Road to Wacken

Road to Wacken 	Road to Wacken
 	
Directed by 	Steve McQueen
Produced by 	Danny Boyle
Starring 	Caitlyn HarrisonJames Harrison
Music by 	Celestial Sphere
Edited by 	Shehzad Afzal
Productioncompanies	BBC Films
Distributed by 	StudioCanal UK
Release date 	30 September 2014
Running time 	119 minutes
Country 	United Kingdom
Language 	English
Budget 	$5.5 million
Road to Wacken is a 2014 British documentary film directed by Steve McQueen, that follows symphonic metal band Celestial Sphere in the build up to their headlining performance at the 2014 Wacken Open Air Festival, their first live performance since the festival the previous year. Following their performance at the 2013 festival lead singer Caitlyn Harrison struggles with drug and alcohol addictions seeing the band take a temporary break to help Caitlyn deal with her issues, this film looks at the four months between her leaving rehab and the band performing what would later be considered their greatest live performance.
The film was met with critical praise and won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary at the 87th Academy Award, the band would be involved in winning the award the following year with their documentary 13 Days.