Director Jonas Ulrich formed an actual black metal band for his debut feature “ Wolves .”

WLVS – led by actor Bartosz Bielenia , known for Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi” – ended up touring and performing in real clubs. As well as its own world premiere at Zurich Film Festival .

“To take it seriously, we shot real concerts. We wrote a full album and built a stage show. I wanted musicians to watch it and say: ‘I know exactly what that feels like,’” says Ulrich, explaining the whole shoot was built around the gigs they managed to book.

“I like music films when the human drama also stands on its own – when you could remove the music and the story still works. ‘Control’ and ‘Sound of Metal’ are good examples of that. We also wanted to push against the formula. In the end, the film is

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