Air Guitar in Oulu

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Air Guitar in Oulu
Directed by Kent Sobey
Starring Andrew Buckles
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGeoffrey Turnbull
Kent Sobey
Christopher Zimmer [1]
CinematographyLes Krizsan
Original release
Release12 June 2003 (2003-06-12) [2]

Air Guitar in Oulu is a 2003 documentary film by Canadian filmmaker Kent Sobey. The film was produced by the Farmhouse Productions with the support of the Canadian Television Fund. [1] The IMDb estimated budget was 15,000 Canadian Dollars. [2] Air Guitar in Oulu is distributed by iThentic.

The film follows the quest of Andrew "Air Raid" Buckles as he attempts to raise enough funds to travel to Oulu, Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships. His efforts include bake sales and street performance, backed by a boom box, of his air guitar techniques. [2]

Buckles attends the competition and shares second place with Toby Peneha. [3]

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