SOUND ON SCREEN Music Film Festival

CHECK OUT THE 2024 SOUND ON SCREEN MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL movie selection clip:

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The exciting audio visual feast that is the SOUND ON SCREEN MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL returns for its 14th year! The eclectic range of dozens new and never-before-seen international music related movies, documentaries and short films will stream across South Africa here at Quicket, 29 March - 7 April.

Tickets are only R30 per movie and R175 for full festival access!

Head to: https://qkt.io/PwDGiV 

From Pop, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Blues, Tango, Balkan and Country, to Rock, Metal, Punk, Electronic, as well as World Music links like traditional instrument focus of the Chinese Guqin and Cuban percussion; documentary looks at artists like SIGUR RÓS and Kurt Cobain-linked EARTH; narrative films like a musical comedy-drama and local music-linked drama, plus dance subjects and much more.

These global movies and short films hail from across the planet, including the USA, Canada, UK, Argentina, South Africa, China, Belgium, Korea, Iceland, Madagascar, Russia, Turkey, Ireland, Cuba, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy.

Individual streaming tickets or full festival pass at Quicket: 

https://www.quicket.co.za/organisers/572-sound-on-screen-music-film-festival

Festival website: http://www.flamedrop.com/sos

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundOnScreenFilmFest

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/FlamedropProductions

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terminatryx

FEATURE FILM LINE-UP :

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EVEN HELL HAS ITS HEROES (USA)

Since 1989, the slowest metal band on the planet has conjured some of music’s most striking tectonic changes. Not only did the band Earth create a glacially paced sub-genre of metal and play a pivotal role in the popularization of grunge, but visionary leader Dylan Carlson also did it while battling small-town boredom, heroin addiction, and the tragic death of his roommate and best friend, Kurt Cobain.

Directed by Clyde Petersen

BronX BandA: Arturo O'Farrill & The Bronx (USA)

6-time Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Arturo O'Farrill brings to life a 9-piece hip-hop-jazz ensemble converting stories of South Bronx life to music resounding in the streets. This music documentary pays homage to the history of the Afro-Latinx music that was born in the Bronx.

Directed by Taylor Krauss

THE HIDDEN SOUND OF TANGO (Argentia)

After obtaining an old Boca de Estrella guitar like the one played by tango icon Carlos Gardel, tango musician/guitar collector Patricio Crom sets out to restore the instrument and discover its true sound—and then use it in a concert featuring some of today’s best Argentine tango guitarists. Along the way, Crom explores the different techniques of guitar playing, the challenges of guitar building and restoration, and the enduring passion for Carlos Gardel.

Directed by Yael Szmulewics

LEILANI'S FORTUNE (Canada) 

Leilani’s Fortune is an intimate journey that follows the blossoming career of queer, Ethiopian-Eritrean artist, Witch Prophet.

After a decade of struggling as an independent artist, she is finally getting the validation and support she needs to create the album of her prophecies.

Canada boasts some of the biggest names in music including Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, and Drake. With her hypnotic harmonies and genre bending sound, she is poised to shape the next era of global Canadian artists.

Directed by Loveleen Kaur

OLD RIGHTEOUS BLUES (South Africa) 

A young man is forced to confront his limitations, face the ghosts of the past and rise above establishment constraints to unite a fractured community and realise his life-long dream of leading his town’s Christmas Choir Band (Kerskoor) to its former glory.

However, he is to pay the price for the path his father chose twenty years ago, which split the fabulous Old Righteous Blues Kerskoor in two and fractured the community. For the next twenty years, pitched street battles raged, loyalties were tested, families were divided, and the two rival bands marched defiantly under their own banner, each claiming ownership of the town’s Kerskoor, with devastating and violent consequences for the community.

Directed by Muneera Sallies

Starring Ayden Croy, Euodia Samson, Stefan Erasmus 

TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION (USA)

This vibrant documentary follows Joshua Jones, general manager of Dallas-based indie Americana radio station KHYI-FM, as he struggles to produce the silver anniversary of a beloved roots music festival in the wake of the pandemic.

Against a backdrop of stories and performances by Texas music artists Ray Wylie Hubbard, Charley Crockett, Joshua Ray Walker, The Derailers, and Kiefer Sutherland, Joshua’s heroic journey mirrors the themes that express the genre of Texas Country Music itself: Dedication, heartbreak, faith, and redemption ... With a healthy bit of humor.

In a welcome return from dark times, Texas Music Revolution is a celebration of Texas, its people, and their music.

Directed by Troy Paff

THE BYTES DEAMS ARE MADE OF (Italy)