Film: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Cert: 15A)

Film: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Cert: 15A)

About the film

New York, 1961. The Bill Evans Trio, led by the acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, areoperating at the height of their creative powers. When bass player Scott LaFaro tragicallydies in a car accident, Evans is consumed by grief. Struggling with addiction, burnout and atumultuous romantic relationship, Evans reconnects with his family as he battles against hisincreasingly debilitating personal demons.Directed by Grant Gee and written by Mark O’Halloran,Everybody Digs Bill Evansis arefreshingly candid music biopic that avoids the simple hagiography of many films in thegenre. Shot in stunning black & white, what emerges is a portrait of a legendary musicianwho was also a deeply complex and tortured man.Festivals:Berlin International Film Festival 2026Dublin International Film Festival 2026Awards:Winner - Silver Bear (Best Director), Berlin International Film Festival 2026

‘Elusive, ruminative and very absorbing... [Grant] Gee thoroughly inhabits Evans’s world.’

★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘Atmospheric, beautifully visualised and captures something powerful about the poisoned chalice of possessing exceptional creative talent’

★★★★ Hugh Montgomery, BBC

‘Elegant and honestly felt... a study not just of the tumult that often produces great art, but the silence too.’

Guy Lodge, Variety

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