The Countdown

Name: The Countdown
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-08-10

Watch silver medal-winning fencer Ysaora Thibus’ journey to the Tokyo Olympics

20214m

Documentary

Emerging filmmaker Jade Ang Jackman shares a fierce new film about Olympian fencer Ysaora Thibus and her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Countdown consists of archive footage of Thibus in training, a stylized sequence that isolates the fencing lunge, and a self-shot video diary that gives viewers an insight into the athlete’s tireless training practice and what it takes to compete at an elite level.