(Robert Lang, photo by Brandon Voges, courtesy of Brian Craig Hinderberger)

Salvaged Reverb: Inside the Legendary Robert Lang Studios has won Best Documentary at the 2026 Austin Short Film Festival. Directed by Bend filmmaker Brian Craig Hinderberger, the short takes audiences inside the handmade recording studio in Shoreline, Washington, that became part of Pacific Northwest music history.

Built over five decades with salvaged materials, Robert Lang Studios has welcomed generations of musicians, including Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Death Cab for Cutie. In the film, Lang leads the crew through the studio himself, sharing stories about the rooms he built and the artists who recorded in them.

“This film is as authentic as it gets,” said Brian Craig Hinderberger, film director and founder of the Bend, Oregon film and live entertainment company. “We followed Robert through the studio as he told us how he built it and shared stories about the musicians who made records there. You get to discover the history and magic of the place through the person who built it by hand.”

Seattle audiences can see a screening of Salvaged Reverb on Sunday, November 15, at The Rabbit Box Theatre in Pike Place Market as part of Song of Sunset: Underground. Lang will join Hinderberger for a closing panel presented by Oregon Film with audience Q&A