Going deep for Vancouver
Since her childhood Margriet de Schutter has had a dream: to compete at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver as a short track speed skater. Through years of intensive training she achieves a high level and becomes a member of the National Short Track Team. Vigorous training and international competition bring her success, but also a battle with an increasing number of injuries. Is her body really good enough for short track speed skating? Is she not too heavy and can she sit deep enough on her skates? Her strong will power brings Margriet close to participation in Vancouver.
When she loses her place in the National Team, Margriet suffers a mental crises. How will she cope without her sport, will she still know who she really is? Her mental coach advises her to find her true self again. The same passion that drove Margriet to 'go deep' as an athlete enables her to go deep in this very personal and revealing documentary.
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Margriet de SchutterDirector
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Margriet de SchutterWriter
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Thom VerheulProducer
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Ismael LotzCamera and editor
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:27 minutes
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Completion Date:December 11, 2011
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Country of Origin:Netherlands
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Country of Filming:Netherlands
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Language:Dutch
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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FICTS Film Festival MilanMilan
Italy
December 14, 2012
Award “Olympic Spirit – Olympic Values”
After Margriet de Schutter ended her career as an elite short track speed skater, she founded the online platform for active & former elite athletes Extopsporter.nl in 2011 and produced the award-winning documentary, ‘Going Deep for Vancouver’ about her own transition out of elite sport. Margriet is an experienced interviewer in elite sport, author of the book ‘Stoppen & Doorgaan’ (‘Stop & Continue’) and international motivational speaker. For her latest book 'The Secret Balance of Champions' (which she wrote together with Vincent Gouttebarge and Gino Kerkhoffs), she conducted and wrote down interviews with 32 champions from various sports and cultures in order to provide revealing stories with very personal and unique insights.