Overview
- Trafalgar Releasing and Sia announced on Wednesday that Sia: Nostalgic For The Present will open in select cinemas beginning July 23 with tickets available at NostalgicForThePresent.com.
- The project is a remastered presentation of Sia’s 2016 Coachella main-stage set and is being promoted as a cinematic performance piece rather than a conventional concert film.
- Sia and director Daniel Askill share directing credits, the film features dancer Maddie Ziegler and appearances by Kristen Wiig, Paul Dano, Ben Mendelsohn, Gaby Hoffmann and Tig Notaro, and Ryan Heffington provided the choreography.
- Although clips of the 2016 performance have circulated online for years, this is the first official, high-quality release of that footage framed for an anniversary theatrical event.
- The limited release uses event-cinema distribution to create communal screenings and could renew mainstream attention to Sia’s visual work and touring era while highlighting archival remastering as a model for future music-driven films.