Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie

Childhood friends Matt and Jay repeatedly chase their lifelong dream of performing with their band “Nirvanna the Band” at Toronto’s Rivoli bar. Over 17 years, their schemes grow ever more elaborate, yet collapse one after another. Now, inspired by Back to the Future, they devise what they believe is the perfect plan. But when everything spirals out of control, they are accidentally sent back to 2008, forced to confront the consequences of their own ambition. Winner of the Audience Award at TIFF and SXSW, this unrestrained mockumentary continues the story of Matt and Jay—characters created by filmmakers-performers Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol in a web series and Canadian sitcom that built a cult following worldwide. Critics described it as “a roller coaster of a film that is funny to the point of madness, with energy that never dips for a moment” (Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail) and “a creative, anarchic comedy that keeps reinventing itself without pause” (Peter Howell, Toronto Star).