Edition 2019

Time Trial

The end of an athlete’s career is a race against time and a fight against an inevitable demise. The addictive need to participate defies logic and creates a mesmerising and painful spectacle. TIME TRIAL takes us into the final races of cyclist David Millar’s career, leading up to his last encounter with the Tour de France.

We go inside the peloton, we’re pushed up impossible climbs and forced down rapid descents, we lie alongside him in his hotel room in post-race agony. We ride in the support car, the source of comfort, supplies and fleeting relief from the cold. And we know that every mile travelled is a mile closer to the end. TIME TRIAL gets us close to David Millar, revealing how the human spirit is driven by a force deeper than success and glory.

Filmed using pioneering techniques, bespoke vehicles and on-bike cameras, and with a new score by US composer Dan Deacon.

Theme:

Sport

Finlay Pretsell

Finlay Pretsell is a film director awarded with a BAFTA and a former professional cyclist. He has directed many short films, 6 of them awarded in international festivals. Recently, he has produced the film Norflok (2015) for the BBC Films. His irruption as a filmmaker was in 2007, with Standing Star, a short film where he documents his passion for cycling.

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Technical details

Year:

2017

Credits

Direction
Finlay Pretsell
Executive Production
Iain Smith, Ian Davies, Noe Mendelle, Avril Millar, Leslie Finlay, Sylvie Richards
Sound
CJ Mirra, Douglas Fairgrieve
Distribution
DocsBarcelona Distribution
Production
Rebecca Day, Sonja Henrici, Finlay Pretsell

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