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Off The Rails

Synopsis

Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox, working-class teenagers, hone their gravity-defying UrbEx and Parkour skills, dreaming of escape from boring Guildford. Behind the spectacular stunts and millions of online ‘likes’ lies a darker story - a friend’s traumatic death and fragile mental health - threatening to rip their lives apart.
Official Selection Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022 - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2022

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
HD Digital
Director
Peter Day 1st Feature
Producer
Peter Day, Rob Alexander, Grant Keir
Executive Producer
Sylvia Stevens, Bizzy Day, Mark Thomas
Editor
Rob Alexander
Director of Photography
Chris Evans, Rob Alexander, Rishi Ghosh-Curling
Composer
Nikky French
Principal cast
Rikke Brewer, Aiden Knox
Associate Producer
Rishi Ghosh-Curling

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Faction Films

26 Shacklewell Lane
London
E8 2EZ

Faction North

3 Woodside
Newminster Park
Morpeth
Northumberland NE61 2BJ

perfectmotion

International House
10 Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2DX

Sales Company

Journeyman Pictures Ltd

4-6 High Street
Thames Ditton
Surrey
KT7 0RY

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