Body cinema: Ma Bar
Short documentary Ma Bar (2009) about 73 year old weightlifter by Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall is a film I’ve seen this year at the festival ZagrebDox… On this occasion I wanna remind you that you can submit your documentary for the next edition of the festival here…
Ma Bar by Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall
Synopsis:
73 year old Bill McFadyen bench presses what a man a fraction of his age could not. This is not a hobby?–?it’s a way of life. Believe it: Bill is going to be Scotland’s champion. A man with this much zest in his veins is destined to be a champion.
Finlay Pretsell started working for the Scottish Documentary Institute in 2005, during which time he has acted as Production Assistant and Production Manager on a number of short films, including ‘Butterfly’ and ‘The Truth About Tooth’ both of which were nominated for a Scottish BAFTA in 2006 & 2007 respectively. He collaborated with Adrian McDowall on 3 short sport documentaries entitled The Art in Sport +One of these 3 films is Ma Bar.
Adrian J. McDowall wrote and directed his first film, ‘Who’s My Favourite Girl?’ in 1999. Film won a 1999/2000 BAFTA for best short film, a first for a student film. In 2001 he started the screenwriting company Imagine Pictures. Since then, McDowall has written and directed several short films, including The Toon Fair and Headbangers. In 2003 he directed Wise Guys, written by Simon Stephenson, nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for best screenplay. (synopsis and bios taken form: www.zagrebdox.net)
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