Bananaz
Synopsis
Levy started shooting immediately, following these two unlikely pioneers with his camera.
For the first time the virtual walls come down and the audience sees the true brain child of Hewlett and Albarn; the work that went into the drawings, the animation, the music and the voices. As one radio interviewer puts it; 'It's a parallel universe - these guys aren't in the band but they know the animated characters who are'.
Bananaz is the funny, riotous and compelling film which gives a never seen before account of the working relationship of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. An inspiring, unsanitised, free-wheeling, rather puerile
comment on what can be done when creative minds meet in the spirit of collaboration.
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 92 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
-
Ceri Levy
- Producer
- Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn
- Co-Producer
- Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn
- Editor
- Seb Monk
- Director of Photography
- Ceri Levy
- Composer
- Gorillaz
- Principal cast
- Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, De La Soul, Dennis Hopper, Ibrahim Ferrer
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Head Film Ltd/Gorillaz/Bananaz Ltd
Sales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon, W1T 1UH
UK
T: +44 (0)207 290 0767
F: +44 (0)207 290 0751Page updates
This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.
See also
You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.
Untitled Beatrice Gibson First Feature (La Nuit)
Director: Beatrice Gibson
Year: 2026
After an abortion, a woman wanders the streets of Paris, engaging in a series of silent encounters under the neon lights of Chinatown. Taking place over the course of a single night and drawing inspiration from the writings of cult literary figures Kathy Acker, Bernadette Mayer, and Alice Notley, the film intertwines dream and reality. Shot in the reddish glow of karaoke bars, cinemas, and clubs - a collective, feminist autofiction with a cast of artists, poets, and actors.
Ancestors
Director: David Turpin
Year:
A love story, a noir mystery and a metaphysical fable, Ancestors follows Beau as he searches 1980s London for his missing friend, Tiny. Dream, reality, memory and history entwine, forcing Beau to come face-to-face with truths beyond life and death.
Speechless
Director: Adrian Gardner, Ryan Walker-Edwards
Year:
A sharp chaotic comedy set at a British-Jamaican wedding in England, where an anxious gay man’s carefully prepared speech is stolen. As dilated eyes, demonic aunties and uncles close in, he discovers that finding his voice sometimes begins with losing the script.