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Title: Backspot<\/strong><\/em>
\nDirection: D.W. Waterson
\nCast: Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Shannyn Sossamon
\nProduction: Night is Y, Elliot Page
\nDistribution: Fortitude International
\nGenre: Drama
\nDuration: 93′
\nCountry: Canada
\nYear: 2023
\nOriginal version in English. Subtitles in Spanish and Catalan<\/p>\nFestivals: Austin (SXSW), Brisbane (LGBTQ), Copenhagen (film and sports), Dallas, Greater Sudbury (Canada), Halifax, London (LGBTQ), Melbourne (LGBTQ), Miami and Fort Lauderdale (LGBTQ), St. John’s (Canada, women’s cinema), Salt Lake City (LGBTQ), Toronto, Victoria (Canada), Whistler (Canada)<\/p>\n
First showing in Spain<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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After hearing the news that the esteemed high school cheer squad Thunder Hawks have new spots opening, the mid-level ranked Riley and her girlfriend Amanda apply, making the elite team. The high-level perfectionism dictated by their coach Eileen impact the newcomers and Riley\u2019s interior world begins to crumble like a cheer squad<\/i> pyramid gone wrong. The days of blanket forts and queer bliss for Riley and Amanda are tested by the rigors of gruelling practice and dopamine highs. With a high energy soundtrack, Backspot <\/i>backflips the formulaic cheerful cheerleader genre tropes of Bring It On<\/i>, landing a blister-making, compulsive narrative by non-binary, first time feature helmer, and electronic music producer, D. W. Waterson. Devery Jacobs (as Riley, and Waterson\u2019s partner in life) also acts as one of the producers along with Elliot Page. Anchored, literally, by Jacobs\u2019 driven performance as the squad\u2019s backspot, Backspot <\/i>will cartwheel into your heart with a physicality and rawness so rarely observed in queer sport cinema.<\/p>\n<\/div>