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Simon Lereng Wilmont
DK 2014 28'
⚬ Kids & Youth ⚬ Sports
The 10-year-old Japanese boy Chikara is one of the best sumo wrestler in his club. As the son of a former professional sumo champion he needs to live up to high expectations. Chikara's father is very busy and their only time together is during their training lessons. When the annual Sumo Championship is coming up, it means everything to Chikara to win and make his father proud.
Director | Simon Lereng Wilmont |
Producers | Monica Hellström |
Executive Producer | Signe Byrge Sørensen |
Co-Producers | Anita Rehoff Larsen, Malin Hüber, Tobias Janson |
Production Company | Final Cut for Real |
Co-Production Companies | Sant&Usant, Story |
Cinematographer | Simon Lereng Wilmont, Lars Skree |
Editor | Michael Aaglund |
Music | Asger Baden & Peder |
Jury Prize | Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival 2015 |
IDFA 2015 |
| Runtime | 28' |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese |
| Production Countries | Denmark |
Simon Lereng Wilmont won numerous prizes among other Best First Appearance at IDFA with the feature documentary THE DISTAND BARKING OF DOGS and his two previous films THE FENCING CHAMPION (2014) and CHIKARA - THE SUMO WRESTLERS SON (2013) both premiered at IDFA, won the Jury Award for Medium length Documentary and Best Short Children Documentary Award at Al Jazeera Film Festival 2015. Simon Lereng Wilmont graduated as a Documentary Film Director from The National Danish Film School in 2009.
