Feature documentary directed by Peter Day, produced by Peter Day, Grant Keir and Rob Alexander
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox, ‘failing’ working-class teenagers, hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of ‘likes’ will be their ticket out of boring Guildford. But the trauma of a close friend’s death triggers darker stories, of broken families and fragile mental health, threatening to send them both Off the Rails.
Off the Rails is Shortlisted for the BIFA Raindance Discovery Award and is a multi-award winning feature length documentary, including:
BEST FILM Award at DOCEDGE Film Festival New Zealand, (Oscar Qualifying Festival);
WINNER, Best Feature Film Documentary, Buenos Aires International Film Festival;
WINNER BEST FILM, Youth Jury Award, Pärnu, Estonia;
In Competition – Thessaloniki Documentary Festival; Warsaw International Film Festival;
Screenings: Sheffield Docfest; Edinburgh International Film Festival; Inconvenient Films Lithuanian Documentary Film Festival; Antennae Documentary Film Festival Sydney; Guangzhou Film Festival.
Off the Rails is a Faction Films, perfectmotion, Faction North production, supported by Doc Society (BFI); Creative Scotland and Ffilm Cymru Wales and is being sold and distributed by Journeyman Pictures