ON’s tale of a refugee’s run for sanctuary
Director Richard Bullock helms a touching short documentary for the Swiss sportswear brand that follows Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu’s incredible journey from stateless refugee to elite athlete.
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Credits
powered by
- Production Company Hungry Man
- Director Richard Bullock
- Post Production /VFX The Editors
- Music/Sound Heckler
- Animation Machines of Loving Grace
- DP Robert Farley
- Executive Producer Matt Buels
- Producer Hannah Stone
- Producer Gessica Giulini
- Executive Producer Feliciano Robayna
- Brand
- Editor/Partner Peter Barton
- Editor Philip Horn
- Editor Liam Riley
- Edit Assistant Harry Learoyd
- Executive Producer Nicoletta Rousianos
- Post Production Supervisor Grace Rouvray
- Composer Dustin Lau
- Music Supervisor Bonnie Law
- Composer Johnny Green
- Sound Mix Dave Robertson
- Artist Brett McManus
- Sound Designer/Sound Editor Nick Keate
Credits
powered by
- Production Company Hungry Man
- Director Richard Bullock
- Post Production /VFX The Editors
- Music/Sound Heckler
- Animation Machines of Loving Grace
- DP Robert Farley
- Executive Producer Matt Buels
- Producer Hannah Stone
- Producer Gessica Giulini
- Executive Producer Feliciano Robayna
- Brand
- Editor/Partner Peter Barton
- Editor Philip Horn
- Editor Liam Riley
- Edit Assistant Harry Learoyd
- Executive Producer Nicoletta Rousianos
- Post Production Supervisor Grace Rouvray
- Composer Dustin Lau
- Music Supervisor Bonnie Law
- Composer Johnny Green
- Sound Mix Dave Robertson
- Artist Brett McManus
- Sound Designer/Sound Editor Nick Keate
Premiering on World Refugee Day at this year’s Cannes Lions, The Right to Race, was written and directed for ON by Bullock in collaboration with Hungry Man and poses important questions about identity, representation and belonging.
Focussing on the poignant relationship forged between the supremely gifted long-distance runner and his Swiss coach, Markus Hagmann, the thought-provoking 30-minute film follows Lobalu’s odyssey from a war-torn region in South Sudan, to joining the Athlete Refugee Team in Kenya in 2017.
In 2019, while representing the Team in Geneva, he fled from the hotel, carrying only the clothes on his back, and sought asylum in Switzerland. He is now fighting for the right to race and represent his new country on the global stage.
However, despite being an outstanding competitor challenging the world’s best – he is currently excluded from official refugee teams and will have to wait for up to ten years before being eligible for citizenship in Switzerland.
