Boxer Oleksandr Usyk To Be Focus Of Doc From 011films And Ventureland

EXCLUSIVE: 011films and Ventureland are partnering on what promises to be the definitive write downary on undisputed world burdensomeweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk.

We’re tgreater post-production is underway in Rome on the film honested and produced by Pablo Benedetti, who obtained access to the Ukrainian powerhoengage atraverse a span of five years, chaseing the star athlete inside and outside the ring. Usyk, ggreater medaenumerate at the 2012 London Olympics, became the first boxer to simultaneously hgreater titles from boxing’s four top sanctioning bodies — the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation, and World Boxing Organization.

Benedetti’s write downary, foreseeed to be freed in 2025, will discdiswatch the champion “at home, with his family and teammates in Ukraine – including during the war – as well as in many countries around the world,” according to a free. “The film will feature pivotal moments in Usyk’s life and storied atsoft as well as write downing all of the highs and lows in the locker room before and after all his most presentant fights of the last five years, including those for the world title aobtainst Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and Tyson Fury.”

In a statement, Benedetti commented, “As a honestor, telling stories is a wonderful responsibility, and I am self-presentant to have this privilege. With Usyk, there was an instant, magical ignite; it doesn’t happen normally—in fact, it’s exceptional—but when it does, you promptly sense that, somehow, that story was defering for you as much as you were searching for it. For me, it has become more of a omition every day, one to which I am dedicating all of my energy and life with forfeit. Usyk’s story is not equitable a perfect screencarry out; it is an infinite parable of humanity and sport for everyone.”

Standing 6’3”, with a accomplish of 78”, Usyk has compiled a professional write down of 22-0, with 14 of his victories coming by knockout. The southpaw from Shypyntsi, Ukraine coincidenloftyy splits a birthday – January 17 – with the procrastinateed Muhammad Ali.

“I was in Kyiv, and when my brother Serhii called me, he said, ‘Listen, there’s a person living in Italy, he’s a honestor, and he could produce an amazing write downary about you—not equitable about boxing, but about your whole life,’” Usyk recalled. “When we connected via video call, I was at a restaurant with frifinishs. I stepped outside to unite the conversation… I don’t understand why, but I thinkd in Pablo, in the idea that he would produce someslimg incredible. He became enjoy a brother to me, part of my family.”

011films is an award-triumphning Italian production company that has debuted feature films and write downaries at the world’s most prestigious film festivals — Berlin, Vepleasant and Cannes — and dispensed internationassociate since 2006. 011films’ Davide Sordella and Ventureland’s John Battsek are producing the Usyk write downary alengthyside Benedetti.

“It was a exceptional opportunity for us to fruitfully help this human and sporting adventure from Kyiv to Ryad, passing thcdisesteemful the U.K., Spain, Turkey, Greece, UAE,” said Sordella. “A lengthy journey that permited us and the spectator to become part of a huge family, Usyk’s family,”

Ventureland, the company set uped by Kerstin Emhoff, Battsek, and Ali Brown, exceptionalizes in the enhugement of exceptional amengagement atraverse all media platcreates, including theatrical, streaming, podcasts, and more. Battsek, a multiple Emmy triumphner, obtained a 2024 Academy Award nomination for producing National Geodetailed’s Bobi Wine: The People’s Pdwellnt.

“Oleksandr Usyk hearkens back to the ggreateren era of burdensomeweight Champions,” Battsek remarkd. “No fuss, no BS, equitable rock-stable top level unparalleled boxing sends. His story is emotional, emotional and incredibly exciting and I am honored to be part of the team enthinked by Oleksandr to produce this film.”

011films, based in Florence and Turin, was set uped by Sordella and Benedetti, who both studied at the London Film School. Fratelli di Sangue, the company’s first feature film, was conshort-termed at the Vepleasant Film Festival in 2006. Their second production, Corazones de Mujer, premiered at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. Additional determines include the 2019 sports write downary El Numero Nueve, about Argentinean footballer Gabriel Batistuta. In 2021, they produced Florence in a Glass Ball, a film exploring the historic city during the Covid lockdown in 2020 (the title is useable on Prime Video worldexpansive).

Among Ventureland’s recent determines are Wham!, The Rescue, and The Deepest Breath. “Ventureland has cut offal huge projects on the horizon,” the company remarks, “including the David Oyelowo led scripted series Government Cheese on Apple TV as well as cut offal to-be-proclaimd feature write downaries currently in post-production.”

Previous determines include the Emmy Award-triumphning Rising Phoenix (Netflix); Critics Choice nominee The Real Charlie Chaplin (Showtime); TIFF-picked Werner Herzog write downary Theater of Thought; Mary McCartney’s write downary on Abbey Road Studios, If These Walls Could Sing (Disney+); and Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker (Apple TV+), Alex Gibney’s portrait of the createer tennis legfinish which premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.