Running the Roof

Three friends. One drunken bet. 10 marathons later.

Sourcy was approached to shoot this adventure in 2019 – it would take us to Tajikistan with Sourcy managing the production of the trip from start to finish. The idea for the film was to document the journey of 3 friends; Jody, Gabe and Jodie, who wanted to be the first people to run the roughly 500km long journey up an epic mountain valley from the border of Afghanistan to the border of China.

The resulting documentary, edited during the first Covid-19 lockdown, achieved selections at 11 international film festivals and won the Audience Choice Award at the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival 2020. Running the Roof was then selected as the feature film on the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour with the team taking part in Q&As, workshops, radio and TV interviews. It continues to receive global press coverage and is currently available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime, Google Play and Apple TV.

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