Bananaz

During the years from 2000 to 2006, the director Ceri Levy filmed the creators of the Gorillaz behind the scenes, from the very first drawings and animations, to the music and the musicians, as well as the faces behind the voices of the characters and other content such as interviews with various Gorillaz collaborators and backstage footage of live concert performances. This documentary features 92 minutes of behind the scenes footage of the creators making the visuals and recording the music for the Gorillaz albums Gorillaz and Demon Days that was recording over the course of six years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/15/damon-albarn-gorillaz|title=Review of Bananaz, a film about Gorillaz|first=Luke|last=Bainbridge|date=18 April 2009|accessdate=19 November 2019|work=The Guardian}}

• Bananaz premiered on 7 February 2008 at the Berlin Film Festival and to the rest of the world on 9 February 2008. The documentary was shown in the festival until 15 February.
• The documentary had its first North American premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas{{cite web|url=http://gorillaz-news.livejournal.com/214841.html |title=gorillaz_news: Bananaz website / Bananaz at SXSW Film Festival |publisher=Gorillaz-news.livejournal.com |accessdate=16 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719050137/http://gorillaz-news.livejournal.com/214841.html |archivedate=19 July 2011 }} showing at 12 and 15 March 2008[http://2008.sxsw.com/film/screenings/film/F12044.html#top south by southwest festivals + conferences] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419153543/http://2008.sxsw.com/film/screenings/film/F12044.html#top |date=19 April 2008 }} at Texas' Paramount Theater.
• The Indie Lisboa Film Festival held in Lisbon, Portugal twice screened the film on 24 April and 2 May 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indielisboa.com/amit/eng/page.php?200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917213837/http://www.indielisboa.com/amit/eng/page.php?200|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 September 2008|title=BANANAZ, Ceri Levy|date=17 September 2008|accessdate=19 November 2019}}
• The documentary was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival that takes places in Edinburgh, United Kingdom in late June 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/whats-on/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512131448/http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/bananaz/|url-status=dead|title=Event List | Edinburgh International Film Festival|archivedate=12 May 2008|website=edfilmfest.org.uk|accessdate=19 November 2019}}

On 20 April 2009, it was released on PAL/Region 0 DVD format.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708053740/http://moviedigs.blogspot.com/2008/03/bananaz.html Blogspot] (Review from Movie Digs)
• [http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/sxsw-movie-review-bananaz.php Filmschoolrejects.com] (Review from Filmschoolrejects.com)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514121837/http://tunaflix.com/?p=1531 Tunaflix.com] (Review from tunaflix)
• [https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2062178420080320 Reuters.com] (Review from Reuters)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1168773/ Bananaz] at the Internet Movie Database

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