Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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.

In 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.

The screening on Friday 11th September will be followed by a Q&A with director Grant Gee and actor Valene Kane

Everybody Digs Bill Evans, dir. Grant Gee, Ireland / United Kingdom 2026, English, 102 min.