aaamusic | On 03, Feb 2011

January 31st saw the world premiere of An Island at Pie Augusta Gallery in the 800 year-old town Cesis in Latvia. The screening was hosted by Raimonds Gusarevs who won the right to host the world premiere via a contest on Wired.com.

After the screening Raimonds emailed the following to Efterklang and Vincent Moon:
“It’s wild and awesome! It’s beautiful and it’s as subtle as it is rough. I liked it very much and so did the people. We were around 30 people there.”

This week the very first Private-Public Screenings of An Island take place. So far more than 420 individuals have signed up to host their own screenings throughout February and March, in such far-flung places as Alaska, Guam, Costa Rica, India, Russia and New Zealand.

One of the first Private-Public Screenings took place at Tandslet Friskole on the island of Als in Denmark (where Efterklang grew up) whose school and pupils star in An Island.

In addition to all of the Private-Public Screenings, there are also over 40 official screenings confirmed. The majority of these will take place at Efterklang’s concerts in February and March when they embark on their last European tour for a very long time.

A full list of all screenings – both Private-Public and official – are available HERE.