NOFX’s long, loud run through punk history is heading to one of the film business’s biggest marketplaces.

VMI Worldwide has boarded

40 Years of Fuckin’ Up

, a documentary feature about the band NOFX, and will bring it to the Cannes Market. Reports indicate the film comes from director James Buddy Day and producer Fat Mike, a key figure in the band’s story and public identity. The project is described as an unfiltered, high-energy chronicle of NOFX across four decades marked by chaos, controversy, and persistence.

“An unfiltered, high-energy chronicle” signals a film that wants to match NOFX’s pace instead of smoothing out its edges.

The Cannes Market matters because it often determines how far a documentary can travel after its first wave of attention. For a band like NOFX, that platform could introduce the film to viewers beyond the group’s core punk audience, while still leaning on the band’s reputation for disorder, provocation, and longevity. Sources suggest the sales push will frame the documentary as both a music story and a record of a subculture that refused to behave.

Key Facts

  • VMI Worldwide will present the NOFX documentary 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up at the Cannes Market.
  • James Buddy Day directs the feature.
  • Fat Mike serves as producer.
  • The film covers four decades of NOFX’s history, including chaos and controversy.

The project arrives at a moment when music documentaries continue to pull strong interest from distributors and streamers, especially when they offer a built-in fan base and a clear point of view. NOFX brings both. The band’s history gives the film a ready-made narrative engine, but its success may depend on whether it reveals something sharper than nostalgia. If the Cannes response is strong, the next step will likely center on distribution and how widely this punk chronicle reaches beyond the scene that made it possible.