Hustle and Run - Documentary Short, United Kingdom

Texas Premiere - Partnered With K9 Service With A Twist!

Hustle and Run is a joyful, exhilarating underdog story from an unexpected corner of British sport. The film follows maverick captain Jeannette and her team, the Aces - a ragtag band of women from the Medway towns in Kent - competing in the fast and furriest world of Flyball... Also known as “the F1 of dog sports”… and “a posh game of fetch.”

In a sport dominated for decades by border collies and conventional thinking, this unfancied, backwater team gambles on Hustle - a tiny, mercurial whippet considered too untrainable for the sport. From that moment everything changes. What unfolds is an intimate, uplifting story of community, belief and overlooked talent, as they chase their dream all the way to Flyball’s greatest stage: Crufts.

​Directors Jonny Madderson and Jono Stevens are internationally award-winning filmmakers and co-founders of JustSo, a certified B Corp. Through their company they make documentaries and series for global organizations including Channel 4, Red Bull, Netflix, Disney, LEGO, and the Olympics. Pioneers in digital storytelling, their breakout project was the Black Cab Sessions, the hit YouTube music series that redefined intimate live performance for the online era. They champion upbeat, human storytelling with a soft spot for tales of underdogs and overlooked potential. They both brought dogs into their lives around the same time - Jonny a whippet, Jono a whippet-cross - and that shared, heart-melting (and slightly bonkers) love sparked the idea for Hustle and Run.

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Partnered with K9 SWAT