Everybody Digs Bill Evans
classified 18 (CTBA)“The minor and major chords are played close together in this moving and beautifully shot and performed portrait of jazz’s legendary pianist” - Time Out
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a biographical drama about the famous jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans.
1961. Bill Evans (Anders Danielsen Lie) 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.
WATERSHED RECOMMENDS
"A melancholic portrait of the great jazz pianist Bill Evans during his creative crash following the untimely death of his bass player and musical soul mate Scott LaFaro. Grant Gee evocatively captures the world of 1950s NY jazz with all its seductive experimentations and addictions (extraordinary when you know it was filmed in Ireland!). Norwegian actor (and musician) Anders Danielson Lie inhabits Evans’ internal slide to depression, recovery and back again. There’s a lot goes on in between those chord changes. Ultimately though Everyone Digs Bill Evans is as much a study of family relationships as it is about the creative process. And remember 'Sometimes an intermission is part of the music.'" - Mark Cosgrove, Cinema Curator
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans on Tue 15 Sept is part of our Cinébites deal: get 30% off any main dish in the Café & Bar with a valid ticket for Club Shed members.