Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary!
by Alex Billington
July 15, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Drive it like you stole it!” 🕺 Lionsgate has revealed a new trailer and a special 4K Limited Edition Blu-ray release of the sensational beloved indie hit Sing Street, the Irish musical from John Carney. I saw this at its world premiere back at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and went all crazy for it – so did everyone else then! I can never forget this screening and how rapturous it was, how the audience was completely swept up in it, singing & dancing all the way through the end credits. Amazing! Set in Dublin, Ireland in the 1980s, a young lad notices a beautiful girl who he is completely smitten with. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life’s woes, he decides to start a band, hoping to catch her attention. This stars Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton, and newcomer Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Conor. An exuberant and unforgettable coming-of-age musical story with some of the catchiest songs ever written for a film. I still adore this film and will recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it yet. This is a fun new trailer and a wonderful reminder of how joyful this movie is! Dance on! Enjoy.
Here’s the 10th Anniversary trailer (+ artwork) for John Carney’s film Sing Street, from YouTube:
“Boy meets girl. Girl unimpressed. Boy starts band.” Celebrating its 10th anniversary & on 4K for the first time, Sing Street from filmmaker John Carney remains as charming & relevant as ever as a coming-of-age tale about escape, imagination, and young love. Set in 1980s Dublin, this semi-autobiographical story is told through the eyes of 14-year-old Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), who seeks refuge from family tension as he struggles to fit in at a tough public school. Enter über-cool aspiring model Raphina (Lucy Boynton). Smitten, Conor aims to win her heart by inviting her to star in his band’s music video — with one small problem: there is no band. Forming a band with some lads, the group pours themselves into writing songs & shooting videos, along the way discovering the power of music to uplift, empower & create community.
Sing Street is written and directed by acclaimed Irish musician / writer / filmmaker John Carney, his 5th film at the time after making Begin Again (2013) and before Flora and Son (2023) years later. From a story by Simon Carmody. With music written by Gary Clark & John Carney. Produced by Anthony Bregman, Martina Niland, John Carney. This initially premiered as a big hit at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival back then (read our review). Lionsgate is re-releasing Carney’s Sing Street musical sensation as a 4K UHD Blu-ray re-release (order here) starting on August 11th, 2026. Alas no theatrical re-release set. Any big fans?
