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With her exclusive live special "Shinzou", the Japanese singer and J-pop phenomenon Ado thrilled over 140,000 fans in two days with a legendary performance in Tokyo. She was the first female solo artist ever to perform in the iconic National Stadium. The fans could look forward to a total of 26 songs, including her stage duet "Sakura Biyori and Time Machine" with Japanese pop sensation Hatsune Miku, a manga avatar who recently had success in German cinemas with the anime feature film "Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku who can’t sing". Other highlights were her highly praised song "Dignity", which she performed with guest guitarist Tak Matsumoto from the Japanese rock band B’z, and the chart hit "Show", which was created in collaboration with Universal Studios Japan.

Amber, a happiness agent, travels the Bhutanese Himalayas surveying people's happiness. On his remote mountain journey, he searches for fulfillment.

BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN explores the origins of this iconic band and their meteoric rise to fame against all odds in just one year. Using impressive, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Bernard MacMahon's cinematic odyssey explores the creative, musical and personal history of Led Zeppelin. The film is told in Led Zeppelin's own words and is the first officially authorized film about the group.

In his documentary film, Mika Kaurismäki captures how a total of 16 musicians come together in front of an audience. There is no plan; everything has to take shape organically over three days. But is creative work even possible under these conditions, and if so, what ultimately defines it?

A life-affirming, genre-bending story about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko's world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage.

A painting hanging in a house in Madrid is causing a stir as it is thought to be a lost work by the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio.

In the 1960s, many African countries fought for their independence from the European colonial powers. While the Soviet Union and other socialist countries support decolonization, the USA and its Western allies view this with skepticism. Their interest primarily lies in the natural resources which they want to maintain control over. The USA tries to adopt unconventional methods and sends jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Nina Simone as ambassadors to African states to portray the West positively, while figures like Malcolm X and other jazz artists solidarize with the independence movement at the same time.

1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone's life.