In collaboration with Broadstairs Jazzfest & The Magnet: Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a biographical drama film about the famous jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans.
1961. Bill Evans is playing with what he considers the perfect musical trio until tragedy strikes in the premature death of his bass player, Scott LaFaro - his musical soulmate. Traumatised by grief, Evans stops playing for the first time since his childhood. A tug-of-war between personal torment and the seemingly safer haven of familial love will see Evans oscillate between New York and suburbia, his genius always bubbling beneath the surface.
Directed by Grant Gee and starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Barry Ward, Valene Kane, Bill Pullman and Laurie Metcalf, the film is written by Mark O’Halloran and based on Owen Martell’s novel Intermission.
Warning: This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Director: Grant Gee
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Barry Ward, Valene Kane, Bill Pullman & Laurie Metcalf
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK / Ireland
Running time: 1hr 42mins
Little White Lie
"It’s Evans’ genius, rather than his tragedy, that lingers long after the final frame of Gee’s utterly absorbing film." - NME
Dates & times: Fri 9 Oct 16:30 · Sun 11 Oct 16:00 · Tue 13 Oct 19:30
