Projects in genres: Sport

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Road is the heart-breaking and adrenaline-fuelled tale of a family obsessed with road motorcycle racing - the most dangerous of all motor sports. For two generations the Dunlop men have dominated the international road racing scene. This documentary takes the viewer on a blistering emotional ride with its heroes Joey, Robert, William, and Michael, experiencing with them the victories, bumps and crashes on and off the road. Two generations of one family who have been united by success. And united by tragedy.

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In 1998 Marco Pantani took the cycling world by storm when he won both the Giro D’Italia and the Tour De France – a feat that has not since been matched. Just six years later, Pantani was found dead and alone in a cheap hotel room. This film charts his meteoric ascent to the top of his sport on the mountains he loved and explores the darker side of the sport that led to the catastrophic downfall. It is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man verses mountain, athlete verses addiction, Marco Pantani verses himself.

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The feature film, The Class of ’92, details the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six talented young Manchester United footballers (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). Covering the period 1992 – 1999, the story culminates in Manchester United’s European Cup triumph, whilst dramatically interweaving the highs and lows of its football odyssey with the immense social and cultural changes taking place in Britain at the time.

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A young, gifted football player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.

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Based on a true story in 1985. Derek is a dreamer and a loser.  No matter how hard he tries he fails at everything he attempts. Determined to show the world he can succeed at something he forms an American Football team in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket and Fish & Chips. His desire to succeed consumes his life and he is blind to see that his success will lead to him losing everything.

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International Inspiration (IN) increases life chances for marginalised groups across the world. Growing up, Mercy Anne`s family could not afford school fees. She was thrown out of home after getting pregnant. Hear how IN helps young people like her to build confidence and learn through the inspirational power of sport.

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After the death of his mother ten year-old Joe moves to a remote village. It's where she'd wanted to live. Alone with his older father, Joe is silent with grief. When the local bus driver won't wait for him, Joe begins to run.

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A short documentary exploring ‘Parkour’. It looks at the deeper philosophical meaning behind the activity and its sense of community

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Michael reluctantly returns to his childhood home in the north of England to accompany his father to see his beloved football team.

'Full Time' is a sensitive exploration of how dementia can affect the fragile connections that bind love, memory and the gaps in between.

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A modernization of the classic Western The Magnificent Seven, in which the "Cowboys" are a local amateur soccer team, the "Villagers" are the owners of a local Tandoori restaurant, and the "Bandits" are a gang of menacing thugs led by a maniac known simply as American Bob.

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It’s 1972, and Fred Dobbs is preparing for the Schoolboy Boxing Championships. His trainer, who also happens to be his father, thinks he’s the next great white hope. Two years of training have led up to this climatic night. There’s just one problem.

Fred can’t box.

In the same year Gustavo White, a Cuban boxing legend prepares for the biggest fight of his life at the Munich Olympics. Every last second of his 25 years earth have been leading up to this challenge – he is widely tipped to take gold .

He doesn’t.

Adrift and alone, the two men’s paths cross almost 40 years later. Fred is an executive at a debt recovery firm who's on his way out; his aggressive younger boss thinks he’s past it and demotes him to the call centre. Gustavo has turned his back on boxing – far from home, with his boxing club bankrupt and repossessed, he scratches a living as a gardener.

Fred is forced to participate in a work yuppie boxing event, Gus agrees to train him and both men are thrown back into the boxing fray for what will be the most important fight of their lives.

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The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.