Bananaz

2008 documentary film by Ceri Levy

7 February 2008 (2008-02-07) (Berlin Film Festival)

Running time

92 minutesLanguageEnglish

Bananaz is a 2008 British documentary film by Ceri Levy about Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual alternative band Gorillaz.

Information

During the years from 2000 to 2006, the director Ceri Levy filmed the creators of the Gorillaz behind the scenes, from the very first drawings and animations, to the music and the musicians, as well as the faces behind the voices of the characters and other content such as interviews with various Gorillaz collaborators and backstage footage of live concert performances. This documentary features 92 minutes of behind the scenes footage of the creators making the visuals and recording the music for the Gorillaz albums Gorillaz and Demon Days that was recording over the course of six years.^[1]

Release

Bananaz premiered on 7 February 2008 at the Berlin Film Festival and to the rest of the world on 9 February 2008. The documentary was shown in the festival until 15 February.
The documentary had its first North American premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas^[2] showing at 12 and 15 March 2008^[3] at Texas' Paramount Theater.
The Indie Lisboa Film Festival held in Lisbon, Portugal twice screened the film on 24 April and 2 May 2008.^[4]
The documentary was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival that takes places in Edinburgh, United Kingdom in late June 2008.^[5]

Home media

On 20 April 2009, it was released on PAL/Region 0 DVD format.

References

^ Bainbridge, Luke (18 April 2009). "Review of Bananaz, a film about Gorillaz". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "gorillaz_news: Bananaz website / Bananaz at SXSW Film Festival". Gorillaz-news.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
^ south by southwest festivals + conferences Archived 19 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "BANANAZ, Ceri Levy". 17 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Event List | Edinburgh International Film Festival". edfilmfest.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2019.