OVER THE LIMIT
Margarita Mamun, an elite Russian rhythmic gymnast, is struggling to become an Olympic champion. It is the most important year of her career and her last chance to achieve the ultimate goal, the gold Olympic medal. The film creates a captivating portrait of a young woman who is desperately trying to handle her own ambitions and meet the expectations of the official Russian training system. It offers an exclusive access to the hidden world of the elite gymnastics and a unique insight into the triangle between the young sportswoman and her two trainers. Over the Limit is an intimate drama about the brutal relationships that lead to success.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 74'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Marta Prus
- PRODUCTION:
- TELEMARK Sp. z o.o.
Marta Prus »
born on 1.01.1987 in Warsaw. Since 2009 she is a student of directing departement at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, previously studied history of art at University of Warsaw. Graduated from documentary course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. In childhood she was a member of Rhytmic Gymnastics sport club IKS AWF Warsaw, then a dancer at Hanna Kosiewicz dance studio.
- Docpoint Helsinki, Finland, 2018 (screening)
- DocPoint Tallin, Estonia, 2018 (screening)
- 25th Hot Docs, Canada, 2018 (screening)
- Doc Aviv, Israel, 2018 (screening)
- Doclisboa, Portugal, 2018 (screening)
- IDocs - International Documentary Forum, China, 2018 (screening)
- IDFA, The Netherlands, 2017 (competition)
- Trieste FF, Italy, 2018 (competition)
- FIPA Biarritz, France, 2018 (competition)
- Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2018 (competition)
- 8th LuxFilmFest, Luxemburg, 2018 (Documentary Award by BGL BNP Paribas)
- ZagrebDOX 2018, Croatia, 2018 (Little Stamp)
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, 2018 (competition)
- One World IHR Documentary FF, Czech Republic, 2018 (competition)
- Visions du Réel 2018, Switzerland , 2018 (competition)
- DOK Fest Munchen, Germany, 2018 (competition)
- CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival, Georgia, 2018 (competition)
- 15th Neisse Film Festival, Germany, 2018 (competition)
- Docs Barcelona, Spain, 2018 (competition)
- 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (The Silver Horn, Silver Hobby-Horse, The Award for the best short and documentary films producer in Poland, Best Cinematography Award under the patronage of The Polish Society of Cinematographers, Audience Award)
- MakeDox, Macedonia, 2018 (competition)
- Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival, Russia, 2018 (Audience Award)
- Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland, 2018 (competition)
- Ânûû-rû Âboro International Film Festival, New Caledonie, 2018 (competition)
- Listapad Minsk IFF, Belarus, 2018 (Special Jury Award)
- Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- 18th WatchDocs Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary, 2019 (Main Award in Naked Hope Competition)
- Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2019 (competition)