Nick Canfield
2025 | USA | 17 min. | English | Subtitles in Catalan
The story of the iconic electronic music group Yello and the phenomenon of their huge 1980s hit, “Oh Yeah.” The film explores the cultural impact and enduring place in the American psyche of one of the most recognizable songs of all time, created by a Swiss duo that has been making avant-garde music and videos for more than 45 years.
Justin Streichman
2025 | USA | 9 min. | English | Subtitles in Catalan
Dale Hikawa was the first Asian American woman to join the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in 1980. Funny and charismatic, as she looks back on her long career, this pioneering violist reflects on how she has invested her time and energy. Music gave her Ikigai, a Japanese concept meaning “reason for being.”
Arno Thöni
2025 | Switzerland | 11 min. | Romansh | Subtitles in Catalan
Young musicians from the Grisons, Switzerland, creatively develop their Romansh language and culture. Between tradition and modernity, landscapes and concerts, emerges the multidimensional portrait of a generation that embraces its roots with confidence. Romansh, a minority language, symbolizes both fragility and strength in this filmic exploration of persistence amid change.
Mila Lignel
2025 | Greece | 20 min. | Greek | Subtitles in Catalan
Under the Thessaloniki sun, Elsa, a professional singer, raises her eight-year-old daughter alone after the sudden death of her husband. Through songs, conversations, and landscapes, the film tells how music and the support of a women’s vocal group helped her endure the pain and heal. After tragedy, in singing she once again found the light.
Daniel Esteban Vásquez
2025 | Chile | 19 min.
Sound vestiges and spaces on the periphery of the stage emerge as fragments of the creative process and rehearsals of the University of Talca orchestra, for an audiovisual concert that explores an astronomical imaginary. These remnants become raw material for building a new work that challenges the frontality of the wide shot and even the original piece, offering us instead a new concert.
Session:
October 30, 8:45 h