The Games Trailer (2007)
"Audacious, often rather beautiful comedy satirizing Riefenstahlian pomposity." 01 March 2007 15 mins
In 2005 London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Optimistic’s story began in Hackney Wick on the edges of what would become this vast regeneration site. ‘The Games’ (2007) was a short film that staged a DIY Olympics amid the sites soon to be erased. It was commissioned by Urbis Manchester for the exhibition Play: Experience the Adventures of Our City and went on to screen widely, winning Audience Award at the East End Film Festival. The film is part of the BFI’s ‘London Calling’ collection.
Watch the official The Games 2007 trailer in HD below or find more The Games videos on Vidimovie.
