Following a prestigious festival run that began with its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and other leading festivals around the world, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney’s MUSK will arrive in cinemas internationally via Universal Pictures International, opening in the UK on 15 January. The international rollout follows the documentary’s U.S. theatrical release through Bleecker Street in October.
MUSK will continue its festival tour with upcoming stops at Lisbon Film Festival, IDFA (The International Documentary Film Festival), the world’s largest documentary festival in Amsterdam and Stockholm Film Festival later this month..
One of the most celebrated and prolific documentary filmmakers of his generation, Alex Gibney has spent decades examining the people, institutions and systems that wield power, with a body of work distinguished by its investigative rigor and uncompromising approach. His films include ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF, THE ARMSTRONG LIE and THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY. An Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy Award winner, Gibney won the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature for TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE and was previously nominated for ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, with his work also earning multiple BAFTA nominations.
