Former pro-skater Stacy Peralta wrote and directed this gem of a film about the birth of vert skating that took place in LA in the 70s. Showing the evolution of skateboarding from the traditional flatland style to the surf-inspired vert style which utilized empty swimming pools and mass amounts of courage. Dogtown is a real ode of love to skating and the intensity of which will even appeal to those not obsessed with the skate scene. Actual footage and retrospective interviews with the original find out more...

Garry Kasparov was, and indeed still is, one of the world's greatest chess players, but in 1997 he reached his nadir with the match against IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue. Game Over is a fascinating insight into the mind of a troubled genius, and a gripping story in its own right, drawing you in regardless of your knowledge of the game. find out more...

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The remarkable story of five British lads, whose only passion and focus in their less than ideal world is football. Travelling across South America, the boys' ultimate goal is to meet with their idol, Diego Maradona, the question is what are they prepared to endure on the less than likely possibility of meeting the Argentinean icon. A fascinating, warts and all documentary on a truly remarkable odyssey. find out more...

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Caves; jumpers parachuting into 400m deep holes, unique ecosystems full of strange and exotic troglodytes, the world's largest colony of cockroaches living on bat dung and the beautiful and unsurpassable Chamber of Chandeliers deep underground in New Mexico. find out more...

A veritable history of surf, its culture and its derring-doers. Surfers Greg Noll, Jeff Clark, Kelly Slater, Laird Hamilton et al, discuss the thrills, the dangers, the waves, the boards, the irresistable need to conquer nature and each other. The waves we're talking about are predominately in Hawaii, The North Shore, Makaha, Peahi and California, especially the extremely dangerous Mavericks near San Francisco. We learn about the history of riding big waves all the way thru' to the modern tow-in find out more...

Joe Simpson, the climber whose tenacious, indeed, superhuman will to survive was the subject of ‘Touching the Void' tells the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies; that of Toni Kurtz, a brilliant young climber, who, along with partner Andreas Hinterstoisser and two Austrian climbers, attempted an ascent of the then unclimbed Eiger's North Face in 1936. Like ‘Touching the Void', 'The Beckoning Silence' is a haunting combination of retrospective monologue and grippingly real dramat find out more...