Project Detail

Fighter

Synopsis

Ten minutes before a boxing match, a teenage boxer with Downs Syndrome fights for his right to get in the ring. The story unfolds backstage in the immediate moments leading up to the fight.
Fighter finds himself torn between his over-bearing trainer, a sister who hates seeing him get hurt and a boxing committee unsure whether to sanction him to fight at all.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 7 mins 20 secs
Format: Digital 4K
Director: Bugsy Steel
Producer: Tina Pawlik
Executive Producer: Dawn Laren
Editor: Brendan Jenkins
Screenwriter: Guy Bolton
Director of Photography: Jann Doppert
Production Designer: Mikey Hollywood
Sound: Chris Whiteside
Composer: Shervin Shaeri
Principal cast: Tommy Jessop, Simon Kunz, Laura Morgan, Robbie O'Neill, Delroy Atkinson.

Genre

Sport Disabilities Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Moxie Pictures

c/o Bugsy Steel

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Film London

Ste 6.10, The Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ

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