Project Detail

Personal Best

Jean-Louis Schuller

Synopsis

Filmed over four years, Personal Best follows up-and-coming British sprinters on their journey from the grassroots of athletics to the international stage. The film is both a gripping portrait of the athletes in training and competition, and a deeply personal account of their lives unfolding – revealing victory, defeat, agony, ecstasy and the simple trials of growing up. On the eve of the 2012 Olympics, this film tells the stories of Britain’s young sprinters as they strive towards their dreams. This is an inspiring but genuine portrait of Britain’s youth and a penetrating study of the art of sprinting, peeling back the layers so we can finally understand everything it means to them as they are on the start-line waiting for the gun to fire.

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Details

Year: 2012
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: HD
Director: Sam Blair 1st Feature
Producer: Jessica Levick
Editor: Sam Blair
Director of Photography: Jean-Louis Schuller
Sound: Gunnar Oskarsson
Composer: Luke Blair
Principal cast: Jeanette Kwakye, James Ellington, Richard Alleyne, Omardo Anson

Genre

Sport

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Magnified Pictures Limited

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www.magnifiedpictures.co.uk

One Hundred Film Spv Ltd

Flat 4 50 Lawrence Buildings
Stoke Newington
London
N16 7LQ
UK

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