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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
http://fightershort.com
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- 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
- Music
- Shervin Shaeri
- Principal Cast
- Tommy Jessop, Simon Kunz, Laura Morgan, Robbie O'Neill, Delroy Atkinson.
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 23rd January 2018
