In this Olympic year, DocFest goes behind the scenes to bring you something a little different.
Undefeated and The Other Dream Team
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Stacy Peralta; Stars: Stacy Peralta, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill),
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When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
China Heavyweight
(Year: 2012; Director: Yung Chang; Writer: Yung Chang; Stars: Zongli He, Yunfei Miao, Moxiang Qi, Zhong Zhao)
In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or for themselves?
The Four Year Plan
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Mat Hodgson)
A behind the scenes look at the bid that saved Queens Park Rangers from bankruptcy and the drama in both boardroom and locker room as strict new rules took effect.
Glory Road
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Steve Read)
Three young Liverpudlian boxers dream of success - but what exactly does that mean?
Jesse Owens
(Country: United States; Year: 2011; Director: Laurens Gant)
The story of the black Olympic athlete whose prowess humiliated the Nazis but who returned home to a life of opression and exclusion in racially segregated America.
Ping Pong and Town Of Runners
The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus
(Country: United States, Switzerland; Year: 2012; Director: Alexandre Philippe; Stars: Paul)
A documentary about Paul, the octopus whose uncanny World Cup football predictions made him an international superstar.
One Breath - The Story of William Trubridge
(Country: United States; Year: 2012; Director: Nicolas Rossier)
It looks simple: you hold your breath and go as deep into the water as you can. But as William Trubridge has learned, triumphing in the dangerous world of free diving is all about mind over matter.
The Other Dream Team
(Country: Lithuania, US; Year: 2012; Director: Marius A. Markevicius; Writer: Marius A Markevicius, Jon Weinbach; Stars: Jim Lampley, Bill Walton, Greg Speirs, Mickey Hart, Arvydas Sabonis, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dan Majerle, David Stern, Charles Smith, Jonas Valanciunas, Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, David Remnick, Vytautas Landsbergis, P.J. Carlesimo),
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The 1992 Lithuanian National Basketball Team went from the clutches of Communism to the Summer Olympics in Barcelona – a testament to the powerful role of sports as a catalyst for cultural identity.
Ping Pong
(Country: UK, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Hugh Hartford; Stars: Les D'Arcy, Rune Forsberg, Sun Lao, Terry Donlon, Dorothy DeLow, Lisa Modlich, Ursula Bihl, Inge Hermann)
A documentary following eight players on their way to the over-80s world table tennis championships.
Town Of Runners
(Country: Ethiopia, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Jerry Rothwell),
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A documentary following three young runners from a small Ethiopian town that keeps producing champions.
The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus and China Heavyweight
Undefeated
(Country: United States; Year: 2011; Director: Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin; Stars: Bill Courtney)
Meet the coach who is determined to help Mannassas High School football team overcome their 110 year losing streak.
