Hong Kong documentary “4 Trails” has secured U.Ok. theatrical distribution by NGO U.Ok.-China Movie Collab and can open the annual Odyssey movie competition in London on Sept. 15.
The movie, which tells the story of certainly one of Hong Kong’s most grueling journey challenges, has turn into a field workplace phenomenon, incomes practically HK$11 million ($1.4 million) to turn into the second highest-grossing documentary in Hong Kong cinema historical past.
Directed by Hong Kong-born Robin Lee and produced by his brother Ben Lee, “4 Trails” follows individuals in an ultra-marathon problem created by Andre Blumberg in 2012. The occasion requires runners to finish all 4 of Hong Kong’s ultra-distance trails — totaling 298 kilometers with an elevation acquire of 14,500 meters, twice the peak of Mount Everest.
The problem affords no prizes or medals, with individuals deemed finishers in the event that they full the course in below 60 hours or survivors if completed inside 72 hours. In its 14-year historical past, solely 104 individuals have accomplished the occasion, making it one of many world’s hardest ultra-marathons.
Hong Kong famous person Chow Yun-fat praised the movie, stating, “Each Hong Konger ought to watch this film.”
The documentary earned Robin Lee the prize for finest new director and a nomination for finest movie enhancing swept on the forty third Hong Kong Movie Awards. It additionally acquired a particular award from the Hong Kong Movie Administrators Guild govt committee, movie of benefit from the Hong Kong Movie Critics Society, and the viewers award on the twenty first Hong Kong Asian Movie Competition.
Nikki Han, the primary feminine to turn into a finisher, mirrored on her expertise: “What I gained over these many hours on the paths will stick with me without end. They’re with me every single day. They’re the trophy.”
The documentary has performed at worldwide festivals together with the Shanghai Worldwide Movie Competition and Far East Movie Competition in Udine, Italy, with upcoming screenings on the Golden Horse Movie Competition in Taipei. Extra competition appearances have taken place in Adelaide, Beijing, Boulder, Melbourne, New York and Toronto, with additional screenings scheduled for Bangkok, Berlin, Kuala Lumpur, Lisbon, London, Paris, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo.
“4 Trails” is about for theatrical launch in Singapore and can open the U.Ok.-based Odyssey movie competition, which focuses on creating dialogue between British and Better China movie industries. This 12 months’s competition theme is “Sports activities.”
“We’re delighted that Robin has accepted our invitation as ‘4 Trails’ is the proper movie with which to open the competition,” stated Hiu Man Chan, inventive director of Odyssey.
The competition opens Sept. 15 with “4 Trails” on the Everyman Cinema, Broadgate. NGO U.Ok.-China Movie Collab, the corporate behind earlier releases together with “The Six,” “Lust, Warning” U.Ok. re-release, and “The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru,” will deal with the movie’s U.Ok. theatrical distribution with an preliminary launch date set for Oct. 30.
