Pushing Boundaries

2021 102 min

Overview

PUSHING BOUNDARIES was one of the slogans of the Paralympics in Russian Sochi. During the games, this slogan was applied militarily by the Russian army towards the neighboring Ukraine. Overnight the Ukrainian National Team lost access to their training base in Crimea. The film accompanies 5 athletes with disabilities who try to adapt their private and professional lives to the circumstances and attempt the Paralympics qualification. After the competitions, where all the teams are celebrated as 'super-humane', they return to a tired society where new invalids are produced by the war.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Switzerland

Spoken Languages

English en
Russian ru
Ukrainian uk

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Cast

Crew

Lesia Kordonets

Director

Urs Augstburger

Producer

Filippo Bonacci

Producer

Karin Koch

Producer

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