Joyful Noise

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.

SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.

In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.

Bai Kosta, a wealthy merchant from the end of the last century, can't get over his frivolous wife and vain daughter who have their eyes set on Europe and civilization. And in the language of both and of Mr. Magavridi, the stranger, it would mean clothes, ointments, pomades and fine manners. Curtsies, hand-kissing, refined manners. And just now they felt the breeze of Paris. Sooner or later, which is true, they will come to this civilization, they will live quite Frenchly. Mr. Magavridi will arrange the work...

The small village of Hysvik has been world champion in fishing for generations, making it the only thing that children, adults, and the elderly care about. In the film, we meet Bjørnar (60), who carries a secret. He dreams of becoming a postman. But how will he manage that in a village where nothing but fishing is allowed? 7180 Hysvik is a funny, sincere, and heartwarming short musical film, submitted as Lene Nilssen Viken's bachelor's project at NSKI."

"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.

In 2005, aspiring singer Nathan enters a controversial Asian male beauty pageant in Richmond hoping for his big break. An innocent lie catapults him into overnight fame — and suddenly, the whole city is watching! Taken under the wing of Justice, a fiery upstart producer grasping for the next big thing, a reluctant Nathan buries the lie and enters the pageant circuit alongside a rag-tag team of fellow competitors, navigating an improbable mission of turning skeptical public opinion to their side. But when pageant executives catch wind of Nathan’s secret, his star status becomes a weapon for consolidating power. With the finale looming and the lie unraveling, Nathan and his peers must decide - submit to the fame machine, or risk it all to stay true to themselves.

Multitalented performer Clarice Falcão packs a year of ideas into one special with songs, skits and jokes dedicated to each month on the calendar.