Company: Adrialpe-Media Filmproduktions GmbH
Country: AUSTRIA
Section: DOCUMENTARY INDIVIDUAL SPORT
Discipline: Various Sports
Year: 2014
Director: Sascha Köllnreitner
Editing: Joerg Achatz
Photography: Viktor Schaider
Soundtrack: Anna Müller
Producer: Carl Hollmann
Time: 90 min
Projection: Sunday 20 November – 15.00 – Sala Colonne
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Synopsis
“Sport is the most concentrated symbolic representation of the basic principles of modern society!” – Jürgen Habermas. Three exceptional athletes in an all expecting field of extreme sports. Each individual of them are the world’s best! Through the successful staging of their peak performance through modern distribution channels, they are not only known by sports affined people known, but also advertising platforms of the global companies are fighting for them. Which biographies, motives and thoughts could make them be called modern heroes of modern times? Which sociological frameworks allow the mass fascination with individuals who take extraordinary risks and thus expose become heroes? The images accompany these people in an attempt through perfect physical and mental dedication, which redefines the limits of performance to find yourself.