Top Spin (film)
| Top Spin | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Poster of Top Spin | |
| Directed by |
Mina T. Son Sara Newens |
| Produced by | Mina T. Son |
| Starring |
Ariel Hsing Michael Landers Lily Zhang |
| Edited by | Sara Newens |
| Distributed by |
The Film Sales Company First Run Features |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Language |
English Chinese |
Top Spin is a 2014 feature-length documentary film directed by Mina T. Son and Sara Newens. It follows the road to the 2012 Summer Olympics of three American table tennis teenager players: Ariel Hsing, Michael Landers, and Lily Zhang.[1]
Top Spin has been premiered at the 2014 DOC NYC.[2] The documentary has won the Audience Award and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2015 CAAMFest.[3][4] It also won awarded for Best Editing and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.[5][6] Top Spin was also nominated for the Documentary Competition at the 2015 Nashville Film Festival.[7]
It has a 100% rating, with an average score of 7/10 based on 9 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes.[8] It has a rating of 81 on Metacritic, stating "Universal acclaim based on 5 critics".[9]
References
- ↑ Scheib, Ronnie. "Film Review: 'Top Spin'". Variety. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ "Top Spin". DocNyc.net. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Congratulations to the 2015 CAAMFest Award Winners!". Caamedia.org. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Documentary". Caamfest.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "LAAPFF 2015 Award Winners!". Festival.vconline.org. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Top Spin". Laapff.festpro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Announcing Documentary Films in Competition". NashvilleFilmFestival.org. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ↑ "Top Spin (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ "Top Spin". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 July 2016.