Best Music Documentary
Do you have a music film and would like to be part of the STS 2025 programme?
SEE THE SOUND, the film festival of SoundTrack_Cologne, invites all filmmakers, producers and distributors to submit documentaries, feature films and short films with a focus on music. Films and music videos whose production was completed after January 1, 2024, and/or premiered after January 1, 2024 are eligible for submission. There are no restrictions regarding the country of production. The screening print, only requested after the selection process, can be one of the following formats: DCP, BluRay, DVD and digital file (e.g. high-quality ProRes). Music videos should be provided as QuickTime movies. Preview copies are preferred as online screeners!
In addition, the prize for the Best Music Documentary will be awarded at SEE THE SOUND for the twelfth time. The prize winner will receive 2,500 euros.
(Only documentaries are considered for the award. Feature films and shorts are also screened as part of the festival).
Early Bird submission ends March 17, 2025, 10:00am CEST.
Late submission deadline is April 07, 2025, 10:00am CEST.
Elis & Tom. It Had to Be You · See The Sound Music Documentary Award 2024
"The Brazilian documentary Elis & Tom by directors Jom Tob Azulay and Roberto de Oliveira, and produced by Diogo Pires Gonçalves won the Best Music Documentary Award at the See the Sound festival. The film reconstructs the powerful moment in which the singer Elis Regina and Tom Jobim meet to record an album that becomes a historical milestone in Brazilian popular music. For the jury, made up of film director Shadi Tabibzadeh; film director, documentalist and journalist Martin Gerner, and filmmaker and TV writer Christoph Simon, highlighted that the film "works as a magical time capsule, blending the nostalgia of the sixties with present-day reflections, making it a treasure to be rediscovered."
SEE THE SOUND 2024
July 03 - July 07, 2024
ANGELHEADED HIPSTER: THE SONGS OF MARC BOLAN & T-REX
USA 2023 / Documentary 99'
Directed by: Ethan Silverman
BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE
USA / JAM 2023 / Documentary 107'
Section: Open Air
Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
BRING MINYO BACK
JPN 2022 / Documentary 90'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Yuji Moriwaki
CABIN MUSIC
USA / CDN / FRA / JPN / RUS / ESP / GBR 2022 / Documentary 72'
Directed by: James Carson
CATCHING FIRE - THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG
USA 2023 / Documentary 110'
Directed by: Alexis Bloom & Svetlana Zill
DER KOMPONIST PAUL DESSAU. VON HAMBURG ÜBER HOLLYWOOD IN DIE DDR
PAUL DESSAU. LET’S HOPE FOR THE BEST
DEU 2023 / Documentary 53'
Directed by: Anne-Kathrin Peitz
DON'T EVER STOP: TONY DE VIT
GBR 2023 / Documentary 85'
Directed by: Stuart Pollitt
ELIS & TOM: SÓ TINHA DE SER COM VOCÊ
ELIS & TOM: IT JUST HAD TO BE YOU
BRA 2023 / Documentary 100'
Directed by: Jom Tob Azulay & Roberto de Oliveira
Best Music Documentary Award Winner 2024EVEN HELL HAS ITS HEROES
USA 2024 / Documentary 110'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Clyde Petersen
FENEEN
ITA 2022 / Documentary 61'
Directed by: Giulia Rosco
GO YOUR WAY
GBR 2024 / Documentary 39'
Directed by: Dan Baskerville
HAVE YOU GOT IT YET? THE STORY OF SYD BARRETT AND PINK FLOYD
GBR 2023 / Documentary 94'
Directed by: Roddy Bogawa & Storm Thorgerson
IN THE SHADOW
PRT 2023 / Documentary 114'
Directed by: Joana X
JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE
USA 2023 / Documentary 113'
Section: Open Air
Directed by: Miri Navasky & Maeve O'Boyle & Karen O'Connor
LET THE CANARY SING - CYNDI LAUPER
GBR / USA 2023 / Documentary 96'
Directed by: Alison Ellwood
LIL NAS X: LONG LIVE MONTERO
USA 2023 / Documentary 95'
Section: Open Air
Directed by: Carlos López Estrada & Zac Manuel
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
USA 2022 / Documentary 98'
Directed by: Lisa Cortés
MARRIED TO THE MUSIC
GBR 2023 / Documentary 99'
Directed by: Garo Berberian
MICHEL GONDRY, DO IT YOURSELF!
FRA 2023 / Documentary 80'
Directed by: François Nemeta
POEMS - A JOURNEY THROUGH ICELANDIC POETRY
ISL / DEU 2023 / Documentary 66'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Robin Thomson
ROCK CHICKS: WIE FRAUEN DEN ROCK 'N' ROLL ERFANDEN
ROCK CHICKS - I AM NOT FEMALE TO YOU
DEU 2023 / Documentary 78'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Marita Stocker
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD: A GOGOL BORDELLO STORY
USA 2023 / Documentary 99'
Directed by: Nate Pommer & Eric Weinrib
SIMPLE MINDS: EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
GBR 2023 / Documentary 88'
Directed by: Joss Crowley
TEACHES OF PEACHES
DEU 2024 / Documentary 102'
Section: Open Air
Directed by: Philipp Fussenegger
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER
ESP / FRA 2023 / Documentary 103'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba
ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORD
RSA 2024 / Documentary 90'
Section: Competition
Directed by: Jon Day
