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Sonica Ekrano4
April 11 - April 19, 2025
Setúbal / Portugal
SONICA EKRANO is a documentary film festival dedicated to the music, musicians, sounds and movements at the edges of massification and popularity.
The festival, held in Portugal, aims to provide an opportunity to watch cinematic works which remain (even in an age of digital platforms with on-demand content) hard to access, contributing to an increased audiovisual inclusiveness, striving to present a diversity of geographies and strike a balance between historical perspective and contemporary narratives.
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Rock This Town
May 03 - May 11, 2025
Pau / France
Rock This Town is the international music film festival taking place in the city of Pau and the cinema Le Méliès. Ever since 2007, Rock This Town has been a cinematic pulse in the heart of the south-west of France, near the Pyrenees, an annual festival at the crossroads of world cultures and territories as well as artistic forms (cinema, concerts, film-concerts, exhibitions, literatures) bringing together more than 20 cultural partners from the city of Pau.
This festival proposes a selection of movies (documentaries, fictions, shorts and features) defined by their relationship with music (whether jazz, classical, rock, reggae, punk, experimental, Latino, rap) so that they dialogue and square with it.
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SoundTrack_Cologne 22
July 08 - July 11, 2025
Cologne / Germany
SoundTrack_Cologne is Europe's leading congress for music and sound in film, games and media, and a source of inspiration for the growing landscape of festivals and congresses in Europe. In over 40 round tables, panels, workshops and networking events, SoundTrack_Cologne focuses on current developments in culture, law, marketing and technics of media music and offers business cases and networking events.
In 2025 SoundTrack_Cologne will celebrate its 22th edition.
Save the Date: July 08 - 11, 2025.
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Past events

BIFF38
November 11 - November 17, 2024
Braunschweig / Germany
Founded in 1986, the Braunschweig International Film Festival is the oldest festival in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The next edition of the Festival will be held from 11 to November.
Here more info.

MUSICAL ÉCRAN10
November 05 - November 15, 2024
Bordeaux / France
The Musical Écran film festival is a unique event in France, focusing mainly on music documentaries, which takes place each year in Bordeaux. During a week, the spotlight is on music docs and over 35 films from all over the world are screened and discussions between the audience and the directors are organized.
Musical Écran film festival is coming from November 5th to 15th. The festival, located in Bordeaux, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This year's edition features 33 screenings, 15 premieres, and 2 DJ parties.
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UNERHÖRT!18
November 05 - November 09, 2024
Hamburg / Germany
UNERHÖRT! is a cinephiles film festival that brings music films to the cinema and reflects on the current state of the music and film worlds. Like every year, they are looking for film premieres and film pearls that would open up a dialogue with filmmakers and film lovers for their audience.
The festival this year will be from 5 to 9 November.
Here more info.

SOUNDWATCH08
November 01 - November 30, 2024
Berlin / Germany
Founded in 2017, Soundwatch – Berlin Music Film Festival presents music documentaries and and explores various approaches to combining image and music, including music video, media art and narrative features. The festival strives to be a platform for audiences to discover new sounds and experience music through the moving image.
This year it will be held at November.
More info here.

DORF18
October 24 - October 26, 2024
Vinkovci / Croatia
DORF is the first Festival of music documentaries in Croatia and in the region of former Yugoslavia, organised since 2007 by the Association of film lovers RARE.
This edition is from 23 to 26 October.
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SEE THE SOUND 2024
July 03 - July 07, 2024
Cologne / Germany
SEE THE SOUND
is dedicated to all forms of motion pictures, that visualise music and sound.
Since its inception, SoundTrack_Cologne grew as a festival and conference program into Europes leading platform for music and sound in film, games, TV and multimedia in general. With SEE THE SOUND SoundTrack_Cologne offers a platform to outstanding films about music to be presented on the big screen.
SEE THE SOUND AWARD
Furthermore, the prize for the Best Music Documentary will be awarded at SEE THE SOUND for the twelveth time. The prize winner will receive 2,500 euros.