Courtney Love, one of the most influential female figures in alternative culture in the 1990s and 2000s, is getting the documentary treatment.
“Antiheroine” — which was just announced by Sundance as one of the festival’s 2027 edition world premieres — has been in the works for some time, following Love in London, where she moved a few years ago.
“Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture,” reads the logline. “Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.”
Alongside Love herself, a number of musicians have contributed to the film, including Michael Stipe, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Billie Joe Armstrong, Patty Schemel and Butch Walker.
“Antiheroine” comes from directors Edward Lovelace and James Hall, who previously co-directed the award-winning feature “The Possibilities are Endless” and the documentary series “Human Made Stories.” Producing the feature is Julia Nottingham via her Dorothy St. Pictures, the award-winning production house behind a number of successful female-fronted documentaries, including “Pamela, a Love Story,” “Coleen Rooney: The Wagatha Story” and the recent “Victoria Beckham” docuseries.
“Courtney has waited a long time to tell her story, in her own words and it’s deeply important to all of us at Dorothy St Pictures that strong, female-forward stories find the audiences they deserve,” said Nottingham, who also produced “The Greatest Night in Pop” about the making of charity single “We Are the World.”
“As a child of the 90s, I was always curious about Courtney, a woman who often appeared to be defined by her husband Kurt Cobain,” Nottingham added. “We made this film because Courtney’s story is bigger than the headlines. It’s raw, complicated, and deeply human.”
As well as Nottingham, Melanie Archer and Hattie Bridges also produce for Dorothy St. Pictures, plus Jon Lullo at FANG Workshop.
Sister Group, which took full ownership of Dorothy St. Pictures in 2025, backed the film financially with founder and executive chairman Elisabeth Murdoch serving as an executive producer on the project. Jonathan Daniel and Chris Fry also executive produce.
“Antiheroine” is a Dorothy St Pictures production, in association with Crush Media Management and Fang Workshop.
