time 3, LP film Laibach Glasba je časovna umetnost 3, LP film Laibach
Igor Zupe / Slovenia / 2018 / 52 min
A film about the first Laibach album officially released in Yugoslavia. The record came out despite the political ban that was in place on the band’s name at the time, in 1985 – but without the name or a title. A black cross on the cover was enough.
Music for Black Pigeons Music for Black Pigeons
Jørgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed / Denmark / 2022 / 92 min
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Johan Grimonprez / Belgium, Netherlands, France / 2024 / 150 min / Russian, Dutch, English, Arabic, French
United Nations, 1961: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez explores a moment when jazz, colonialism, and espionage collided.
The Music Room Jalsaghar
Satyajit Ray / India / 1958 / 100 min / Bengali
Bengal, 1930s. Biswambhar Roy is the last in a long line of wealthy patriarchs. His time has passed, and all he has left are two loyal servants, a horse, an elephant, and a crumbling palace. But even as his family fortune dwindles, Roy refuses to give up the lavish evenings he hosts in his music room. One day, while smoking a hookah on the terrace, he hears celebratory music: his neighbour is celebrating his son’s coming-of-age ceremony. Roy recalls the ceremonial celebration for his own son…
Louder Than Bombs Louder Than Bombs
Joachim Trier / Norway, USA, France, Denmark / 2015 / 109 min / English, French