One of the most beloved and playful ‘City Symphony’ films is our September event: Berlin, Symphony of a Great City 1927. Musician Heinz Riegler blends experimental, electronic, and rock sensibilities to create a fulsome sound befitting the silent film classic. This exhilarating documentary-poem is fashioned by three great German filmmakers who innovated story concepts, visual…
Our City Symphony Live Music & Film event for August is immersed in the colour, light and culture of the Indian metropolis Kolkata. Released in 1969 and known then as Calcutta, this exceptional documentary portrait of the city opens a window into intimate moments of washing in the river, preparations for a wedding ceremony through…
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A distinctly poetic and at times romantic sensibility permeates our July selection of City Symphony films, The Poetic Cities of Joris Ivens. Prolific composer, bassist, lecturer and founder and artistic director of Topology, Robert Davidson will craft a unique soundscape comprised of double bass with looping pedals to build up layers of sound, along with…
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For our fifth City Symphony Live Music & Film event on Sunday 18 June, we’re going to Germany in 1930. The film Menschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday) 1930 charts a Sunday in the lives of four young people from the metropolis Berlin — the city is characterised as a vibrant and sophisticated, yet dirty and…
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On Sunday 28 May at the Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, our fourth City Symphony Live Music & Film event features the music of composer and musician Madeleine Cocolas. Madeleine is crafting a live score for the films boasting pulsating synthesisers, lush soundscapes, experimental electronics and field recordings to subtly evoke the…
On Sunday 30 April, our third City Symphony Live Music & Film screening features a selection of rarely screened short films. Within these films street photographers capture cheeky kids playing in New York’s East Harlem in the 1940s, meanwhile in the film Bridges Go Round 1958 the camera dances with a city skyline, and two films…
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