Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days. Sound It Out is the very last surviving vinyl record shop in North East England. A cultural haven in one of the poorest areas in the UK, the film documents a place that is thriving against the odds and the local community that keeps it alive. Directed by Jeanie Finlay who grew up in the neighbourhood, this is a distinctive, funny and intimate film about men, the North and the irreplaceable role music plays in our lives.

**** "Wonderful"  EMPIRE  **** "Lovely, intimate, funny-sad" THE INDEPENDENT
**** "Wonderous and funny" THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
**** EVENING STANDARD  **** SUNDAY TIMES  **** SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
"Delightful" THE OBSERVER
“Hilarious and incredibly heartwarming” NME
"Like a mint pressing in a bargain bin “Sound It Out” is a rare find"
NEW YORK TIMES
“A winning combination of High Fidelity and American Splendor” THE GUARDIAN

Winner of Audience Award at Leeds International Film Festival 2011

Upcoming Festival Screenings
Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria - April 24-29

Past Festivals
SXSW-  WORLD PREMIERE
Chicago International Movies and Music Festival
DOXA- UK
Silver Docs
Sheffield Doc Fest
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Revelation film festival, Australia
Rockville Film Festival, Belgium
Play Film Festival, Netherlands
Just Film -Tallin-Estonia
Hamburg Film Festival
Leeds Film Festival
Out to Lunch Film Festival
Guadalajara Film Festival
Tempo Film Festival