Discovering, Exhibiting and Championing compelling music documentaries.
The Music Documentary Festival.
9th annual edition, focused exclusively on showcasing amazing national and international non-fiction music films, covering all genres of music!
Central London, November film festival of 25+ Premiere feature music docs.
Plus Q&As, gigs, and DJ sets themed on the films.
Simultaneously, 12 UK regional city editions, featuring 6 - 10 films selected from our London
programme.
We screen across Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Stockport.
PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS:
2016 Opening Night: World Premiere - BFI Southbank - Gregory Porter: Don't Forget Your Music x 2 sold-out live Q&As with GP.
2017 Opening Night: World Premiere - Picturehouse Central - A Winding Road: A Ramble With Richard Thompson live Q&A with RT
2018 Opening Night: World Premiere Barbican - Slow Club: Our Most Brilliant Friends live Q&A with band
2018 London Premiere - Barbican - Chilly Gonzales: Shut Up and Play The Hits live Q&A with CG plus Jarvis Cocker
2018 World Premiere - Picturehouse Central - About A Badly Drawn Boy live Q&A with BDB
2019 Opening Night: London Premiere - Barbican - PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money live Q&A with Dir Seamus Murphy
2019 Opening Night: World Premiere - Rio Cinema - Disco Confessions: John Morales A Life In The Mix live Q&A with JM
2019 World Premiere - Rio Cinema - Rip Up The Road: A Film About Foals live Q&A with the band
2019 Closing Event: UK Premiere - Curzon Soho - David Crosby: Remember My Name
2020 Opening Night: World Premiere - BFI Southbank - Kelly Jones: Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day live Q&A with KJ hosted by Fearne Cotton
2020 Opening Night: UK Premiere - Alexandra Palace Theatre - Phill Lynott: Songs For While I'm Away live Q&A with Dir. Emer Reynolds
2020 Closing Night: World Premiere - Genesis Cinema - The Streets: None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Live Alive, live Q&A featuring The Streets’ Mike Skinner (Cancelled due to lockdown #2)
Award - Certificate
1) Best Feature Doc, selected from a short-list of 6 films from our London festival programme of 25+ premiere feature docs.
2) Audience Award
3) Best Short
Follow this link for our 2022 Jury -https://www.docnrollfestival.com/about/festival-jury/