Sky has today released an exclusive first-look clip from Nick Cave’s Veiled World, a one-off documentary premiering Friday 6 December on Sky and NOW. 

The special offers an intimate, illuminating and emotionally powerful exploration of Nick Cave’s creative process and enduring influence, told through the eyes of his closest collaborators, friends and the visionaries he’s inspired. 

Whether through song or story, Cave’s work introduces archetypal figures: the outlaw, the shadow, the pilgrim, the divine child, the prophet. The documentary explores where these beings come from and what they reveal about Cave and about us. 

Featuring filmmakers Andrew Dominik, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, John Hillcoat and Wim Wenders; musicians Warren Ellis, Flea and Colin Greenwood; producer Nick Launay; writer Seán O’Hagan; directors Pete Jackson and Isabella Eklöf; and admirers Florence Welch, Irvine Welsh, Thomas Houseago, Bella Freud and Dr Rowan Williams, the film moves between Australia, Berlin and Brighton to uncover the places and ideas that shaped Cave’s art. It offers an intimate look at creativity, influence and transformation. 

For press enquiries, please contact molly.wyatt@sky.uk

Nick Cave’s Veiled World is produced by Supercollider, a Zinc Media company. Mike Christie serves as Director and Seb Barfield as Producer. The Commissioning Editor for Sky is Barbara Lee, and the Executive Producer for Sky Studios is Charlotte Mardon-Heath.