EXCLUSIVE: When Power Ballad opened the Sands Film Festival in St. Andrews, Scotland, recently, the audience reaction was rapturous. Same with showings at SXSW, Dublin and in a limited release last week. Sending festival audiences into a lather has been a regular occurrence for writer-director John Carney since he premiered Once at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, before the $150,000 budget film won an Oscar for Best Original Song, grossed $23 million and spawned a stage musical. He got the same reaction when he brought Sing Street to Sundance in 2016.
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