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RINGSIDE

by Andre Hörmann

SYNOPSIS

RINGSIDE looks at the dangerous, volatile world of Chicago’s South Side from the perspective of two remarkably gifted young boxers and the fathers who train them; as one begins a rising career in the ring, the other serves an eight-year-prison sentence for criminal trespass and burglary.

DETAILS

93 mins

2019

USA, Germany

English

TRAILER

CREDITS

A Sutor Kolonko and Motto Pictures Production in association with Blue Ice Docs and Mitten Media

In Co-production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Supported By Film-Und Medienstiftung NRW

Directed by André Hörmann

Produced by Ingmar Trost, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements

Edited by Vincent Assmann

Cinematography by Tom Bergmann

Executive Producers: Ken Pelletier, Mark Mitten, Carolyn Hepburn

Co-executive Producers: Neil Tabatznik, Robin Smith

Original Music by Amanda Jones

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - ANDRÉ HÖRMANN

Andre Hörmann is a LA-based documentary filmmaker who has received prestigious artist scholarships from German cultural institutions such as Goethe-Institut, Villa Aurora and DAAD and received five Awards of Exceptional Cultural Value of German FBW. Andre recently completed his first documentary feature film Ringside, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. In 2006, Andre directed the
documentary short film Calcutta Calling which screened at many film festivals including IDFA, Silverdocs and the Chicago Documentary Festival. In 2010, he directed and produced the short film Father’s Prayer which screened at DOK Leipzig and Visions du Réel. He has directed several acclaimed shorts including: Loden, The Little Monk, Ari and the Day of the Dead, Tsering on Top of the World, Seanna - Alone in Hollywood, and Sharukh- On the Road to Happiness, which screened at DOK Leipzig, Toronto International Film Festival Kids (TIFFKids), Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), Aspen Shorts and was broadcast on ZDF and ARTE. Bhavini I Only Want to Dance, Ari and the Day of the Dead and Andrew with Great Fanfare won awards at CICFF and Andrew screened at DOK Leipzig, Aspen Shorts, TIFFKids, BAMKids New York, and was broadcast on ARTE and RBB. In 201, his latest documentary Crowley - Every Cowboy Needs His Horse screened at festivals including DOK Leipzig, IDFA, CICFF, was nominated for the prestigious German Children's Film Award and the European Children’s Film Award and was broadcast on
ZDF. The follow up Crowley – Cowboy Up premiered at DOK Leipzig and IDFA. Recently, Obon, won the Best Animated Film Award at Krakow Film Festival, the „Große Klappe“ Award DOXS-Duisburg, Grand Prix Award Cinanima the Cinanima and has screened at festivals including Sundance, DOC NYC, Docaviv, Palm Springs Shortfest, Melbourne and Hiroshima. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he is completing his PhD in Media Science, recently graduated from the UCLA Professionals Program in Screenwriting and teaches film at several universities.

SELECT FESTIVALS

BERLINALE 2019〡CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - SILVER HUGO AWARD〡SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE 2019

PRESS

“Like many great boxing movies, Rocky included, what happens in the ring in Ringside is the culmination of all the battles won and lost outside of it.”
- The Hollywood Reporter

"Powerful... a tough, moving story of ambition and determination."
- Adrian Horton, The Guardian

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