Now Press Play 2024

We’re pretty damn delighted to announce that Now Press Play – our mini festival of all things music-in-film is back from 23-27 October!

And what better way to trail volume 2 of Now Press Play than by dropping a couple of hotly anticipated NI Premieres?

Teaches of Peaches is the sh*t hot new film about one of the most iconic (and iconoclastic) music artists of recent decades.

Blending footage from the 2022 Teaches of Peaches Anniversary Tour with Super-8 film of self-directed music videos, archival interviews, backstage antics and anecdotes from collaborators Feist, Chilly Gonzales and Shirley Manson, ToP captures the transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse Peaches.

As a feminist musician, producer, director, and performance artist, Peaches fearless originality has challenged social norms, dismantled stereotypes, and confronted patriarchal power structures. The Teaches of Peaches is a celebration of the woman, the work and the world around her.

In the words of the almighty P herself: “It’s fine all the time. Like sex on the beaches…the teaches of Peaches”. Amen to that.

Dir: Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer (2022)

“Anyone who gets to spend two hours with Peaches (and this documentary) should consider themselves lucky to be taught such teaches.” Cineuropa

“At 56…she defies age and ageism, using her show & expanding its gender-fuck fluidity, to connect with audiences who embrace everything from the underground to the ballroom scene. Like the album that gives Teaches of Peaches its name, this documentary is a refreshing alternative to ho-hum convention.” POV Magazine

Supported by Film Hub NI, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from National Lottery.