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

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.

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Production Status

Production Company

Film London

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

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