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20 Seconds of Joy

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Filmmaker Jens Hoffmann profiles extreme athlete Karina Hollekim as she pursues her passion for the dangerous sport of BASE-jumping.

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John Hartl Seattle Times 01/05/2009
2.5/4
Reminiscent of the brilliantly edited diving sequence in Leni Riefenstahl's 1936 Olympic Games documentary, Olympia, the movie sometimes suggests that gravity has been forgotten and human beings really can fly with the greatest of ease. Go to Full Review
Bill White Seattle Post-Intelligencer 01/05/2009
B-
Jens Hoffmann's perceptive portrait of Norwegian base jumper Karina Hollekim. Go to Full Review
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01/03/2012 I can't understand why people choose to base jump particularly given the risks but this film is great at exploring the psychology of why people do it. The film reaches its logical conclusion. See more 10/09/2011 extreme of extreme, base jumping most extreme sport i think and what Karina was doing in her life with those jumps it's amazing, and at same time scary,,, movie shows her life and her dedication to base jumping, and also shows some great jumps that freez blood in veins , sadly she had accident with one parachute jump, she hit ground on speed of 100km/h and broke leg on several places, but she survived, and she walked again, .... movie is dedicated to Edi Kraus See more 12/19/2010 very interesting. Story from real life. See more 11/10/2010 Life affirming...once you know afterwards that she's now walking again and back in training finally!!!! Hell of a roller coaster of emotions though... See more 04/01/2010 Middling and muddled for much of its duration despite the spectacular BASE jumping footage, it becomes very intriguing for the last 10 minutes after a routine skydive goes wrong. The footage of said skydive, shot entirely in first person from a helmet camera, is some of the most harrowing I have ever seen. See more 07/24/2009 I'm more afraid of heights than ever now. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Jens Hoffmann profiles extreme athlete Karina Hollekim as she pursues her passion for the dangerous sport of BASE-jumping.
Director
Jens Hoffmann
Screenwriter
Jens Hoffmann, Matthias Thönnissen
Production Co
Red Bull Media House, F24 Film
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 19, 2016
Runtime
1h 0m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital