The Promoter premiered at The London Independent Film Festival in 2013.
The documentary follows Robert Pereno, who should be a household name, but every time he is on the brink of greatness, he somehow manages to mess it up.
[2] At the Indie Gathering International Festival 2013 it was nominated Best Documentary[3] and it also received a nomination for Best Film at The Portobello Film Festival 2013.
[4] "Possibly the most famous person you've never heard of," reviewed Dan Carrier, Camden New Journal, in April 2013.
Documenting his past infamy as a nightclub promoter who could have shocked Iggy Pop into sobriety, director Ed Edwards also captures the modern-day Pereno at a creative peak, before disaster inevitably strikes," said Alex Bellotti of the Hampstead & Highgate Express on 16 May 2013.