A little over a year ago, I did a blog post about the movie VIOLENT, the full length feature debut made by We Are The City and Amazing Factory.

Well, after screenings around the world while racking up awards and acclaim -- like the Best Canadian Film and Best BC Film at VIFF 2014, Best BC Film of the Year by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, and 8(!) LEO Awards, among others -- the film is finally getting a theatrical release.

VIOLENT opens on September 24th in select cities across Canada and the US, with a special premiere at Vancity Theatre, including behind the scenes footage and music videos created for the album Violent, and a Q&A with the creative team and Norwegian actor Tor Halvor Halvorsen, who plays Bengt in the film.

I had the chance to see it a couple years ago and it was a magnificent film; check out the trailer below and pray that your city has been selected.

When Amazing Factory and We Are The City come together, special things happen.

As We Are The City was getting ready to put out their latest album, Violent, they wanted to do a video for every song with Amazing Factory, much like they did with their previous EP, High School. Well, long story (very) short, they ended up spending several weeks in Norway making a feature film.

The movie premiered last year to all sorts of awards, including Best Canadian Film and Best BC Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival, as the band toured film festivals all over the world with it. But now they are back in Vancouver for a week long run of screenings, starting August 28th to fulfill eligibility requirements as part of the consideration process for Canada's entry to the Academy Awards.

Let me say that again, VIOLENT is one of a small number of films being considered to be Canada's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.

VIOLENT will be playing at the Vancity Theatre from August 28 to September 3 with the filmmakers in attendance; show times can be found here. I saw a screening of the movie last year and it is just incredible and breathtaking, and dare I say... amazing.