Noise Pop Festival , the Bay Area’s premiere indie music, film and arts festival, is excited to announce the initial lineup of independent film screenings to take place at multiple venues to precede the music portion of the Festival, which begins on Friday, February 20. Film Series badges will be available today at 11:00 PST, while individual film screening tickets go on sale tomorrow, December 19 at noon PST. All badges and tickets are available for purchase at www.NoisePop.com/2015.

Noise Pop will host the West Coast premiere of Hardcore DEVO Live with Director Keirda Bahruth and DEVO’s Jerry Casale in attendance for this film featuring stunning performance footage of their earlier raw material created between ’74 and ’77. This year’s festival will also host the West Coast premiere of Salad Days: The Birth of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, a film directed by Scott Crawford that is a sprawling love story about the D.C. punk scene, full of jaw-dropping archival footage and interviews with local punk luminaries like Ian MacKaye and Dave Grohl. In a very special presentation of one of the original science-fiction films, Metropolis, will feature a live music scoring by Stones Throw recording artist Chrome Canyon.

The film Ollies, Dollies & Drones: A Survey of Spike Jonze's Skate Videos will make its premiere of this survey of skateboard videos with some very special guests in attendance. The screening of Beautiful Noise will give viewers a glimpse into the lives of three of alternative rock’s most influential groups (Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine). Director Jenni Matz’s Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five will also have its West Coast premiere at the Festival followed by a special Q&A with Matz and Tim Green (The Fucking Champs, Nation of Ulysses). The film provides an inside look at this New Jersey hard rock band who were on the rise and poised for great things, but who never quite got their due. Noise Pop will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Stop Making Sense with a free screening of the legendary Talking Heads concert documentary.

These films join Noise Pop Festival’s previously announced music lineup that includes a variety of national and local acts, such as The New Pornographers, Caribou, Cathedrals, Geographer, The Black Ryder, Dan Deacon, The Church, and many more. Additional film screenings, as well as the full music lineup for this year’s fest will be announced in the upcoming weeks. To find more on the current Noise Pop Festival film lineup, please visit noisepop.com/2015/noise-pop-film-series/.

NOISE POP FESTIVAL 2015 FILM SCREENING LINEUP (Hyperlinked titles are MVD releeases):

Hardcore Devo Live

Friday, February 20 at The Roxie

Director: Keirda Bahruth. 2014. Digital. 94 minutes.

*West Coast premiere; Q&A with director and Devo’s Jerry Casale

Salad Days: The Birth of Punk in the Nation’s Capital (release info coming soon from MVD)

Saturday, February 21 at The Roxie

Director: Scott Crawford. 2014. Digital. 103 minutes.

*West Coast premiere; Q&A with director and special guests

Metropolis

Friday, February 20 at Swedish American Hall

Director: Fritz Lang. 1927. Digital. 77 minutes.

*Live scoring by Chrome Canyon

Ollies, Dollies & Drones: A Survey of Spike Jonze's Skate Videos

Friday, February 20 at The Roxie

Director: Spike Jonze. 2014. Digital. 90 minutes.

*Noise Pop Exclusive Premiere

Beautiful Noise

Saturday, February 21 at The Roxie

Director: Eric Green. 2014. Digital. 90 minutes.

*San Francisco Premiere

Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five

Saturday, February 21 at Artists’ Television Access

Director: Jenni Matz. 2014. Digital. 77 minutes.

*West Coast premiere; Q&A with director and special guests

Stop Making Sense

Monday, February 23 at The Independent

Director: Jonathan Demme. 1984. Digital. 88 minutes.

*Commemorative 30^th anniversary screening

Welcome to Deathfest plus Heavy Metal Shorts

Sunday, February 22 at Artists’ Television Access

Director: Tom Grahsler, Alicia Lozano. 2014. Digital. 80 minutes.

* Q&A with director Tom Grahsler

The 78 Project

Sunday, February 22 at Artists’ Television Access

Director: Director Alex Steyermark. 2014. Digital. 90 minutes.

The Case of the Three- Sided Dream

Saturday, February 21 at Artists’ Television Access

Director: Adam Kahan. 2014. Digital. 88 minutes.

* Q&A with director Adam Kahan

With the Noise Pop Festival Film Series now in its 16th year, the series of screenings will precede the music portion and kick off the Noise Pop Festival on Friday, February 20, 2015. With this separation, Noise Pop is offering a Film Series badge for only $50, which is a separate cost from the music badge. The Film Series badge will grant entry to any and all of the film screenings at many of San Francisco's unique theaters including The Roxie, Artists’ Television Access , Swedish American Hall, and the Independent. Those who have already purchased a Music badge to the 2015 festival will be emailed a promotional code for the opportunity to upgrade their badge to include all films in the series for an additional $30. Those patrons who have purchased a Super Fan badge will have access to all films as part of their VIP experience, with no upgrade necessary.

Badges are nontransferable, so patrons must provide a name for each badge purchased by emailing Noise Pop directly at badge@noisepop.com. Film Series badges purchased before Thursday, February 12 at 3:00 p.m. PST will be mailed out no later than Friday, February 13. Badges purchased on or after Friday, February 13 will be available for pick up at Noise Pop HQ, located within the Swedish American Hall. Film Series badge holders must arrive to the venue within 30 minutes of the advertised theater door times to guarantee entrance. For any specific badge related questions, guests can contact Noise Pop directly at 415-375-3370 or badge@noisepop.com.

To buy a film badge, go to https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/746593. And, to purchase a music and film badge, go to https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/727289. Stay tuned for further announcements and news regarding the 2015 Noise Pop Festival.