Osvaldo Golijov

Movies

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Self
Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.
Zanjmoore
Music
Three women try to protect animals The subject of the film is Zanjumeh. One of these women builds a shelter and keeps stray dogs in the shelter by spaying them. He also opposes stray dogs due to his prejudice against his village.
Twixt
Original Music Composer
A declining writer arrives in a small town where he gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl.
The Oath
Music
Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tetro
Music
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
Youth Without Youth
Original Music Composer
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.
Lights, Action, Music
A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern greats.
11'09''01 September 11
Original Music Composer
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Man Who Cried
Music
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.