Believe Media Documentary sets Worldwide Premiere at UK’s Doc’n Roll Film Festival 2025

Sound of a Dream, the debut feature documentary about DJ Lee Burridge from director Hoj Jomehri, will celebrate its world premiere at the UK’s Doc’n Roll Film Festival on 25 October 2025, which has previously been dubbed ‘the Glastonbury of music movie fests’ by Time Out.

The film is a co-production between Believe Media and Unsound Films. Believe produced acclaimed documentaries including Pink Floyd doc, Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, Kassim the Dream and Oscar-nominated Open Heart.

Directed by filmmaker and DJ Hoj Jomehri, Sound of a Dream follows the extraordinary journey of internationally renowned DJ Lee Burridge, creator of All Day I Dream, the record label and global music festival. Blending cinematic storytelling, rare archival footage, animation and access to Burridge’s inner world, the film traces a 40-year journey from a small seaside village in Dorset to some of the world’s most iconic stages, from Fabric in London to Burning Man and Coachella in the USA, and his rise in the underground club scene in Hong Kong in the 1990s.

Lee’s story is one of persistence and passion, and also impermanence. The DJ lifestyle demands sacrifice: communities fade, connections slip away, and the spotlight eventually moves on. More than just a music film, Sound of a Dream explores the magic of the dancefloor and the universal human search for connection.

Sound of a Dream will premiere on Saturday 25 October at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, London. It will be followed by a screening on Saturday 8 November at the Duke’s at Komedia in Brighton.

Doc’n Roll returns for its 12th edition with a line up of films celebrating artists who refuse to bend, break or conform. From punk to jazz and blues, house and electronica to soul, art-rock to industrial, Celtic folk and Cuban nueva trova to queer chart pop, this year’s programme spotlights fearless creative spirits who have shifted the cultural landscape.

​Liz Silver, CEO of Believe, said, “Sound of a Dream is a film that mirrors closely the trajectory of Believe as a film company whose influences stem from music videos and the culture of the dance community. I also started my career as a DJ in NY clubs, so the dance music world is really at the centre of Believe’s formation. The connection with Hoj thru music and film found itself the way real doc stories do, they find you. This film is about a lot of things, but for me, it’s about the joy of connection that music brings to everyone.”

Director Hoj Jomehri said, “I found myself crossing paths with Lee on tour, sharing pre-gig jitters and sunrise conversations in hotel rooms and on festival grounds. We were experiencing the highs and lows of this unique life together, and I started to capture these genuine moments to reveal the artist and the human behind the music. I’m hopeful viewers will get a sense of what it’s like to be on the road with us - lost in time and place, driven by an all-consuming obsession with music.”

DJ Lee Burridge added, “Music has always been my way of connecting with people, and All Day I Dream grew from that simple idea. To have this story told on screen, and to share it at a festival that celebrates music culture so deeply like Doc’n Roll, feels quite special.”