Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Everybody Digs Bill EvansGrant Gee | Ireland, UK | 2025 | 102m | 15 |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, Bill Pullman and Laurie Metcalf, the film is written by Mark OHalloran and based on Owen Martells novel Intermission.Its like a book group but with films Its a Film + Discussion + Coffee evening and everyone is welcome to attend.

No membership required.

An audience or staff member will give a short introduction, and afterwards you are warmly invited to stay on for an informal post-film discussion over a cuppa.

However, there is no obligation to join the discussion; you can leave when the film ends if you would rather.