This year, five extraordinary sports documentaries by Danish director Jørgen Leth will take place in the Fingerprint section, which focuses on filmmakers who have left their fingerprints on the history of cinema with their unique styles.
A Sunday in Hell, also known as the "Hell of the North", focuses on the struggles in Paris-Roubaix, one of the toughest cycling races;
Stars and Water Carriers, a collection of recordings made by Jørgen Leth during the Giro d'Italia in 1973, which questions athletes' attachment to unwritten rules;
Pelota, which centers on the traditional Basque game of Pelota and tells the stories and myths of those who have connection to the sport;
Motion Picture, which explores the nature of movement through the training sequences of Danish tennis legend Torben Ulrich;
Chinese Ping-Pong, which tells the story of Chinese table tennis players' return to Western tournaments after the Cultural Revolution and draws attention with Jørgen Leth's use of time, will be waiting for its audience in Fingerprint selection that brings sports and cinema together at the Accessible Film Festival 2024.