Magnolia Pictures has released the official trailer for It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, the long-awaited documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Amy Berg. The film examines the life, myth, and music of the late singer-songwriter whose cult following has only grown since his untimely death in 1997.

Combining never-before-seen archival footage with intimate interviews from those closest to Buckley—including his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, and collaborators like Aimee Mann—the film paints a portrait of an artist who never quite fit into the mold of his era.

The trailer interweaves clips of Buckley’s most electrifying performances with his self-effacing reflections on fame, impermanence, and artistic identity. “I’m not going to last that long,” he says in a chilling archival moment. Another interview question—“Where do you see yourself in ten years?”—hangs in the air unanswered, a quiet acknowledgement of what was never to be.

Having premiered at Sundance earlier this year, the documentary opens in theaters August 8. Berg, whose previous work includes Janis: Little Girl Blue and Deliver Us from Evil, said making a Jeff Buckley film had long been a personal dream:

“It’s been on my bucket list since I made my first film in 2006. And maybe, since I first heard Grace in 1994. It changed my life forever. It literally became the ‘tear that hangs inside my soul forever.’”

Critics who caught the film at Sundance described it as “a stirring if circumscribed tribute,” with The Hollywood Reporter noting its “heartfelt” approach to a subject too often shrouded in myth.

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or discovering Buckley for the first time, It’s Never Over promises an emotional meditation on the fragility of genius and the timelessness of great music.