Driver 23

Rock and Fortune

May 1989 •Russian

Concert film dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the rock band Mashina Vremeni on May 27, 1989 at the Luzhniki Sports Palace.

The Beatles: Parting Ways

January 2009 •English

Parting Ways treats The Beatles with the respect they deserve and details their lives since the world's number one band fell apart.

Everyone But You

January 2008 •English

An acclaimed independent musician decided to videotape the construction of his small home-studio in Colorado's San Luis Valley. But as the months rolled on, an unbelievable, unexpected story came to life.

Mental as Everything

July 2021 •English

Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50,000 hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviours associated with his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). With a diagnosis of both, OCD and Bipolar Disorder, and with the help of his anxious friend, Adam Coad, these Australian singer-songwriters share, through original music, preposterous humour, and outlandish animations, the intricate and debilitating nature of what it is like to live and talk about mental illness in a world where it’s ok to talk about a broken arm, but not ok to talk about a broken mind.

Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio

September 2008 •English

The 50 year struggle between rock pioneers and powerful business/government interests for the soul of music radio, told by America's favorite deejays and the artists they made rock stars.

Kreator – Dystopia and Hope

Invalid date •German

From a school band from Essen to an internationally celebrated thrash metal legend: To mark Kreator's 40th anniversary in 2024, frontman Mille Petrozza plans to re-record his greatest hits at the famous Hansa Studios in Berlin together with greats from the metal scene such as Metallica, Sepultura, Slayer, Anthrax and many more. With exclusive private archive material, the story of Kreator is told for the first time.

Pavement: Slow Century

October 2002 •English

Documentary tracing the existence of noted rock band Pavement from 1989 to their final performance in late 1999.

Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II

June 2010 •German

Tom Angelripper narrates the struggles of the band in the mid-Nineties, his many side projects, and yet another drastic line-up overhaul.

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway

August 2006 •English

A documentary on the vaudevillian art-pop band.

Fear

May 2009 •Dutch

In Fear, documentary filmmaker Michiel van Erp creates a collage of inhabitants of the city of Amsterdam who struggle with various anxiety disorders. Today, more patients with anxiety disorders seek professional help than those who suffer from depression, making anxiety the number one mental illness in the Netherlands. This film will show how a small number of those patients attempt to overcome their fears, in order to get on with their lives in the crowded cosmopolitan city that Amsterdam is today.

Jyväskylän meininki: A Punk Documentary

October 2016 •Finnish

Documentary on the punk scene in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Eno

January 1973 •English

About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.

POSSESSED

January 2008 •English

POSSESSED enters the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives are dominated by their relationship to possessions. The film questions whether hoarding is a symptom of mental illness or a revolt against the material recklessness of consumerism. When does collecting become hoarding and why do possessions exert such an influence on our lives?

It Might Get Loud

September 2008 •English

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

September 2019 •English

With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part I

November 2005 •German

An extensive documentary of the band narrated by Tom Angelripper, featuring interviews to current and ex-members, rare pictures and video footage.

The Atlas Moth

December 2001 •English

The saga of Dan Cleveland, the hardest-working man in local rock, and his band Dark Horse continues. Several years have passed since the events of "Driver 23" but Cleveland's enthusiasm for his dream of heavy metal stardom has not been dampened in the least.

U2: Rockumentary

April 2022 •English

A cliche start: 4 teenage boys form a rock band in the drummer's kitchen. 45 years, 14 albums, 24 concert tours, 22 Grammies. U2 raises millions to fight hunger, disease and poverty. Music transcends melody. It means mission.

Η εποχή της άρνησης του Θανάτου / The age of the denial of death

June 2021 •Greek

Endless Syncopation: The Rising Fall of The Beach Boys and The California Myth

January 2012 •English

A Film by Andre Perkowski Made Out Of All The Other Beach Boys Films