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- During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
- A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.
- Jean and her sister, played by Macha Grenon, have a life long infatuation with the Japanese Pianist who once lived across the street from them during their high school years. The film is set during the family's reunion on Vancouver Island and flashes back and forth over the last 10 years. By coincidence, Yoshi who is now a world famous Pianist is giving a concert in Vancouver and Amy is anxious to see him again but her sister curiously is not at all interested. The girls explore old passions, stalking, sibling rivalry and wrong life choice based on the fantasies of their youth. When Amy discovers her sister over the years, had nearly 7 or 8 sexual encounters with Yoshi, she is devastated. Inspite of the fact that Amy had chosen a career path which relocated her to New York City in order to increase her chances of a possible relationship with the handsome, exotic and gifted former neighbour, she never did meet Yoshi so her passions for him continued to smolder right up to the time of the family reunion. Will they meet Yoshi, will he now choose Amy? A delicate but not precious slice of life with unusual plot twists and turns which inspires the audience to ask of themselves, what have my life influences been and were my choices reasonable and wise?
- Documentary of the making of Roman Polanski's film of survival in the Warsaw ghetto of WWII.
- David Owen Norris takes us on a journey through 60 years of BBC archive to showcase some of the greatest names in the history of the piano. From the groundbreaking BBC studio recitals of Benno Moiseiwitsch, Solomon and Myra Hess in the 1950s, through the legendary concerts of Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein to more recent performances including Alfred Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida and Stephen Hough, David celebrates some of the greatest players in a pianistic tradition which goes back to Franz Liszt in the 19th century. Filmed at the Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park.
- The real-life story of Aeham Ahmad: a classically-trained musician attempting to escape the war in Syria.
- Four years in the life of Muhammad "Misha" Alsheikh, a talented teenage pianist from Ramallah, who is the son of a Palestinian father and a mother who came from Russia. It takes Muhammad 3 hours to get from his house to a piano lesson with Emma, his Jewish-Israeli teacher who also came from Russia and now lives in Jerusalem, but his dream is bigger than borders. Between checkpoints, auditions and his father's will that he will become a doctor, he tries to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional pianist - and also stay happy.
- Surrounded by ruins in Syria's capital Damascus, Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death. Threatened by Assad's regime and jihadists of the Islamic State, the Piano Man is silenced and must flee - to Germany. The documentary film "The Pianist of Yarmouk" tells the story of this Syrian refugee musician. After his arrival in Munich, we follow the life of a man who sang out against the suffering in his country until his instrument was destroyed. His fate stands for that of thousands - robbed of their hopes and dreams and forced to build a new existence.
- When a financially struggling Jazz pianist looses one of his hands in an accident, he must overcome doubt and adversity to achieve his dream.
- This drama revolves around a street piano that is located in a music store at a shopping district. Sawamoto Ren is a young electrician who once turned away from the piano but upon meeting the daughter of the music store owner Kajiwara Midori, decides to embark on a new path as a street piano performer. As a result, Ren and Midori meet and interact with various people from all walks of life.
- A lonely pianist, and a psychopathic serial killer, band together and take on the whole country. Through Murder and deceit.
- Many years have passed since Victor Enzo, a once famous pianist, last performed. His desire to play burns strongly until he can no longer hold back. He succumbs to his desires but knows a malevolent force will do anything to stop him.
- Pietro, noted pianist, calls on wealthy Miss Hobbs, and makes such a hit that Percy, her sweetheart, is relegated to a back seat; so he departs in anger, registering vengeance upon the handsome Italian. When Pietro becomes engrossed in the practice of a soulful selection. Percy employs a German street band to serenade the Hobbs home, to the great distress of the temperamental visitor, Pietro. Finally, by threats and bribes, the "tooters" are driven away. Then Percy hires a "hurdy-gurdy" that does its worst to disconcert him, so that Pietro is almost thrown into hysterics. This noise-maker is bribed away; then Percy plays his last card, with a woman organ-grinder and a diminutive monkey. This is too much for the temperamental Pietro. He, himself, rushes out to drive the woman and monkey away, when the woman throws her arms about him, and declares he is her long-lost husband. This as a particularly happy hit for Percy. He finds out that she was deserted in Italy and has made a fruitless search in America, and the monkey was really a business partner of Pietro. Meanwhile, poor Miss Hobbs is torn by her emotions and Pietro again seeks sanctuary in her home. Percy turns the monkey loose that leaps through an open window and takes affectionate possession of its former master. This is the final blow and appears to cinch the evidence on the pianist, so that he is dismissed from the Hobbs home. Percy wins the young lady for his persistence and ingenuity.
- The Sudden Pianist is the remarkable story of composer and pianist Michael Hersch. While much has been written about Hersch's gifts as a composer, his astonishing abilities at the piano have been witnessed by few, as he shuns most public performances. Filmmaker Richard Anderson has created an intimate portrait, shedding light on this aspect of Hersch's music making with never before seen or heard footage of Hersch performing his own work at the piano - from his debut to the present day. There are also rare interviews throughout with Hersch. The film is a moving journey into the mind of one of America's most unique artists.
- A 14 year old singer-songwriter is going through some personal issues when he meets a young girl who changes his outlook on life. He writes a song for her.
- The story of a teenage pianist who prefers football to practicing.
- Pianist Arthur Dulay plays the music of Chopin, Moskowski, Sinding and Rachmaninoff.
- A struggling pianist in search of completing his melody. With his bike, he wanders around the busy city of Toronto in search of a piano through hotels, music stores, churches; whatever he can get his hands on to play his beloved melody.
- A french famous pianist is above to give a concert when strange events start to happen on the theater, disappearances, visions, strange events that make him question the reality, but to help him to understand that he has a serious mental illness.
- A suavely dressed man enters a nightclub late at night, carefully takes off his scarf and strangles a woman who is sitting at a table. The only other person in the nightclub is a blind pianist who hires his friend Gunn to get the murderer.
- A famed concert pianist flees in terror from the Viennese police - accused of a brutal murder. The man is innocent but fears an investigation into his past because he was once in jail.
- With the Clantons believing the Doctor to be Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp takes him into protective custody but this leaves Steven and Dodo in danger.
- The winners are finally announced to an electrified audience; Shuhei sheds tears of joy after hearing Kai's placement; Ajino receives shocking news.
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