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Run Like We

Run Like We

Synopsis

It’s the 2012 London Olympics and the whole world is going crazy for the fastest man on the planet: Usain Bolt. Everyone apart from Alvin, an awkward 14 year-old who hates sports and constantly disappoints his Jamaican father, Lester, an ex-athlete who can’t understand why his son is “so soft”. So when Alvin is unexpectedly nominated to represent his class in the upcoming school sports day, it could be his last chance to make his dad proud and prove that he can be just like Bolt.
Official Selection Blackstar Film Festival 2024
Official Selection Dinard Festival of British & Irish Films 2025

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 25 sec
Director
Rhys Aaron Lewis
Producer
Olivia Song
Editor
Kaupo Muuli
Screenwriter
Rhys Aaron Lewis
Director of Photography
Edward Hamilton Stubber
Production Designer
Lola Fleming
Sound
Joseph Russell
Composer
Nir Perlman
Principal cast
El Anthony, Nathan Vidal, Destin Kundi, Krish Misra

Genre

Sport Black Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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