BAND

BAND (2022) by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Docu Fiction Comedy Musical 88'
Iceland Icelandic with English Subs
Festivals Oslo Pix 2023, Filmfest Munchen 2023, Sydney FF 2023, Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2023, Beldocs 2023, Milwaukee FF 2023, Glasgow FF 2023, Bright Nights Ottawa 2023, Lux Filmfest 2023, Doc Point 2023, Tromsø IFF 2023, Sound Unseen 2022, Chicago IFF 2022, MP Nordisk Panorama 2022, New Nordic Films 2022, Haugesund 2022, Gimli FF 2022, 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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