Concrete Circus

28 July 2011

TX: Monday 15th August, Channel 4

A new generation of the very best urban sports stars are teaming up with incredible young filmmakers. Together they've produced stunning films that have captured the attention and the imagination of tens of millions of viewers.

For the first time, Concrete Circus (directed by Mike Christie (Jump London, Inside Incredible Athletes) brings together five of the world's best street sport talents and their amazing filmmakers, as part of Channel 4's Street Summer season. Their recent films have it all: beauty, danger jaw-dropping action, and - between them - nearly 50 million online views.

Featuring urban trial rider phenomenon Danny McAskill, skateboarding virtuoso Kilian Martin, Storm Freerun's Blue joins with extraordinary 19 year old Parkouriste Phil Doyle (who are joined for an impressive cameo by the incredible Parkour/Skater Mathieu Ledoux), and BMX flatlander Keelan Phillips.

This feature-length documentary follows each team as they set about making a brand new film here in the UK with their filmmakers (Stu Thomson, Brett Novak, Claudiu Voicu, and Kendy Ty). The premiere of the four new films forms the centrepiece of the documentary.

Can they better their first spectacular films?

Can they jump further, move faster, risk more?

How far do they have to go - to go further than ever before?

Concrete Circus climaxes with an action packed scene shot at The Barbican in London and directed by Christie, featuring Danny, Kilian, Blue, Phil and Keelan together on screen for the first time.

 

Producer/Director: Mike Christie
Exec producer: Alan Hayling
Renegade Pictures & ChristieHQ