28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Boxing in The Philipine Islands

Boxing in The Philipine Islands

director: Raya Martin
original title: Boxing in The Philipine Islands
country: Philippines
year: 2011
running time: 6 min.

synopsis

This hypnotic study of a boxing match focuses primarily on the Filipino star boxer Manny Pacquiao, who in the year 2000 was declared the “boxer of the decade”. We watch typical movements, sped up to unnatural speeds. Sometimes, all we see is the shadow of somebody training, as it encounters the shadow of a tree on the sidewalk being blown by the wind. Two boxers on the street dominate the space through the traces left by their swinging arms.  

more about film

director: Raya Martin
producer: Arleen Cuevas
script: Raya Martin
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
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