Already making headlines with their acquisition of the award-winning Irish co-production 'The Summit', Wildcard Distribution have added to their ever-growing slate of projects by securing the worldwide distribution rights to 'Hill Street', a documentary on skateboarding in Ireland featuring the legendary Tony Hawk.
Featuring in the Alpha programme at Dublin's Web Summit - at which Tony Hawk himself is also a guest- Wildcard Distribution announced their intention to see 'Hill Street' released worldwide in early 2014.
The documentary premiered to a sold-out audience at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, and went on to feature at the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year.
Speaking of the deal, Wildcard CEO Patrick O' Neill praised the film's 'fantastic vision, ambition and skill in bringing this story of skateboarding in Dublin to life.’
Directed by J.J. Rolfe ('Hardy Bucks', 'The Hard Way') and produced by Dave Leahy ('The Formorian', 'Fifth Street') for Warrior Films, the documentary features the story of a Dublin businessman credited with building the Dublin skate scene from a grassroots level.
Clive Rowen acted as a driving force behind the city's burgeoning skate scene in the late 1980's, from building makeshift ramps in his own Dublin skate shop to eventually seeing the city host a leg of the European Skate Championships in 1991.
A trailer for the documentary, which was partly funded by the IFB, is available to view below.
