2025 UPDATE
Hi Everyone!
We’re so excited to share more good news with you all!
Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki is now available to watch on Amazon Prime UK and .COM.
You can find it here: Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki on Amazon Prime.
Team Energy is thrilled to bring this film to audiences worldwide through a platform as renowned as Amazon. Your ongoing support means the world to us, and we’re so grateful to share this journey with you!
Thank you!
—Team Energy
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23.08.2023 UPDATE
We are very happy to announce the Japanese subtitles are complete!
ENERGY: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI is now available online in JAPAN!
Big thanks to Damo Suzuki and everyone that has supported us via INDIEGOGO!
LINK TO VIEW BELOW:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/damosuzukidoc
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12.07.2023 UPDATE
Musikfilm Festivalen @ DFI Copenhagen - 15-24 Sept 2023
Very excited to announce Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki is screening at the awesome Musikfilm Festivalen @ DFI Copenhagen #Denmark
Lots of great music #documentaries
Check out the programme below:
https://www.dfi.dk/.../musikfilm-festivalen-202......
Tickets for Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki
https://www.dfi.dk/.../energy-documentary-about-damo-suzuki
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Damo Suzuki Documentary - Exclusively Online @ Vimeo On Demand
UPDATE - 23 December 22
Watch Here : https://vimeo.com/ondemand/energythefilm on Vimeo.
Suzuki’s zen, positivity, dogged spirit and remarkable endurance is at the heart of a new documentary, Energy: A Film About Damo Suzuki, by Michelle Heighway. The Guardian - Daniel Dylan Wray
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21.09.2022 UPDATE
ENERGY: DAMO SUZUKI DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES IN LONDON AND 8 MORE CITIES
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Director Michelle Heighway is delighted to announce ENERGY: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI with a premiere in London and screenings across the UK.
ENERGY follows beloved and iconic singer Damo Suzuki, formerly of Can, as he confronts cancer and attempts to continue a never-ending global tour.
The film, seven years in the making, comes after an incredible public response to two crowdfunding campaigns.
The 71 minute feature is now screened in association with the Doc’n Roll Film Festival 2022.
With animation of Damo's lucid, hospital-bed dreams and extensive archive footage, Heighway pieces together a beautiful portrait and story of survival.
EXCLUSIVE TOUR DATES VIA DOC’ N ROLL FILM FESTIVAL
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London, RIO - 30 October - SUNDAY 4pm
Brighton, DUKE OF YORK - 1st November - TUESDAY
Bristol, CUBE - 3rd November -THURSDAY 8pm
Nottingham, BROADWAY- 4th November - FRIDAY
Newcastle, TYNESIDE - 2nd November - WEDNESDAY
Birkenhead, FUTURE YARD - 6th November - SUNDAY 2pm
Birmingham, MOCKING BIRD - 6th November - SUNDAY 4pm
Cardiff, CHAPTER - 10th November - THURSDAY
Sheffield, SHOWROOM - 11th November - FRIDAY
Thanks for the support!
Team Energy
https://linktr.ee/energythefilm
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ENERGY: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DAMO SUZUKI
Damo Suzuki reflects on his life as he confronts cancer and attempts to resume a never-ending tour.
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July 17th New Perk Update
Thanks everyone for sharing!
New Perk Size Guide
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIV2wR7Dyhw
30 June - Damo Suzuki, Elke Morsbach and Michelle Heighway chat with John Toolan about the making of the documentary.
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Energy : A Documentary About Damo Suzuki
Critically-acclaimed director Michelle Heighway has been working with iconic musician Damo Suzuki since 2014, culminating in ENERGY.
The film shows five years of Suzuki’s life in Germany and the United Kingdom as he confronts cancer and attempts to continue a never-ending global tour.
We are now crowdfunding for the final phase of the film: archival copyright fees and music licensing which will allow us to honor Damo’s story with the documentary it deserves.
“ENERGY is a wonderful story of hope,” says Heighway. “It’s a personal portrait of an iconic musician, a nomad and a person who connects others all around the world.”
The film examines the past, present and future of Suzuki’s influential music, from his beginnings with legendary band CAN, to his singular outlook on life, creativity, and protest.
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A chance to purchase an original signed photo of Damo Suzuki here and help us with final edits in the film.
What your support will enable:
- Music licensing
- Archival photos and footage rights
- Graphics
- Sound mixing
- Mastering
- Colour/Sound Correction
- Other Post-Production Costs
- Distribution
We are also looking to raise funds for full Dolby surround and grading, DVD release and festival submissions, and for BBFC Classification for cinema screening and DVD and VOD release.
We were blessed with a great group of contributors from our last campaign.
By backing ENERGY you can choose from a selection of perks including:
- Limited edition T-shirts designed by Sound Carrier Juan Barabani
- Limited edition coffee cups
- Photography signed by Damo Suzuki
- Limited edition poster prints
- Storyboard and production memorabilia
Please help spread the word!
We’ve collected so much content and can't wait to share it with you.
You can help by sharing this page or any posts from ENERGY online, or by featuring the film in articles of your own.
Press Enquires : Contact
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Damo Suzuki Live @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton 2016 (Recovery Gig). Photo taken by Michelle Heighway.
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Please share on FB /Twitter /Insta and all social media.
We also have a website: www.energythefilm.co.uk
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Limited Edition T-Shirt.
"Music is the Universe" Design by Juan Barabani
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T SHIRT SIZING :
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Team
Michelle Heighway - Director
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Michelle is known for her critically acclaimed documentary Mr. Somebody?, a rare intimate portrait filmed over four years and premiered at Sheffield Doc Festival and Leeds International Film Festival in 2014.
Michelle is also a events photographer and has work published via Redwood Publishing, MixMag, Look, Orion Books, DIY Magazine, The Guardian, Clashmusic.com, MyDaily etc.
Her film work has been seen on Channel 4, 40D, Choon TV and worldwide via GeoNet.
Ned Netherwood - Associate Producer / Promoter
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Ned is the author of Electric Storm: Daphne, Delia & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He is also the founder of wasistdas.co.uk, the Krautrock album review database and its related activities.
Andrew McKee - Editor
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Film Editor/Cinematographer based in Manchester.
Benedict Lawrence - Executive Producer
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Benedict Lawrence was born in Ootacamund (also known as Ooty) in South India , an undisputed Bollywood film centre. Ben developed his passion for film by watching Bollywood movies being shot right on his doorstep.
Michael Schmidt - Executive Producer
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Michael Schmidt was born and raised in Germany and has been working all around the globe for the last 20 years while living in the UK and the USA. He is a consultant and entrepreneur in the Life Science industry, working in Switzerland and the US to help clients understand how technology will transform the healthcare system from treatment to prevention, and how to bring better medicines to those patients in need.
He is a huge collector of vinyl records, specifically in the areas of Jazz and Progressive/Krautrock, and has been following Damo Suzuki and his career for decades.
Peter Warnock - Award Winning Sound Designer
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London-based sound engineer.
Golden Reel Award / BAFTA Award / British Animation Award Winner.
https://www.pwarnocksound.com/
Juan Barabani -Animator based in Argentina
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My partner and I perform in Buenos Aires and have met so many experimental musicians here. I am part of The Damo Suzuki Network and have had the chance to play with Damo Suzuki.
Kiran Acharya - Associate Producer
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Writer at the Quietus and a freelance Editor based in London.
Please share this campaign with others and help us to reach our target. We will be posting exclusive updates and news across our social media channels - keep up to date with the production by liking our Facebook page and following us on Twitter and Instagram. We also have a website: www.energythefilm.co.uk
