Post by Macmoish on Oct 3, 2012 9:36:41 GMT
SLEEPING GIANT: AN INDIAN FOOTBALL STORY
09:30 3rd October 2012
by @officialqpr
Watch the premiere in London tonight
FROM THE team that bought you the ground-breaking feature documentary âThe Four Year Planâ comes an unseen insight into a country that FIFA president Sepp Blatter describes as footballâs âsleeping giant.â
âSleeping Giant: An Indian Football storyâ is Ad Hoc Filmsâ follow up to their electrifying film âThe Four Year Plan.â
Mumbai. India. 2009. In a country often described as Football's last untapped frontier, two children are selected from a possible 1,700 hopefuls for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To be taken under the wing of a famous English football club and be trained like pros.
Shot over two and a half years, this documentary follows the young hopefuls from the backstreets of Mumbai to the green expanse of the Queens Park Rangers youth academy in London, as they embark on an incredible journey to realise their dreams.
With contributions from eminent journalists and football specialists, this intimate, access-all-areas story opens up a wider discussion about why India - a sport-mad nation of 1.2billion people - is still an untapped football market commercially and talent-wise.
Sleeping Giant will make its world premiere during the London Kicking & Screening Festival tonight (Wednesday).
Tickets are still available for tonight's screening, click here
www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/031012-sleeping-giant-404823.aspx
FILM INFORMATION
RATING: N/A
RUNNING TIME: 53 mins
CAST LIST: Amit Bhatia, Mihir Bose, Marc Birchum, Steve Gallen, Arunava Chauduri, Praful Patel and Milind Deora
DIRECTOR: Daniel Glynn, Mat Hodgson
GENRE: Sport
SYNOPSIS
Belsize Park, Wednesday 3rd Oct at 9.00pm
Ad Hoc Films follow up their critically acclaimed documentary 'The Four Year Plan' with Sleeping Giant.
Mumbai. India. 2009. In a country often described as Football's last untapped frontier, two children are selected from a possible 1700 hopefuls for a once in a lifetime opportunity. To be taken under the wing of a famous English Football club and be trained like pros.
Shot over two and a half years, this documentary follows the young hopefuls from the backstreets of Mumbai to London, as they embark on an incredible journey to realise their dreams. Soon the age old questions of whether sport success is nature or nurture, talent or opportunity, are brought to the fore.
With contributions from eminent journalists and Football specialists, this intimate, access-all-areas story opens up a wider discussion about why India - a sport-mad nation of 1.2billion people - is still an untapped football market commercially and talent-wise.
After the screening, Mihir Bose and a panel including Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham will try to answer the question why India has yet to produce a top-flight player.
www.everymancinema.com/advanced-sales/sleeping-giant
09:30 3rd October 2012
by @officialqpr
Watch the premiere in London tonight
FROM THE team that bought you the ground-breaking feature documentary âThe Four Year Planâ comes an unseen insight into a country that FIFA president Sepp Blatter describes as footballâs âsleeping giant.â
âSleeping Giant: An Indian Football storyâ is Ad Hoc Filmsâ follow up to their electrifying film âThe Four Year Plan.â
Mumbai. India. 2009. In a country often described as Football's last untapped frontier, two children are selected from a possible 1,700 hopefuls for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To be taken under the wing of a famous English football club and be trained like pros.
Shot over two and a half years, this documentary follows the young hopefuls from the backstreets of Mumbai to the green expanse of the Queens Park Rangers youth academy in London, as they embark on an incredible journey to realise their dreams.
With contributions from eminent journalists and football specialists, this intimate, access-all-areas story opens up a wider discussion about why India - a sport-mad nation of 1.2billion people - is still an untapped football market commercially and talent-wise.
Sleeping Giant will make its world premiere during the London Kicking & Screening Festival tonight (Wednesday).
Tickets are still available for tonight's screening, click here
www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/031012-sleeping-giant-404823.aspx
FILM INFORMATION
RATING: N/A
RUNNING TIME: 53 mins
CAST LIST: Amit Bhatia, Mihir Bose, Marc Birchum, Steve Gallen, Arunava Chauduri, Praful Patel and Milind Deora
DIRECTOR: Daniel Glynn, Mat Hodgson
GENRE: Sport
SYNOPSIS
Belsize Park, Wednesday 3rd Oct at 9.00pm
Ad Hoc Films follow up their critically acclaimed documentary 'The Four Year Plan' with Sleeping Giant.
Mumbai. India. 2009. In a country often described as Football's last untapped frontier, two children are selected from a possible 1700 hopefuls for a once in a lifetime opportunity. To be taken under the wing of a famous English Football club and be trained like pros.
Shot over two and a half years, this documentary follows the young hopefuls from the backstreets of Mumbai to London, as they embark on an incredible journey to realise their dreams. Soon the age old questions of whether sport success is nature or nurture, talent or opportunity, are brought to the fore.
With contributions from eminent journalists and Football specialists, this intimate, access-all-areas story opens up a wider discussion about why India - a sport-mad nation of 1.2billion people - is still an untapped football market commercially and talent-wise.
After the screening, Mihir Bose and a panel including Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham will try to answer the question why India has yet to produce a top-flight player.
www.everymancinema.com/advanced-sales/sleeping-giant