A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 27, 2014
Original Title:
Glance Up
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 61
Joan Pahisa is 27 years old and has a huge passion: basketball. It would be nothing extraordinary except for a detail: he's exactly one meter tall. Joan's life has not been easy, but sport has helped him go ahead. Last summer he took part in the World Dwarf Games in Michigan, USA, an Olympic-style competition that's held every four years exclusively for little people. Joan was the only representative from Spain because he couldn't find anyone else to go with him. That's why he specialized himself in table tennis, an individual sport. He traveled 7.000 km to feel like at home and also to fulfill his dreams: to be World Champion in table tennis and, above all, to play basketball one more time, most probably the last. His trip will show us how the world is seen from just one meter from the ground. It's not only about sport, it's about life itself.
Director:
Oriol Martinez
Enric Ribes
Director of Photography:
Anna Franquesa Solano
Editor:
Anna Franquesa Solano
Toni Comas
Executive Producer:
Oriol Gispert
Producer:
Elisabet Isasi-Isasmendi
Marta PalacĂn
Writer:
Toni Comas
Oriol Martinez
Enric Ribes
Oriol Gispert
Joan Pahisa
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