{"id":492508,"date":"2026-05-19T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/492508\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:40:10","slug":"freefall-doc-on-vince-reffet-fred-fugen-cinetic-handling-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/492508\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Freefall’ Doc On Vince Reffet & Fred Fugen: Cinetic Handling Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Cinetic<\/a> is taking the plunge on Freefall<\/a>, a documentary project on Vince Reffet<\/a> and Fred Fugen<\/a>, the pair known as \u201cthe most celebrated aerial daredevils the world has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPassion Pictures<\/a>, Red Bull Studios<\/a> and have tapped Cinetic to handle worldwide sales of the film directed by Laura McGann<\/a> (The Deepest Breath). The announcement comes during an extremely busy Cannes Film Festival for Cinetic, which is working on more than a dozen titles including Competition films Fjord, Sheep in the Box, Gentle Monster, The Unknown, Minotaur, and much more.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cVince and Fred dedicated their lives to pushing the absolute limits of the possible,\u201d notes a release on Freefall. \u201cFilming every step of their journey over two decades, they evolved from young skydivers to experts in base jumping and cutting-edge jet-powered flight, transforming extreme sports into breathtaking spectacles. Over hundreds of hours of footage, they captured themselves soaring from mountaintops, skyscrapers, and aircraft. Their relentless pursuit was simple yet seemingly impossible: to transcend human limitations and conquer the skies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFred Fugen (R) and Vince Reffet (L) pose during a photo session in Paris on September 22, 2020<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by JOEL SAGET\/AFP<\/p>\n

\n\tThe release continues, \u201cUnited by an unbreakable brotherhood and a shared, magnetic obsession, the pair became global icons. They captivated millions with death-defying feats that blurred the lines between extreme sport, science fiction, and performance art. Yet, behind the adrenaline-fueled triumphs lay the profound emotional cost of a life lived perpetually on the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which combines \u201cjaw-dropping archival material with deeply intimate personal footage,\u201d explores themes of male friendship, boundless ambition, love, and devastating loss. \u201cFreefall charts the meteoric rise of two men who dared to push the absolute limits of possibility, ultimately asking what happens when they reach the breaking point\u2014and must choose between sacrificing themselves for their dream, or letting each other go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe documentary is produced by Passion Pictures (Super\/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke), Red Bull Studios and 1Community.\u00a0Producing for Passion Pictures are David Moulton, Emily Jeal, Kari Lia, and Sasha Kominsky. Executive Producers from Passion include Hamish Fergusson.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducing for Red Bull Studios are Philipp Manderla and Georg Aschauer. Executive Producers from Red Bull Studios include Charlotte Cheung and Sebastian Burkhardt. The team is behind TIFF 2025 premiered feature documentary The Balloonists and the IMAX-released film Girl Climber. Producing for 1Community are Scott Budnick and Ameet Shukla, who most recently produced Nonnas for Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tFreefall reteams Cinetic and Passion Pictures who partnered on Super\/Man: The Christopher Reeves Story, the acclaimed documentary directed by Ian Bonh\u00f4te and Peter Ettedgui which premiered at Sundance\u00a0and sold in a worldwide deal to Warner Bros Discovery. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Freefall deal was brokered by Eric Sloss, on behalf of Cinetic, with Ameet Shukla of 1Community and Sebastian Burkhardt for Red Bull Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cinetic is taking the plunge on Freefall, a documentary project on Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[214839,41700,18,117,214840,214841,19,17,214842,327,214843,214844,214845],"class_list":["post-492508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-1community","tag-cinetic","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-fred-fugen","tag-freefall","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laura-mcgann","tag-movies","tag-passion-pictures","tag-red-bull-studios","tag-vince-reffet"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116601764469376524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}