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We are delighted to welcome The National's Matt Berninger for a live Q&A following this screening, hosted by Scared To Dance's Paul Richards.

Mistaken For Strangers is a 2013 documentary film about the American indie rock band The National. The film is directed by Tom Berninger, brother of lead singer Matt Berninger, who follows the band during the tour of the band’s album High Violet. It has been hailed as “a highly entertaining and surprisingly moving look at life lived on the fringes of the music industry” - Film 4.

Scared To Dance are independent club night, film screening and live music promoters founded by Paul Richards in 2009.

Guests have included Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire, Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, Blur, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, John Grant, Lawrence, comedians Rose Matafeo, Nish Kumar, Elis James, Josie Long, Ivo Graham, Sophie Duker and Robin Ince, the writers Jon Ronson and Will Hodgkinson and directors Bernard MacMahon, Paul Kelly and Toby L.

 

  • Release Date :
  • 28 Aug 2025
  • Certificate :
  • 15
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