Author: Competitions
To mark the release of The Free Man on 24th April, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
To reach the level of liberty encapsulated by the concept of being truly free is both a physical and mental endeavour that many will risk their life to obtain. Is life worth risking for the feeling of conquering fear and becoming truly free? These are the questions Jossi Wells must ask himself as he meets extreme sports performance artists, The Flying Frenchies, and takes on the challenge of his lifetime thousands of metres above the ground.
Directed by Toa Fraser (Dean Spanley, Giselle), who brings a breathtakingly cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports, The Free Man is as beautiful a film as it is a thrilling one. Shot in New Zealand and France, the film offers a rare insight into the story...
To mark the release of The Free Man on 24th April, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
To reach the level of liberty encapsulated by the concept of being truly free is both a physical and mental endeavour that many will risk their life to obtain. Is life worth risking for the feeling of conquering fear and becoming truly free? These are the questions Jossi Wells must ask himself as he meets extreme sports performance artists, The Flying Frenchies, and takes on the challenge of his lifetime thousands of metres above the ground.
Directed by Toa Fraser (Dean Spanley, Giselle), who brings a breathtakingly cinematic sensibility and narrative construction to the world of extreme sports, The Free Man is as beautiful a film as it is a thrilling one. Shot in New Zealand and France, the film offers a rare insight into the story...
- 4/17/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Luke Channell
What is it that fuels adrenaline junkies to risk their lives? Toa Fraser’s documentary The Free Man sets out to investigate extreme sports and the psychology behind it. The film focuses on New Zealand Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells who sets himself the immense task of taking up extreme sports in which he has absolutely no experience. Jossi began learning to ski from just 18 months and now at 26 his body has been severely battered by his skiing and thrill-seeking pursuits. But he faces his toughest test to date when he partners up with extreme sports performance artists The Flying Frenchies. The French daredevil group undertake extreme stunts thousands of metres above the ground and often without any safety harness. The Free Man is a breath-taking look at extreme sports and these fearless people who participate in them.
Jossi’s determination and openness make him an intriguing...
What is it that fuels adrenaline junkies to risk their lives? Toa Fraser’s documentary The Free Man sets out to investigate extreme sports and the psychology behind it. The film focuses on New Zealand Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells who sets himself the immense task of taking up extreme sports in which he has absolutely no experience. Jossi began learning to ski from just 18 months and now at 26 his body has been severely battered by his skiing and thrill-seeking pursuits. But he faces his toughest test to date when he partners up with extreme sports performance artists The Flying Frenchies. The French daredevil group undertake extreme stunts thousands of metres above the ground and often without any safety harness. The Free Man is a breath-taking look at extreme sports and these fearless people who participate in them.
Jossi’s determination and openness make him an intriguing...
- 4/10/2017
- by Luke Channell
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Feature version launches of hit book Capital In The 21st Century.
Thomas Piketty’s New York Times bestseller Capital In The 21st Century is to be made into a feature documentary as a New Zealand/France co-production with Piketty on board as a consultant.
Justin Pemberton (The Golden Hour) will direct the film with Mathew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands) on board as producer. General Film Corporation will produce.
Upside Distribution handles world sales. Transmission Films will release in Australia/Nz. Production is due to get underway in August of this year.
The film will explore the book’s subject of how capitalism affects our world today; the forces that govern everything from house prices in Auckland to economic upheavals on Wall St.
Presented without a narrator, the story will reveal itself through a combination of interviews, visual clips (movies, TV shows, training films, cartoons, pop culture references etc), original footage and the occasional news programme snippet...
Thomas Piketty’s New York Times bestseller Capital In The 21st Century is to be made into a feature documentary as a New Zealand/France co-production with Piketty on board as a consultant.
Justin Pemberton (The Golden Hour) will direct the film with Mathew Metcalfe (The Dead Lands) on board as producer. General Film Corporation will produce.
Upside Distribution handles world sales. Transmission Films will release in Australia/Nz. Production is due to get underway in August of this year.
The film will explore the book’s subject of how capitalism affects our world today; the forces that govern everything from house prices in Auckland to economic upheavals on Wall St.
Presented without a narrator, the story will reveal itself through a combination of interviews, visual clips (movies, TV shows, training films, cartoons, pop culture references etc), original footage and the occasional news programme snippet...
- 5/12/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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