Crescendo

In a small village ruled by ridiculous laws, three singing sisters and their dog rehearse for the Annual Autumn Festival. But an unexpected event will disrupt their plans.

A random librarian is pulled into a multiversal conundrum in this prequel to Tethered (2020).

A student at a prestigious music academy struggles to recreate a piece of sheet music stolen by an egocentric professor. After given just 2 hours to complete this task, he experiences the highs and lows of this process as it alters the way he thinks about the creation of art itself.

In this reflective short film, the Weeknd speaks to his younger self, encouraging him to ask questions about the future and remember the light before it's all gone.

"Red Terror" visual picks up where "Open Hearts" leaves off. The Weeknd is portrayed as a mouthless child who appears to be chased by monsters through an ominous forest as he tries to shed his original form.

For 25 years, Avron Coleman performed cello with the New York Philharmonic, as well as in numerous important string quartets. Retiring in 1997, this active, talkative, prolific, fascinating man still plays, and recounts tales of music and of his own life in music. The film contains lots of beautiful music by Schubert, Bach, Schumann, Brahms, and others.

A very unusual wedding unfolds in front of a woman.

A music video directed by experimental director Anna Malina for Catherine Watine's EROS & THANATOS from her 2020 album INTRICATIONS QUANTIQUES.

A short, silent, experimental film created by avant-garde created by Ukranian-born artist, Anna Malina.

A canned fish tycoon wants a smash hit song to sell his fish. Ruth Etting is the perfect singer - but can they find a song worthy of her?

The performance serves as a prequel to "Red Terror", ending with The Weeknd following a toddler version of himself out into the forest.

A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned matrons get hep to the beat that flows from the organ grinder's calliope. There are lots of spoofs of life on the Lower East Side and lots of monkeyshines as the organ grinder's pet performs "42nd Street" and imitates some Hollywood greats. The monkey takes wing and gets behind the wheel of a car, driving all over the area and wrecking everything.

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.

I can't move on. I wish I could. But I'm caught in the thought of what could have been, losing my grip on reality.

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.

Bongo, the performing bear, escapes from the circus and tries to adapt to life in the wild.

A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.

Blending psychedelic animation with haunting music. Centred around a black cat, it explores themes of misfortune and the uncanny through dreamlike visuals and Maki Asakawa’s melancholic song, "Fushiawase to Iu Na no Neko".

In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings on black cards were photographed with overlapping ‘zooms’ to suggest the forward movement of a canoe along rivers and lakes. This film appears in Chants populaires no. 5 and in Chants populaires no. 6.