“Welcome to the 90s”! In four thrilling episodes, the documentary series takes the audience on a journey through the most colorful decade ever. It puts us into the midst of the vibrant dance culture, tells us from the golden age of rap music, raves about the huge Boy and Girl band wave and reminds us of the new blossoms of Rock. Episodes: Dance Culture / Come as you are: Grunge, Riot Grrrl, Britpop, Nu Metal / Hip-Hop / Dance Culture
Richard Strauss – Sketches Of A Life
Commemorating Richard Strauss’ 150th Birthday, the film focuses on the family of the composer. Especially for this documentary, the family archive of the Strauss-family is opened to the public by Richard Strauss’ grand-son Christian and his sister in law (and today’s archival director) Gabriele Strauss-Hotter. It allows the viewer to get an intense, nearly intimate view on the extraordinary life of this exceptional artist. The film by Barbara Wunderlich and Marieke Schroeder sketches the personality of Strauss by emphasis on the Strauss Villa in Garmisch, his focal point of life, and the symphonic composition “Symphonia Domestica”, which portrays the artist’s contradictive persona and his body of work better than any other piece of him.
75 Years Lucerne Festival
A collage of historic images, recent concert recordings and interviews with protagonists of then and now, this one-hour documentary spans a wide arc from the founding days, through history’s trials and tribulations to the overwhelming success of recent years and offers an inside glimpse into the 75 years of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL.
Summer of Love
In four (two) creatively composed episodes provided with clips from Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin and many other legendary artists of that time, the documentary deals with the central topics of this unique phenomenon in pop history: The Summer of Love. The sexual liberation and the search for new, spiritual ways were most important for an attitude towards life that established its own event- and party culture for the first time in history. The documentary is based on interviews with vocalists like Donovan, Art Garfunkel, Adam Green, Bob Marley, Yoko Ono and Michelle Philipps from „The Mamas & The Papas”. As a leitmotif we pose the question of actuality of the cultural achievements in which the hippies succeeded.
Boris Berezovsky – Pianist and Virtuoso
The Russian Pianist Boris Berezovsky is one of the most virtuous Piano Interpreter of our times. One can tell that for him the borders of keyboard possibilities have not yet been reached. Boris Berezovsky bought attention to himself with his daring dexterity at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He won the Gold Medal straight off. The film accompanies Boris Berezovsky on his musical journey. The Artist Boris Berezovsky drives through the nightly Yekaterinburg, as a passionate player he goes to the casino and improvises along with a little Band in a Jazz Club.
Sunshine Superman – The Story of Donovan
From shaggy-haired, demin-clad Dylan Apostle to brocade-robed, hitmaking folk-rock guru, Donovan’s ascension to 60s pop royalty was meteoric. From mediating with the Beatles in India to recording with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page or Jack Bruce, everything this gentle Glasgow born troubadour touched turned to gold. Over the last three years, Hannes Rossacher from DoRo Productions has filmed Donovan at all the locations that have had the highest significance in this extraordinary singer/songwriter’s life, weaving together a comprehensive documentary about the life and work of Donovan.
Premieres Revisited – Haydn’s Daytime Symphonies at Schloss Esterházy
Il Giardino Armonico, conducted by Giovanni Antonini, performs the three Daytime Symphonies two and a half centuries after their premiere at their original concert venue, the magnificent Haydn Hall at Esterházy Palace. Premieres Revisited provides insight into the three works and combines their background with interviews and a passionate and virtuoso performance to convey an impression of the premiere at that time.
Hans Werner Henze – composer, communist, dandy
Hans Werner Henze was Germany’s most political composer, at the same time, he was the epitome of a dandy and bon vivant. On the occasion of his 100th birthday in July 2026, the film is a tribute to the courageous artist and humanist, showing his colourful life in all its complexity and with all its contradictions.
Sensitive Strings – Daniel Lozakovich and his Stradivarius
Young violinist Daniel Lozakovich performs on the world’s greatest stages. Since 2022, he has been playing an exceptional Stradivarius: the Sancy, which was the companion of the legendary Ivry Gitlis for more than sixty years.
The documentary follows the passing of the Sancy from Ivry Gitlis to the Swedish prodigy, highlighting the musical and emotional legacy that each virtuoso leaves on his instrument. It explores the intimate relationship between a musician and his instrument, considered an artistic alter ego of inestimable value.
What does an instrument pass on from one virtuoso to another? How much of Ivry Gitlis’ soul still vibrates under Daniel Lozakovich’s bow? Is there a secret formula for reproducing its magic today? Why can a Stradivarius fetch several million euros and fascinate musicians and collectors to such an extent?
Through a journey that takes us from France to Kyrgyzstan, via Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, the portrait of a major artist of our time emerges.
Sol & Lise
Lise Cristiani, born in the gutters of Paris, was the first cellist to dare to perform on stage in 1844. A woman with a cello! Obscene! A taboo. Until then, the instrument had only been played by men. With her Stradivarius, Lise Cristiani conquered the concert halls of Europe. On an adventurous journey, she even took her music to the farthest corner of Siberia, as Lise wrote, ‘to places where no artist had ever gone before.’ Sol Gabetta, virtuoso cellist of today, traced the history of her predecessor, searched for Lise’s repertoire, and wanted to create her own concert. The solo cellist found herself in roles entirely new to her. Like Lise once did, she also became a dramaturge and concert presenter. Lise Cristiani’s adventurous life is interwoven into the musical creation of the concert and her first performance.