Ping Pong
HANWAY DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR: HUGH HARTFORD, PRODUCER: ANSON HARTFORD
“DELIGHTFUL, HILARIOUS AND COMPLETELY INSPIRATIONAL” – EMPIRE
PING PONG follows 8 players from 4 continents, with 703 years between them, as they compete in the World over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. The film interweaves the competition with intimate and candid portraits of these sporting pensioners, exploring the hope, passion, prejudice and immediacy of growing old.
Official Selection: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012, HotDocs 2012
UK | ENGLISH | 2012 | 77 MINS | HD