Ping Pong (2012)

Directed by

Anson Hartford, Hugh Hartford

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows eight elderly table tennis players from different countries as they train for and compete in a world championship for those over 80. It shows their personal stories and determination to play the sport they love.

heartwarminginspiringupbeatcharacter-driveninternationalpoignantcompellinglighthearted

What happens

Ping Pong (Never too old for gold) is a 2012 documentary film, that follows eight pensioners from around the world as they train for and compete in the over 80's table tennis world championship in Inner Mongolia. The film's world premiere took place at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. It has since appeared at Sheffield Doc/Fest (and was pitched at the Doc/Fest's 2010 MeetMarket), DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival, Guelph Festival of Moving Media, and San Francisco Doc Fest. The film opened in the UK with a theatrical release on 6 July 2012 and has since been shown at cinemas across the UK. It premiered in the US at DOC NYC in November 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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