SIFF Rhapsody｜When Hitchcock Meets Herzog

"SIFF Rhapsody" is a new section introduced by Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2019 to select music-themed films from all over the world and pay tribute to outstanding musicians by screening classic films. Since 2020, "SIFF Rhapsody" has expanded its selection beyond music to dance, art, literature, drama, and other artistic fields. Today, the first batch of films for this section is made public, which encompasses works from various art realms such as film, music, graffiti, and poetry.

OLIVER!, an award-winning film that has won six Oscars; POET, a finalist for the main competition section of the 2021 Tokyo International Film Festival; SKIN, which trains its lens on a small town in Brazil known for its vibrant street art and graffiti; INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT, shortlisted for the main competition section of the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival; SHORT JOURNEYS INTO THE NIGHT, telling the stories in impoverished slums in São Paulo, Brazil through samba music; WERNER HERZOG: RADICAL DREAMER, a tribute film that celebrates the 80th birthday of German film master Werner Herzog; MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK, a biopic that develops with the voiceover of Alfred Hitchcock; THE MIDDLE AGES, nominated for the Caligari Film Award at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival. Here are some details about them below.