Band
An all-female Icelandic art rock band make a last-ditch attempt to make it big in this raucous and eccentric documentary, which blurs the lines between reality and fiction.
The three women of the Post Performance Blues Band (PPBB) have never made it big. Their shows are avant-garde and unclassifiable, playing to dive bars with half-empty crowds. Their lyrics are about everything from waffles and coffee to their mothers. And they’re about to turn 40. Band, directed by PPBB member Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, thrums with madcap creative passion, as the band gives themselves one last year to make it or break it. Evoking Spinal Tap’s rollicking absurdity, the film borders on mockumentary, grounded by profound reflections on parenthood, failure and dauntless friendship. Special Guest
Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir
Director
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir is an Icelandic actress and director, known for Pity the Lovers (2019) and Cold Fever (1995). Her feature debut Band premiered at Hot Docs Festival in 2022.
- Program Strand
- Europe! Voices of Women in Film
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Iceland
- Language
- In Icelandic with English subtitles
- Director
- Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
- Producer
- Heather Millard, Þórður Jónsson
- Screenwriter
- Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
- Cinematographer
- Sebastian Ziegler
- Editor
- Kristján Loðmfjörð
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Off-Beat, Documentary, Music, Women Directors, Comedies, Focus on Women
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Alief
- Official Website
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