Project Detail

Heavyweight

Synopsis

Saturday night at a sold out stadium. Heavyweight boxer - ‘Diamond’ Derek Douglas – flanked by his team, makes a big entrance as he heads to his locker room ahead of the biggest fight of his life. With the championship belt in sight, he is unperturbed by the odds, which are heavily stacked against him.
Energy and excitement are high. But when Derek discovers that his closest training partner – Cain - is in his opponent’s locker room, it triggers a series of catastrophic and self-destructive events both mentally and physically. Soon Derek is questioning himself and those around him and they, in turn, are questioning if he’ll even make it to the ring tonight. Or if he would even be fit to fight…
With first bell approaching, and ever lowering odds, the team must work hard to help Derek shed the heavy weights that are holding him back from becoming both a champion and the man that he deserves to be.
Official Selection Raindance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 98 min
Format: Arri Alexa 35
Director: Christopher M. Anthony 1st Feature
Producer: Tiernan Hanby, Kevin Harvey, Nicholas Pinnock, Oliver Slinger
Executive Producer: Antoine Dixon-Bellot, Teal Cannaday, Jeff Golenberg
Editor: Eve Doherty
Screenwriter: Christopher M. Anthony
Director of Photography: Chas Appeti
Production Designer: Aimee Meek
Sound: Arran Mahoney
Composer: Andy Burrows
Principal cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Jordan Bolger, Osy Ikhile, Jason Isaacs
Costume Designer: Lauren Miller

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Blackwater Pictures

Tiernan Hanby
Unit 8 Lockwood Industrial Park
Mill Mead Road
London
N17 9QP
https://blackwater-pictures.com/

Silver Milk Productions

Nicholas Pinnock
27 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3BL

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Sales Company

High Fliers

Zach Rothwell

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