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Overview of films
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The Other Side of the Heart Is White
Supporters from all walks of life try to describe what makes so many inhabitants of Rotterdam love the red-and-white of Feyenoord so much. But, as
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The Last Song Before the War
This documentary takes us back to the cradle of popular music. In the midst of the Malian desert, under the most unlikely circumstances, an annual
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Electro Moscow
In spite of their notorious poor quality, collectors nowadays are hunting for old Soviet synthesisers. This film sketches a portrait of the experim
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Mittsommernachtstango
Three Argentine friends embark on a musical journey to find out if filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s claim is true: that the tango has its roots in Finlan
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CircusTime
Sincere look behind the scenes at the Codarts school of music, dance and circus’s Circus Arts programme. Students from around the globe work
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This Ain’t No Mouse Music!
Chris Strachwitz has been producing live albums of American roots music for more than 50 years. With an instinct for authentic, non-mainstream trad
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Brasslands
In the small village of Guca, half a million people gather yearly for the Woodstock event of trumpet music. An amateur ensemble from New York joins
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How We Played the Revolution
In the mid-1980s the Lithuanian theatrical rock band Antis became so popular that their influence instigated a Singing Revolution throughout their
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Salsa Giants
A behind-the-scenes look at the best living salsa players in the world, as they gather for an unprecendented historic reunion in the Summer of 2012
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Electro Chaabi
In the margins of the cultural revolution that swept over Egypt, young men from the slums invented an electrifying version of Arab hip-hop. Depicti
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Zombie: The Resurrection of Tim Zom
Tim Zom, alias Zombie. Skateboarding rebel without a cause from the south of Rotterdam. Raised in violence and crime, the reckless, long-haired ska
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Rotterdam Classics: Leve de Koningin!
The festival celebrates Princess Beatrix’s birthday with a film concert about four generations of queens. Stadsarchief Rotterdam and Beeld en