RESURFACE 2' trailer

DVD: https://www.createspace.com/261533
Alexandrer Taxildaris is 25 years old. he was left a quadriplegic after a diving accident four years ago. Since then, he has been swimming competitively. In order to transform his handicap into an opportunity he is participating in the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. In the swimming-pool, Maria, his coach, is training him harder and harder. She is anxious, and all this pressure makes her very emotional when unexpected situations occur, but she wants to believe in a medal. Alex, on the other hand, is more self-controlled and pragmatic. His family and friends are strongly united around him.
Will he win the medal that everyone is hoping for?
DVD: https://www.createspace.com/261533
RESURFACE
Duration: 62'
Language: Greek
Soubtitles: English, Français.


Synopsis:
Alexandre Taxildaris a 25 ans. Il est tétraplégique suite à un accident au bord de la mer en l'an 2000. Depuis il nage pour se surpasser et pour transformer son handicap en opportunité il va participer aux Jeux Paralympiques dAthènes en 2004. A la piscine, Maria, son entraîneuse, le fait travailler dur matin et soir. Très tendue et fragile elle s'émeut facilement, mais elle essaye de croire au rêve des jeux et à celui d'une médaille. De lautre coté, Alex plus en retenue est pragmatique. Sa famille et ses amis sont unis fortement autour de lui et le soutiennent. Va-t-il réussir à obtenir la médaille que tout le monde attend?


FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

AWARDS:
Best Direction, 29th Palermo International Sport Film Festival.
Best medium-length documentary, Greek Film Center Award, 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Audience Award, 2nd Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.

FESTIVALS:
1rst Athens Emotion Picture Documentary & Disability Festival, Athens, Greece, 2007
30th Drama International Film Festival, Dama, Greece, 2007
29th Palermo International Sport Film Festival, Palermo, Italy, 2007
10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008
1rst Nicosia International Documentary Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2008
2nd Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, Los Ageles, USA, 2008
22nd Parnü International Documentary & Anthropology Film Festival, Parnü, Estonia, 2008
5th European Film Festival San Antonio, San Antonio, USA, 2008
2nd New York Greek Film Festival, New York, USA, 2008
10th Patra International Panorama of Independent Film & Video Makers, Patra, Greece, 2008
9th Medimed, Sitges - Barcelona, Spain, 2008
6th Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, 2008
4th International Disability Festival "Breaking down barriers", Moscow, Russia, 2008
2nd Beldocs, Belgrade, Serbia, 2009

NEXT FESTIVALS:
14ème édition du Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen (CMCA)

TV SCREENINGS:
PRISMA+, Chaîne publique de la TNT, en Grèce.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• documentary
• handicap
• sports
• paralympics
• disability
• portrait
• Alexander
• Taxildaris