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By Norient on April 26, 2013
By Norient on 26 April 2013 in
VIDEO
Programming our annual Norient Music Film Festival we come along a great variety of documentary films – some you can watch for free online. We start sharing them in our new series «Digging Music Documentaries».
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 100% Galsen, Alemu Aga, Brazil, Cheikh Sene, David New, Digging Music Documentaries, Documentary Film, Konrad Dantas, Ostentation Funk, Renato Barreiros, Senegal, The Harp of King David, Tuki, Tuki Bass, Venezuela, Vincent Moon |
By Norient on January 14, 2013
By Norient on 14 January 2013 in
EVENTS
The 4th Norient Music-Film-Festival offers a queer-party with sissy-bounce-queen Big Freedia, stroboscopic thunderstorms and fanfares from the imaginary republic of Kadebostan, films on “Mardi-Gras-Indians”, black metal and Satanism in Norway, chalga-pop from Bulgaria and much more.
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, bee-flat, Big Freedia, Black Metal, Bounce, Bulgaria, Bury The Hatchet, Chalga, Children of the Bible, Club Bonsoir, Desi Slava, Documentary Film, Duboka Ilegala, Gay Culture, GayBern, Jeremy Cool Habasch, Kadebostan, Kadebostany, Kino der Reitschule Bern, Liquid Land, Metal, Miz Mockingbird, Motherland Soundsystem, National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Nebojsa Despotovic, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Queer, r3s3t, Satanism, Tam Tam Motherland, Trash, Until the Light Takes Us, Wildlife, Yassen Grigorov |
By Eran Livni on January 11, 2013
By Eran Livni on 11 January 2013 in
VIDEO
The movie Little-Big presents the strange love story between Bulgarian metalhead Boris Red and Chalga-Pop princess Desi Slava. – Sa. 12.1.2013 at 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Boris Red, Bulgaria, Chalga, Chalga Kuchek, Desi Slava, Documentary Film, Duet Dvorjak, Grupa X, Little-Big, Makazchievi Duet, Metal, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Sisters of Radomir, Yassen Grigorov |
By Keith Kahn-Harris on January 9, 2013
By Keith Kahn-Harris on 9 January 2013 in
VIDEO
An upsetting, deranging yet most fabulous portrait about the norwegian black metal scene – Fr. 11.1.2013 and Sa 12.1. at 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Aaron Aites, Anders Breivik, Audrey Ewell, Black Metal, Burzum, Darkthrone, documentary, Documentary Film, Emperor, Euronymous, Fenriz, Mayhem, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Norway, Satanism, Until the Light Takes Us, Varg Vikernes |
By Xing Rong Zhang on June 4, 2012
By Xing Rong Zhang on 4 June 2012 in
STORIES
Lisu is a small minority group with a population of about 635,000 in China. // Ethnography and Review of Yan Chun Su’s Documentary «Treasure of the Lisu».
Posted in STORIES | Tagged China, Documentary Educational Resources, Documentary Film, Lisu, Qiang, Treasure of the Lisu, Waterdrop Films, Yan Chun Su |
By Torie Rose DeGhett on April 2, 2012
By Torie Rose DeGhett on 2 April 2012 in
VIDEO
The multimedia-webdocumentary «The song of Tahir square. Music at the heart of revolution» by Hussein Emara and Priscille Lafitte invites to dive in contrasting places of music in Cairo. An interactive approach.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Ahmad Fouad Negm, Ali Al-Haggar, Arab World, Arabian Knightz, As-Salam City, Cairo, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Electro-sha‘bi, Eskenderella, Fathy Salama, France24, Haitham Said, Hip Hop, Hosni Mubarak, Hussein Emara, MC Deeb, Priscille Lafitte, Ramy Essam, Revolution 2.0, Revolution Records, Tahir, Wael Ghonim, webdocumentary, Wellsbox Productions |
By Norient on January 16, 2012
By Karin Scheidegger and Theresa Beyer on 16 January 2012 in
BLOG
With the FOKN Bois from Ghana, the 3rd Norient Music Film Festival came to a close on 15.1.2012. An overall success says Norient. The 4th Norient Music Film Festival is going to take place from 10.1. – 13.1.2013.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Allesandro Negrini, Björn Reinhardt, Documentary Film, End2End, FOKN Bois, Gazelle, Jackson Allers, Michael Spahr, Mo Laudi, Norient, Radio RaBe, Thomas Burkhalter, Zenesha Reily |
By Norient on January 14, 2012
By Norient on 14 January 2012 in
VIDEO
The FOKN Bois are documenting their adventures in a Swiss tour videoblog. The Rappers from Ghana have been invited to Switzerland by Norient for the 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival. They performed in Nyon, Zurich and Bern.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Africa, Afro Pop Live, bee-flat, Documentary Film, Europe, Filewile, FOKN Bois, Ghana, La Parenthèse, M3nsa, Norient, Pidgen, PROGR Bern, Switzerland, Turnhalle, Wanlov The Kubolor |
By Martin Alioth on January 14, 2012
By Martin Alioth on 14 January 2012 in
STORIES
In the protestant Fountain-Quarter of northern Irish Derry, the musician Roy Arbuckle intents to hold a dance night. Arguing Protestants and Catholics shall dance together again – Showed on 14.1.2012 at 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Alessandro Negrini, Derry, Documentary Film, Northern Ireland, Paradiso, Roy Arbuckle, Tango, The Fountain |
By Wayne Marshall on January 14, 2012
By Wayne Marshall on 14 January 2012 in
STORIES
Rather than dance, critics have alleged, “daggering”, “perreo” and the like are little more than heavy petting in public—a corruption of courtship and a shameful activity for young innocents.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Argentina, Censorship, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, daggering, dance, Dancehall, Dem Bow, Disco, Documentary Film, doggystyle, Gay Culture, Jamaica, Jorge Oquendo, kumina, Lara Putnam, Latinamerica, New York, Perreo, perreo chacalonero, Peru, petting, Politics, Puerto Rico, reggaeton, same-sex bumping, Sex, Sexism, Straight Outta Puerto Rico, the bump, zarabanda |
By Norient on January 13, 2012
By Norient on 13 January 2012 in
EVENTS
Norient, the network for local and global sounds and media culture, is organising the 4rd Norient Music Film Festival in Bern, Switzerland, from 10th to 13th January 2013.
