"The Best Summer"

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Film still from "The Best Summer," directed by Tamra Davis (USA, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, 2026).

A treasure of found footage saved from oblivion when filmmaker Tamra Davis rescued boxes of old Hi8 tapes from last year’s Malibu fires. Later, she realized they contained recordings from the 1995 Summersault tour across Australia and Southeast Asia, shared by Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Beck, Pavement, Rancid, The Amps, and Bikini Kill right at the peak of the alt-rock explosion. With the innocence and spontaneity of a home video camera, the film moves through airplanes, buses, hotels, dressing rooms, and improvised basketball courts without any artificiality, offering an uninhibited portrait of camaraderie among musicians. Interviews conducted by Kathleen Hanna are interspersed with raw, genuine live performances. An exceptional time capsule capturing the essence of an unrepeatable generation.

Film will be screened in its original version with subtitles in Catalan (Nov. 7) and Spanish (Nov. 8).

A film in the 2026 edition of the In-Edit International Music Documentary Film Festival.

October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona

October’s calendar is packed with an impressive list of film festivals in and around the city. Check out our article October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona where you'll find gritty investigative documentaries, hair-raising fantasy and horror flicks and everything in between!

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