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Wonderful Losers. A Different World

A documentary by Arūnas Matelis
In co-production with Studio Nominum (Lithuania), Stefilm (Italy), VFS Films (Latvia),  Associate Directors (Belgium), Dearcan Media (United Kingdom), Planet Korda (Ireland), SUICAfilms (Spain)

Synopsis

For most of us, cyclists in the back of the race are simply the losers. They are called water carriers, domestics, followers and Sancho Panzas of professional cycling. They are always in the back of the group, having no right to personal victories and sacrificing their careers to help their teammates. In this documentary we follow the magnificent world of the race from the point of view of the doctors’ team crammed into a claustrophobically small car, surrounded by injured cyclists. Their work during a race reminds one of war, they are in the line of fire, on the front line. If you crash, you rise and race again. And amidst this fight, many magnificent things happen. The untold world of the true warriors, knights and monks of professional cycling.

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Festivals

Lithuanian Filmmakers Union 2017
Best lithuanian film
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival 2017, Spain
Warsaw International Film Festival 2017, Poland
Best documentary
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2017, Estonia
Listapad Minsk International Film Festival 2017, Belarus
Best documentary & Public Award
Trieste Film Festival 2018, Italy
Best documentary
Zagreb International Documentary Film Festival 2018, Croatia
Dublin International Film Festival 2018, Ireland
Moscow International Film Festival 2018, Russia
DOK.fest München 2018, Germany
Beldocs Belgrad International Documentary Film Festival 2018, Serbia
National Film Awards 2018, Lithuania
Best lithuanian film