Band
Synopsis
Icelandic performance art meets Spinal Tap in this wickedly fun look at women behaving creatively. Three bandmates, Álfrún, Saga and Hrefna, of The Post Performance Blues Band, are tired of playing to audiences of five at their gigs and getting paid in beer. Each of them is staring down 40 and exhausting themselves juggling motherhood and their artistic pursuits. They decide to give themselves one year to either become popstars or quit the band for good. What follows is a make-it-or-break-it story of a band that's not really a band, pursuing a goal that is not actually attainable. Band member and filmmaker Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir puts herself, along with age and gender bias, on stage in this docu-parable about talented but not teenaged women trying to be successful in a youth-obsessed, overnight-success industry. Band allows gifted artists to perform the resilience and sisterhood that truly exists between life's messes, rejections and triumphs.
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Official Trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2022-03-30
Top Cast
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- Director
- Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
- Screenplay & Story
- Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
- Original Title
- Band
- Country of Origin
- Iceland
- Spoken Languages
- Icelandic
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Production Studios
- Icelandic Film Centre, Compass Films
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Kristján Loðmfjörð
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Þórður Jónsson, Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, Hildibrandsdóttir
Department Leadership Roster
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Director
Þórður Jónsson
Producer
Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir
Writer
Kristján Loðmfjörð
Editor
Heather Millard
Producer
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What is Band about?
Icelandic performance art meets Spinal Tap in this wickedly fun look at women behaving creatively. Three bandmates, Álfrún, Saga and Hrefna, of The Post Performance Blues Band, are tired of playing to audiences of five at their gigs and getting paid in beer. Each of them is staring down 40 and exhausting themselves juggling motherhood and their artistic pursuits. They decide to give themselves one year to either become popstars or quit the band for good. What follows is a make-it-or-break-it story of a band that's not really a band, pursuing a goal that is not actually attainable. Band member and filmmaker Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir puts herself, along with age and gender bias, on stage in this docu-parable about talented but not teenaged women trying to be successful in a youth-obsessed, overnight-success industry. Band allows gifted artists to perform the resilience and sisterhood that truly exists between life's messes, rejections and triumphs.
Who directed Band?
Band was directed by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir.
Who stars in Band?
The principal cast of Band includes Hrefna Lind Heimisdóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir.
When was Band released and how long is it?
Band was released in 2022 with a total runtime of 1h 28m.