SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR Co-directors – Y. Byvsheva, S. Kucher
Production VGIK-Debut Production Center (Russia) Ostrov Studio (Russia) Commissioned by the International Paralympic Committee (Germany)
Broadcasts Qatar (Al-Jazeera) USA (Universal Sports Network) Brazil (EBC) Poland (Discovery) Russia (Channel 1, 24DOK, Kultura TV, Match TV) Israel (Channel 8) Estonia (ETV +) Slovakia (RTVS) South American countries (VOD-platform DLA)
The stories of overcoming and of the will to live of people of different nationalities and backgrounds, who are united by the desire to surpass at the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi not only others, but themselves. The documentary stories of athletes are combined in the film with artistic animation made in different techniques.
The International Paralympic Committee (Bonn, Germany) assigned the film the status of the official film of the 11th Winter Paralympics in Sochi. The conferral of the status of the official film was the first precedent in more than half-a-century history of the Paralympic movement.
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR Co-directors – Y. Byvsheva, S. Kucher
Production VGIK-Debut Production Center (Russia) Ostrov Studio (Russia) Commissioned by the International Paralympic Committee (Germany)
Broadcasts Qatar (Al-Jazeera) USA (Universal Sports Network) Brazil (EBC) Poland (Discovery) Russia (Channel 1, 24DOK, Kultura TV, Match TV) Israel (Channel 8) Estonia (ETV +) Slovakia (RTVS) South American countries (VOD-platform DLA)
The stories of overcoming and of the will to live of people of different nationalities and backgrounds, who are united by the desire to surpass at the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi not only others, but themselves. The documentary stories of athletes are combined in the film with artistic animation made in different techniques.
The International Paralympic Committee (Bonn, Germany) assigned the film the status of the official film of the 11th Winter Paralympics in Sochi. The conferral of the status of the official film was the first precedent in more than half-a-century history of the Paralympic movement.