When their latest plan to finally book a gig at Toronto’s legendary Rivoli goes completely off the rails, Matt and Jay accidentally find themselves hurled back to the year 2008. Older but not exactly wiser, the duo’s time-traveling misadventure threatens to unravel their own origin story…and their friendship along with it.

From BlackBerry director Matt Johnson and longtime collaborator Jay McCarrol, this radically inventive film expands on their cult comedy series Nirvanna the Band the Show, blending fiction, improvisation and chaotic public stunts. A mix of pop-culture parody, heartfelt nostalgia and glorious absurdity, the film uses meticulous effects, costumes and archival footage to recreate the not-so-distant past with uncanny precision and laugh-out-loud results.

Seventeen years in the making, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a love letter to creative delusion and enduring friendship–a hilarious reminder that sometimes the best art is born from failure, and that growing up is overrated.