Screening Date: Wed. May 13, 2026
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Trylon Cinema
Cost: $13
Run Time/Year/Country: 98min, 2026, USA
Director: Wes Orshoski

One of icons of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, London-born Paul Di’Anno helped launch Iron Maiden around the world, appearing on two of the most foundational metal albums ever released: Iron Maiden’s 1980 self-titled debut and the celebrated follow-up, “Killers,” released in 1981. In one of the most epic sagas in metal history, Di’Anno left Maiden in 1981 and was replaced by Bruce Dickinson, leaving metal fans around the world to debate which line-up and which singer was/is better. It’s a debate that continues to this day, almost 50 years later.

Wheelchair-bound since the mid-2010s, Di’Anno’s health nosedived during the Covid-19 pandemic, when two fans launched a crowdfunding campaign which ultimately led to him relocating to Croatia, where through the help of those fans and doctors, he made a dramatic turnaround while running out of money, reuniting with his former Maiden bandmates and falling in love. Eventually he makes a heroic and drama-filled return to the stage.