EXCLUSIVE:Ryan Sidhoos documentaryThe Trackhas lined up its next two festival appearances and theyre major.
We have your first look at the documentary in the clip below.
HavingThe Trackat both of these festivals is really special for different reasons, the filmmaker tells Deadline.
A luger on a practice run in Sarajevo in ‘The Track’Courtesy of Spirit of 84 Films LTD
The Trackheld its world premiere in late February at True/False in Columbia, MO.
At a Q&A there, Sidhoo told audiences the documentary project came about organically.
I was like, wow, I like this place.
Coach Senad Omanović repairs a section of the Sarajevo luge run in ‘The Track’Courtesy of Spirit of 84 Films LTD
So, I just kept going back.
But then he was warned that on that particular day that walking on the track presented imminent peril.
I was confused over why people are telling me to get off.
[I] just kind of nurtured the relationship with the coach [Senad].
And eight years later, were here.
Sidhoo tells us Nikolajevs travel visa just came through allowing him to attend Hot Docs.
