As of 8 February and all the way up to the 24 March, regular people right across the world are sharing the goodness of Efterklang, taking part in Public-Private screenings of the band’s film The Ghost of Piramida. The documentary filmmaker Andreas Koefoed joined the band members when they took a journey to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the making of the recent album Piramida. The result is a film that captures the magical encounter with a ghostscape of a town, that once thrived when it was a Russian mining village.

We seeing the band acting like kids in a sweetshop as they breathe life back into the somewhat desolate place. With their Russian polar bear guard, the group members go on an audio treasure hunt in the empty buildings of the abandoned town. Then a remarkable story of happenstance is layered on top.

The international premiere of the film took place in Amsterdam last November (see a few photos here), but it was only in recent weeks that the band released news they would be following the same format used in 2011 for the film An Island (which tallied up 1200 screenings) so that fans could view the film in their living rooms, libraries, clubs, meeting rooms, attics, etc.

As well as attending one of the screenings, you can also host one yourself. It is easy to sign up: just read the blurb here. At the time of writing there are eight screenings planned in the Netherlands, with a few already having taken place – including one in Groningen which the band has shared a photo of. Keep an eye the Efterklang Facebook page and Flickr set for lots more photos.

23.02 – Wageningen, NL / Immanuel Kapel / more…
03.03 – Haarlem, NL / Geertruida / more…
07.03 – Arnhem, NL / Hedenblij / TAPE Arnhem / more…
13.03 – Amsterdam, NL / Uzzivlla / more…
13.03 – Enschede, NL / Conservatorium Enschede / more…
14.03 – Amsterdam, NL / Frame Publishers, in the pink/orange room / more…
15.03 – Leeuwarden, NL / Woongroep Haniahof / more…
19.03 – Nijmegen, NL / M’s / [FULL]

A similar number of screenings are also planned across Belgium, and you can see the whole list here. Just click the box if you wish to attend. When it’s full, it’s full. The last day for screening is 24 March.

There is a new trailer for the film which can be seen on the band’s website, but I wanted to share the original trailer for the album here, which is what inspired me to check out the film. That shed full of glass bottles that the band stumble across does look quite heavenly!