Rivals go head to head in a cross-country cycling race.
Ben Cockell, Zander Eke, Matthew Rankin
Canada
2025
In English and French with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Aidan Kyle, Kenji Yukinaga-Paradis
Screenwriter
John Hollands
Cinematography
Valeriya Kahn
ANIM
John Hollands
Editor
Elliot Farinaro
Production Design
Rowan Landaiche
John Hollands
John Hollands is a filmmaker, writer, and photographer living and working in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. His films have been screened across Canada.
Photo by Dan Muller
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