Upside Down

NME Awards 2012 Nomination…Vote Now!

stephen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:08:39 +0000

We are proud to announce that Upside Down has been nominated for the NME Awards 2012 in the Best Music Film category, alongside films from the Libertines, Foo Fighters, George Harrison and Kings Of Leon. So thankyou to all who took time to nominated us, and now we just need you to take a moment to actually vote for Upside Down now we are nominated.

Vote here at the Best Music Film voting page directly if you don’t want to go through all the categories, it’s very quick. Thanks one and all!

Something 4 the Weekend – Canada Revisited…..

Paul McFadden — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:50:41 +0000

Upside Down kicked off in Canada with a series of screenings in Winnipeg, Manitoba. For details of the events at the Cinematheque on Arthur Street click here..The screenings were added to by a set by local band Haunter and supported by CKUW 95.9FM. A big thank you to all concerned……….

Click here for a preview from the Winnipeg Metro newspaper.

High Flyers…

Paul McFadden — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:27:30 +0000

Upside Down featured as part of a week long event centred around Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at the Cinema De Lux in Tokyo – Jan 13th. Noel debuted his new album whilst acclaimed photographer, Lawrence Watson hosted an exhibition of his photos of the former Oasis legend. For more click here.

One Year On….

Paul McFadden — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:01:31 +0000

First off, a belated Happy New Year to one and all. Here’s to the year ahead. A good time then for us to say thank you for all your support over the past twelve months and here’s hoping you stay with us for the year ahead. It’s been quite a ‘ride’, (ahem), and with a global release this year, it looks like that rollercoaster will continue.

We’ve released in the UK and Ireland and are about to surface in Japan, Oz, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Scandanavia, Benelux and germany in the first part of 2012.

We’ve had great reviews in music and film publications, not to mention picking up the Mojo Vision Award 2011 and bagging NME’s film of the year.

We featured at almost 50 festivals across 26 countries. Click here for a full rundown.

Finally, we hope you had a great 2011. Here’s to 2012 x

Cheers, The Documentalists.

Danny, Karen, Stephen, Tanya, Matt, Jonathan, Mark and Paul.

NME #1 – Upside Down named NME’s top music film of 2011

Paul McFadden — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:57:32 +0000

Upside Down was named the number one music film of 2011 in NME’s end of year review beating off stiff opposition from George Harrison, the Foo Fighters , the Kings of Leon and Biffy Clyro, among others. To view the Top 10 as printed in the magazine click here. This accolade is the critics’ choice. The public get their say ahead of the NME awards in February. Voting is now open and ‘Upside Down’ is in the running in the newly created ‘Best Music Film’ category.If you want to vote for us we would be humbled. Anyway to vote click here.

Rings Around the World – Brisbane hosts OZ premiere….

Paul McFadden — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:28:29 +0000

We made our debut down under at the Brisbane International Film Festival on Monday November 7th, followed by a second screening on Sunday 13th. Details.

Accelerator – Upside Down hits Soundtrack, Cologne………….

Paul McFadden — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:14:15 +0000

Danny O’Connor and Mark Gardener were in Cologne on Thursday, November 3rd for our screening as part of the 2011 Soundtrack Festival. Details.

Vapour Trail – The Cheltenham Fim Festival, UK….

Paul McFadden — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:46:13 +0000

We returned to the UK for the first time since Glastonbury in June, to take part in this year’s Cheltenham Film Festival. Danny O’Connor and the great John Robb were there. Thanks to everyone involved. Details.

Shakermaker – BBC Creation night……

Paul McFadden — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:21:47 +0000

Upside Down featured as the centrepiece of an entire evening’s programming on BBC4 on Fri Oct 28th, the first of three screenings over the weekend . – Details. The night was one of the Guardian picks of the day for Friday. Check out a scan of the piece here.

Come Together – Upside Down opens in New Zealand….

Paul McFadden — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:09:53 +0000

‘Upside Down’ is now showing in cinemas across New Zealand, with a DVD release coming on December 14th. you can pre-order your copy here. Check out a 4star review and screening details at Flicks.co.nz, or you can visit Rialto, our distributors down south, here.