Momentum Generation

Director:

Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist

Producer(s):

Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist, Justine Chiara, Tina Elmo, Colby Gottert, Robert Redford, Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, Greg Little, Laura Michalchyshyn, Bill Simmons, Peter Nelson, Rick Bernstein

Footage Archive Researcher:

Shawna Brakefield, Kelly Ann Sims, Emily Jean Fratchling, Logan Combest-Friedman

Archival Sources:

Taylor Steele / Poor Specimen / Sipping Jetstreams, Alan Gibby / Zone 57 / The Action Archives Collection, Opper Sports Productions, Steve Sherman Photography, Prickett Films

Production Company:

All Rise Films, Priority Pictures

Country of Production:

USA

Synopsis

Before forever reshaping worldwide culture in the 1990s and beyond, surfing’s most legendary crew were a group of teenagers from broken homes living crammed together in a small house in the North Shore of Oahu. From humble origins to cultural icons, MOMENTUM GENERATION is the first time this crew has agreed to tell their story together, giving the filmmakers unprecedented access to their inner circle and tens of thousands of hours of private archives that shed new light on the tradeoffs of individual gain versus collective unity, on what makes these pioneers both heroic and human.

Archival highlights

Over 6 years in the making, research and outreach thoroughly covered 9 protagonists living across the world over 4 decades. During this time, the surf industry did not document chain-of-title nor track ownership. So, from scratch, we collected, converted, and databased tens of thousands of hours of archival, tracking ownership to original sources and master formats from around the world. Every wave in the film was fact checked by experts to confirm accuracy. We licensed from 138 rare sources, upres’d from every format since the 1970s, and compiled the most comprehensive library of American surfing from the 1980s through today.

Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager

Director:

Gabriel Clarke, Torquil Jones

Producer(s):

John McKenna, Torquil Jones, Victoria Barrell

Footage Archive Researcher:

Jim Anderson

Archival Sources:

TV3 Catalunya, ITV Archive, FIFA, BBC, UEFA

Production Company:

Noah Media Group

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

In the summer of 1995 Bobby Robson was diagnosed with cancer and given just months to live.

Miraculously, less than a year later Robson was managing the legendary FC Barcelona - their motto ‘More Than A Club’.

But Bobby Robson was more than a manager.

Via the Hand of God, Gazza’s tears and England’s greatest World Cup abroad to titles in Europe’s top leagues and a Barcelona treble, Robson overcame the most extreme challenges before a career like no other came full circle when he returned to ‘save’ his beloved Newcastle.

This is the definitive portrait of one of sport’s most inspirational figures.

Archival highlights

More Than A Manager tells the story of Bobby Robson’s life in a non-sequential timeline, using the 1996/97 La Liga football season when Bobby was manager of Barcelona as the central constant narrative, which is returned to after every voyage into Bobby’s historic past – a break from the traditional biopics method of delivering a narrative linearly.

Additionally, the integration of archive material with originally shot interviews and b-roll to support the narrative to create well-crafted chapters of Bobby’s life. Archive material varied in age (the oldest being over 50 years old), was from various international sources and formats - the reconditioning and matching of archive footage to originally shot rushes was successful in completing the narrative.

Further to this, the intricate construction of Bobby Robson narrating his own life through various video and radio archive sources posthumously provides an emotional connection between Bobby and the audience. The careful and meticulous editing of Bobby’s speech and it’s timing provides the most poignant ‘soundtrack’ to the film, with the other cast members supporting Bobby’s narrative rather than ever controlling it.