BAND

BAND (2022) by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Docu Fiction Comedy Musical 88' Iceland Icelandic with English Subs
Festivals Oslo Pix 23, Filmfest Munchen 23, Sydney FF 23, Millenium Docs Against Gravity 23, Beldocs 23, Milwaukee FF 23, Glasgow FF 23, Bright Nights Ottawa 23, Lux Filmfest 23, Doc Point 23, Tromsø IFF 23, Sound Unseen 22, Chicago IFF 22, Nordisk Panorama 22, New Nordic Films 22, Haugesund 22, Gimli FF 22, WP HotDocs 2022

Off-beat send-up of blind ambition that celebrates female friendship, Iceland’s Post Performance Blues Band give themselves one year to become avant-garde pop stars—or relinquish their dream forever.

Three bandmates, Álfrún, Saga and Hrefna, of The Post Performance Blues Band, are tired of playing to tiny audiences and getting paid in beer. Staring down 40 and exhausting themselves juggling motherhood and their artistic pursuits. They give themselves one year to either become popstars or quit the band for good.

Band member and filmmaker Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir puts herself, along with age & gender bias, on stage in this parable about talented but not teenaged women trying to be successful in a youth-obsessed industry.

"Meet Your New Cult Favourites" - POV Magazine
"It’s hilarious. The PPBB exists, heavens be praised" - Cineuropa

Director Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir. Producers Þórður Jónsson, Heather Millard. Executive Producers Shane Boris, Sara Dosa, Maya Daisy Hawke, Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir, Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir. Cast Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, Hrefna Lind Lárusdóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir. Writer Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir. Editor Kristján Loðmfjörð. Cinematography Sebastian Ziegler. Composer The Post Performance Blues Band. Sound Kjartan Kjartansson

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