Soundscreen: New Film & Music Festival for 2018!

Cadiz Music, Vive Le Rock magazine and Rock & Roll Cinema have joined forces to create and curate a brand-new London Music & Film Festival, Soundscreen.  Offering a blend of the best new music documentaries, a host of artist and director Q&A sessions, and of course live music entertainment, the festival will take place in March 2018 at some of London’s most iconic venues; including Koko, 100 Club and Regent Street Cinema.

The Festival will showcase cinematic treasures such as Lee Scratch Perry’s ‘Vision of Paradise’ [there will also be a live show], ‘Here To Be Heard: The Story of The Slits’, Lee Thompson’s ‘One Man’s Madness’, ‘The Radio Birdman Story: Descent Into The Maelstrom’ and many more.

Soundscreen will be taking place at venues across the city, from the birthplace of British cinema, the Regent Street Cinema, to London’s longest running (and perhaps most significant) music venue, the 100 Club.  Additionally, Camden’s Koko, Mile End’s Genesis Cinema and Walthamstow’s intriguing Mirth Marvel and Maud venue will play host to an eclectic selection of films and live music.

Confirmed new documentaries being premiered include ‘Descent Into The Maelstrom’ the story of Australia’s legendary 70s Punks, Radio Birdman. The film reveals how the band changed their nation by inspiring not only the fans, but also a golden age of independent music, firing up the likes of Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil and more.  The film will be accompanied by a Q&A with original band member, drummer Ron Keeley.

Also confirmed is ‘Here To Be Heard: The Story of The Slits’, which tells the story of Ari Up and company from their inception in 1976 to the band’s end in 2010 and the death of Ari.  Featuring Tessa Pollitt, Palmolive, Viv Albertine, Bruce Smith, Adrian Sherwood and many more, it’s essential viewing.

Madness’ saxophonist, song and lyric writer Lee Thompson will perform live [there will also be a Q&A] at a screening of the hilarious ‘One Man’s Madness’ rock / mockumentary at the 100 Club.  Lee Scratch Perry will also make a rare London live appearance alongside a screening of his trailblazing documentary ‘Lee Scratch Perry’s Vision of Paradise’ being shown on the big screen at Koko.