He International Music Documentary Film Festival In-Edit has organized documentary screenings, conferences and a jazz concert, which will take place from September 24 to November 26 at the CaixaForum of Palm.
The ‘la Caixa’ Foundation explained, through a press release, that this is a “unique opportunity” to delve deeper into the world of music documentaries with a selection of some titles that appeared at the last edition of this festival.
The music journalist Philippe Sherburne will be the presenter of this festival, composed of five sessions and which will begin on September 24 with From vinyl to Camilathe documentary series Ramon Tort.
This is the first chapter in a series of three that analyzes the emergence of the Internet as a driver of profound social, economic and musical changes. It constitutes a “revealing” and “irreverent” anthropological journey through the social evolution of the last sixty years, through the relationship with music.
Artists, producers, engineers, journalists and technological pioneers from different generations and latitudes are building a audiovisual puzzle of stories, ideas and experiences from the vinyl era to MP3, streaming and the artificial intelligence revolution. After the screening, there will be a short discussion with the director.
The next cinematographic activity will take place on October 1st, with the screening of Little Richard: I am everythingled by Lisa Cortes.
This documentary presented at Sundance focuses on a artist who thrilled the public with his music and iconographyan unclassifiable man who created an art form despite his insecurities. Through his best performances, a large number of archives and interviews with family members and artists such as Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger or John WatersIt is about discovering the complicated inner world of the icon weird.
The next event will take place on October 29, with the short film selection session. In edition in which a selection of short films that participated in the official national short film section of the last edition of the festival will be screened.
These are five documentaries that, with music as a common thread and at the same time central axis, present five moving, intense and thoughtful stories.
These are the cassettes At the meva pellof Sandor M. Salas; Ressonàncies (soft music)of Xavier Esteban; Dol I do solof Maria Besora and Pep Garrido; Part of Me-Anuar Khalifi by Yasiin Beyof Jordi Esgleas And hardcoreof Adam Aliaga.
Screenings will continue on November 12 with Music for black pigeonsof Jorgen Leth and Andreas KoefoedThe film poses existential questions to influential jazz musicians, such as Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Midori Takada, Paul Motian, Jon Christensen, Thomas Morgan and Joe Lovanoamong others.
For 14 years, filmmakers have been following the Danish composer Jakob Brother and witnessed his encounters with acclaimed and eccentric musicians of all generations and nationalities. This session will also include a pre-concert, with the jazz group Pedro BujosaTrio.
The last session will take place on November 26 with Karen Carpenter: Hungry for PerfectionThis documentary offers a surprising new insight into the short and tragic life of the singer who made pop music history.
For the first time, the public will know the personal struggle he faced, through unreleased recordings and the legendary voices of those who knew her and were inspired by her music.
With his brother Richard, he created The carpentersone of the most successful pop groups of the 1970s and both produced a series of pop masterpieces.
However, Karen’s quest for perfection resulted in low self-esteem, a frustrating love life and a public battle with anorexia nervosa that led to her untimely death when she was just 32.
The In-Edit music documentary film festival has established itself as an international reference of the genre, with venues in different countries after 20 years of existence.
The festival seeks to demonstrate the inexhaustible power of music to tell stories that help understand the past and present of society from a musical perspective by addressing genres such as electro, classic rock, reggae, punk, flamenco or jazz, among others.