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Alessandro Negrini, bee-flat, Bern, Björn Reinhardt, Club Bonsoir, Derry, Documentary Film, Eckehard Pistrick, Film Festival, FOKN Bois, Gazelle, Jennifer Needleman, Josh Asen, Kino der Reitschule Bern, Kitaa Bey-Route, M3nsa, Mc Mo Laudi, Michael Spahr, Mo Laudi, Music Film, Music Film Festival, Norient, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Paradiso, Polyphonia - Albaniens vergessene Stimmen, PROGR, PROGR Bern, Protest, Roy Arbuckle, Secousse, Sex, Siska, Stéphane Thibault, Switzerland, The Shukar Collective Project, The Wire, Thomas Burkhalter, Turnhalle, Wanlov The Kubolor, Xander Ferreira, «The Shukar Collective», „At Night They Dance“, „Coz Ov Moni“, „Visit me once a year“ |
By Miriam Gazzah on January 4, 2012
By Miriam Gazzah on 4 January 2012 in
STORIES
This is a story about the empowering force of (Moroccan) hip-hop. Screened on Thursday 12.1.2012 at the 3rd Norient Musikfilm Festival.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 3. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2012, Arab World, Brown Fingaz, DJ Key, Documentary Film, Dossier Arab World, Fnaïre, H-Kayne, Hip Hop, I Love Hip-Hop in Morocco, Josh Asen, Marrakesh, MC Bigg, Morocco, Mot de Passe, Rap |
By Norient on January 2, 2011
By Norient on 2 January 2011 in
EVENTS
12 – 15 January 2011 in Bern, Switzerland – documentary films about new music trends in urban centres of the «Global South» and the «Global North».
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 2. Norient Musikfilm Festival, 2/5 BZ, Adela Peeva, Arabesk, Bern, Cem Kaya, Cho Sung-Hyung, Club Bonsoir, Documentary Film, Film, Film Festival, Fokofpolisiekar, Full Metal Village, Islam Punk, Kino der Reitschule Bern, Michael Spahr, Muezzin, Music Film, Music Film Festival, Norient, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Switzerland, Taqwacore, Thomas Burkhalter, Wacken, «Arabesk – Gossensound und Massenpop», «We Don’t Care About Music Anyway...» |
By Michael Spahr on September 30, 2010
By Michael Spahr and Thomas Burkhalter on 30 September 2010 in
VIDEO
Buy More Incense – a norient documentary film about British Asian musicians – is online and can be watched for free…!
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aki Nawaz, Asia, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bangra, Birmingham, Bobby Friction, Buy More Incense, DCS, DJ Ritu, Documentary Film, Europe, Fun'da'mental, India, Johnny Kalsi, Kuljit Bhamra, London, Nation Records, Nitin Sawhney, Outcaste Records, Pakistan, UK |
By Jasper Walgrave on September 30, 2010
By Jasper Walgrave on 30 September 2010 in
VIDEO
A Documentary Film about the Angolan capital Luanda. The film captures its madness, its music, and people. See filmaker DJ Mpula live this Friday 1.10.2010 at Motherland, Zurich.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 1. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2010, Africa, Angola, Batida, DJ Mpula, Documentary Film, kuduro, Luanda |
By Norient on August 9, 2010
By Norient on 9 August 2010 in
AUDIO
Great piece of the Tecnobrega sub-genre Eletromelody for your listening pleasure by Maderito e Joe.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Brasil, Brega S/A, Documentary Film, Global Ghettotech, Maderito e Joe, Tecno Brega, World Music 2.0 |
By Thomas Burkhalter on June 3, 2010
By Thomas Burkhalter on 3 June 2010 in
VIDEO
A Documentary Film by Bart Van Dijck about Music and Culture in South Africa.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Africa, Die Antwoord, Documentary Film, Dossier South Africa, kwaito, Ninja, South Africa |
By Norient on January 1, 2010
By Norient on 1 January 2010 in
EVENTS
Norient zeigt im Kino der Reitschule vom 14.1-16.1.2010 ausgewählte Dokumentarfilme zu neuen musikalischen Strömungen aus den urbanen Zentren Afrikas, Asiens, Lateinamerikas und dem Nahen Osten.
Posted in EVENTS | Tagged 1. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2010, Beijng Bubbles, Bern, Documentary Film, Dreda Ser Angolano, Film, I'm Ugly But Trendy, Kino Reitschule, Michael Spahr, Music Film, Music Film Festival, Norient Musikfilm Festival, Radioclit, Reitschule, RiP: A Remix Manifesto, Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, Slingshot Hip Hop, Switzerland, Thomas Burkhalter |
