Rebel Pictures
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Feature film in development

Sidste Heat

The hardest race is the way home.

Real riders. A real speedway track. Step into the world of the film with our proof of concept.

Rebel Pictures · Director Jesper Tønnes

Proof of concept

16mm + digital

Test footage from Holsted · A first encounter with the film’s images, energy and rhythm.

Behind the camera

Rooted in real life.

Director Jesper Tønnes grew up in Føvling, near Holsted. Sidste Heat takes him back. Rebel Pictures made the test footage at the local track, working with professional speedway riders. What we learn there helps shape both the story and how the film will be shot.

The film crew lining up a shot with a 16mm camera at the track
The crew at the track
The crew and speedway riders gathered around a motorcycle in the pits
Working with the riders
A rider working beside his speedway motorcycle in the evening sun
Life between races

More from the track

A closer look.

Teaser

A first glimpse.

Ingen bremser

Behind the scenes of Sidste Heat.

The Super Final

Moldow Speedway Arena.

The story

What he left behind.

Chris and Sofie at the speedway track
Chris & Sofie / Test footage

After a fatal crash, speedway star Chris returns home to Holsted. When his childhood club faces closure, he must get back on the bike and face what he left behind.

Meeting Sofie and returning to life around the club pull him into a world he thought he had left. On the track, he knows how to measure himself against the others. Outside it, things are harder.

Speedway

4 riders. 4 laps. No brakes.

Four speedway riders racing through a bend in the evening sun, with spectators around the track

Four riders race over four laps on an oval dirt track. The motorcycles have no brakes. This is speedway.

Speedway in Holsted / 2024

Sidste Heat · In development

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For producers and collaborators interested in the film: contact Rebel Pictures for a conversation and further material.

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