Thank You!

Wow. April brought the distinct honor of screening ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR at fourteen festivals AND we received two more wonderful awards, for a total of four. Big THANKS to the Documentary Edge Festival in New Zealand, and Rhode Island’s SENE Film, Music, & Arts Festival for excellent thrills.

ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR will not be available on DVD or anywhere else, besides film festivals. Don’t miss it on the big screen!

Some, but not ALL upcoming screenings: (click here for more info)

MAY 4 – LISBON
MAY 8 – AUCKLAND
MAY 12 – AUCKLAND
MAY 18 – WELLINGTON
MAY 29 – WELLINGTON
MAY 31 – LITTLE ROCK
JUNE 1 – LITTLE ROCK
JUNE 2 – WELLINGTON, MEXICO CITY
JUNE 3 – MEXICO CITY
JUNE 7 – CHICAGO
JUNE 8 – MEXICO CITY
JUNE 25 – AUSTIN
SEPT – QUEBEC
OCT – MELBOURNE
NOV – DULUTH

Awards! Screenings! Spring!

Spring’s been good to us. ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR received the Jury Prize for Best Documentary from the Omaha Film Festival and took home the 20th Anniversary Noise Pop Music & Film Festival’s Audience Award from San Francisco’s sold out premiere. WhizzBangPow!

Visit the Events page for details on all of our festival screenings. Click here for a fresh CBC Radio Calgary interview with director Xan Aranda, wherein she discusses sock-continuity in the film and the “musical hot tub.”

Some, but not ALL upcoming screenings:
April 11 – KANSAS CITY
April 14 – KANSAS CITY, PROVIDENCE, WINSTON-SALEM, ORLANDO
April 15 – WINSTON-SALEM
April 16 – DALLAS
April 17 – DALLAS
April 19 – WINSTON-SALEM, DUBUQUE
April 20 – NASHVILLE
April 21 – NASHVILLE, ORLANDO, DUBUQUE
April 22 – DUBUQUE
April 26 – BOSTON
April 28 – MINNEAPOLIS
April 29 – MINNEAPOLIS, LISBON

Salem, Evanston, Omaha, Toronto

ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR, the 80-minute concert documentary film, is confirmed for thirty-three festivals and rapidly more. We’re honored to have recently returned from packed houses in the Yukon and Montana, sold-out screenings in Seattle and San Francisco. You guys are fun!

Here’s a quick Omaha Public Radio interview with director/producer Xan Aranda.

Next up:
March 3 – Salem, Massachusetts
March 9 – Evanston, Illinois
March 9 – Omaha, Nebraska
March 10 – Evanston, Illinois
March 21 – Toronto, Ontario; Canada
March 30 – Phoenix, Arizona
March 31 – Cleveland, Ohio
March 31 – Phoenix, Arizona

Visit the Screenings page for more!

Join our email list for updates, follow festival adventures on Twitter, “Like” the film on Facebook, view the trailer here.

Seattle, San Francisco, Billings, Boston

It’s been a thrilling week for the team, with FIVE festival invitations rolling in for a total of 25 film festivals so far, starting with our world premiere at the prestigious New York Film Festival last October.

Upcoming screenings:
Feb 11 – Whitehorse, Yukon
Feb 17 – Seattle, Washington
Feb 19 – Billings, Montana
Feb 24 – San Francisco, California

See Screenings page for more!

Join email list for updates, follow our festival adventures on Twitter, “Like” the film on Facebook, view the trailer here.

“Andrew Bird: Fever Year” Film In Santa Barbara, Seattle, Yukon, Montana, San Francisco

West Coast/California premiere of Andrew Bird: Fever Year announced! We’re honored to be part of the CineSonic sidebar at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Tickets on sale, going fast for the Seattle premiere. FYR opens Northwest Film Forum’s American.Film.Week festival on FRI. FEB. 10. Join director Xan Aranda for this rare screening, stay for the afterparty.

We’re particularly excited about Seattle, as we’ll start with a short film by Fleet Foxes’ Sean Pecknold  – with animation assistance from the esteemed Britta Johnson, director of Andrew’s very first music video “Imitosis” – produced by Xan Aranda. Love!

Tickets  also on sale for FYR Yukon premiere at the excellent Available Light Film Festival. Director Xan Aranda is honored to be a guest of the Yukon Film Society on SAT. FEB. 17 in Whitehorse. Hot chocolate, anyone?

Montana premiere announced! In Competition at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival SUN. FEB 19.

Join the mailing list for updates. View the trailer here and here

Official Trailer Premieres on indieWIRE

You’ve been so patient. Here’s your peek at FEVER YEAR.

“…it’s a music documentary that’s entertaining, lyrical and oddly revealing.”
- Dana Harris, indieWIRE

View Trailer

Much has been made about Andrew’s choice to not commodify FEVER YEAR, but here’s something to think about: Film festivals are almost always struggling, secretly-scrappy non-profit orgs. Leave your house, buy a ticket to see the film on the big screen, enjoy gorgeous Dolby surround sound and excellent high-def projection = support your local arts organization. Beautiful!

See FYR at festivals in Denver, Copenhagen, St. Louis, Seattle, and beyond -

Back by Popular Demand in Chicago

O, hometown. Thanks for sold out screenings this past weekend at the Chicago International Film Festival. They’ve just let us know the film is BEST OF THE FEST, will screen one last time:

WED OCTOBER 19 at 3:30pm / AMC RiverEast 21
Click here for details

The film is now scheduled to screen in Denver, Copenhagen, St. Louis, Seattle, and beyond. Stay tuned!

Chicago Premiere Oct 15 & 16

* Very good chance you can get in with “Rush Tickets” to the 10/16 screening. We hear everyone who tried 10/15 got in. See you there! *

“Captured with grace and delicacy…”  The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney

“Fever Year hits a bullseye… captures the experience of being at his show exactly.” The Tyee Canada, Thom Wong

The team is back from New York and Vancouver, couldn’t be more proud to present the film in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday, 10/15 & 16 at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Both screenings sold out weeks ago, though we hear there’s a good chance you can get in with Rush Tickets. Join us! Click here for details

We know of a pair of SAT 10/15 tickets available from a friend of a friend as of 7 AM CST Saturday. Send message. Gone by 8:00 AM CST, sorry!

International / Canadian Premiere

Concert Editor Angelo Valencia and Director/Producer Xan Aranda are Vancouver bound, to present the film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. See the film on glorious HDcam with Dolby E surround sound, THREE chances to enjoy the film on the big screen.

SAT OCT 8  / MON OCT 10 / FRI OCT 14

Here’s a recent review of the film from the Hollywood Reporter.

See you in Vancouver! Chicago… we love you. See you October 15 & 16.

Yes, yes… we’re almost done with the trailer.

World Premiere Sat & Sun

The Chicago invasion of NYC has begun, with crew and loved ones arriving in New York City for the World Premiere at Lincoln Center, as part of the New York Film Festival. We hear the Saturday screening is sold out, and a handful of tickets remain for Sunday. Join us!

Don’t miss the free Q&A with director Xan Aranda, presented by indieWIRE on Sunday, October 2 at 3:00 PM. Details here

Click here for an interview with Film Society of Lincoln Center’s legendary Program Director, Richard Pena. His kind words about Fever Year:

“A great discovery for me was Andrew Bird. I never heard of him before I saw Xan Aranda’s terrific Andrew Bird: Fever Year which we’re showing. It really does give a marvelous portrait of an indie musician in today’s music climate and what one has to do to survive. It also got me clued into what my younger colleagues are listening to in the office!”