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This new documentary program presents five films focusing on people who have driven themselves to the brink of human capacity, to the limits of physical endurance and to the very edge of madness itself in the pursuit of excellence.

	BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD (USA, 90 min) "Chess and me - it's hard to take them apart." - Bobby Fischer. A Grandmaster by the age of 16, Bobby Fischer was to many the greatest chess player who ever lived. A prodigal superstar to adoring fans, and an enigmatic presence whose madness overtook his genius, his trajectory saw him reduced to a reclusive conspiracy theorist and eventually a fugitive from the US government, paranoid and on the verge of mental breakdown. More >
	BOXING GYM (USA, 91 min) Iconic documentarian Frederick Wiseman (La Danse, MIFF 2010; Titicut Follies) returns with a fascinating look at the tight-knit world of a suburban boxing gym.  Battered equipment is held together with tape; posters peel from the walls. Muscled, youthful wannabes spar alongside doughy, middle-aged has-beens. This former warehouse garage in a rundown suburb of Austin, Texas, is a melting pot of ethnicities, genders and ages, all obsessed with the 'sweet science'. More >
	FIRE IN BABYLON (PG) (UK, 87 min) "My bat was my sword." - Vivian Richards The West Indian cricket team of the early 70s was a joke to the rest of the world. Dubbed 'calypso cricketers', they were goaded by racist abuse and suffered a string of humiliating losses, until a new captain and a fierce determination saw them rise up to dominate the cricketing world for almost two decades. More >
	KNUCKLE (MA15+) (Ireland, 93 min) "Brilliantly brutal and intriguingly insightful... superbly records a subculture where violence and honour come knuckle-to-knuckle." - Screen International James Quinn McDonagh is a champion - of sorts. Stuck in the middle of a generation- spanning blood feud between Irish Traveller clans, James is the defender of his family name in a rivalry where scores are settled and reignited through an endless cycle of bare-knuckle boxing matches. More >
	SENNA (M) (UK, 108 min) "A high-octane bio of one of auto racing's greatest figures." - Variety Brazilian motor racing champion Ayrton Senna is widely regarded as the greatest driver ever to get behind the wheel. The winner of three Formula One championships, he was just 34 when a tragic racing accident claimed his life. More >