Aerial view of a rock spur on the ridge above Lake Annecy at dawn, MaXi-Race
Released · 2023-2026

MaXi-Race

Event documentary · Annecy, four editions

Synopsis

A hundred kilometers around Lake Annecy. International elites racing at the front, amateurs taking on the longest day of their year. We have filmed every edition since 2023.

Client MaXi-Race
Years 2023 to 2026
Format Event documentary, reels, TV cut
Role Full production

Story

Filmed like a documentary, at the pace of the race.

We film what the runners live through: the emotions, the small details, the moments between checkpoints. A crew of five to six rotates along the whole course, from the four o'clock start on the lake to the summits and ridges above it and back down to the finish line.

Two runners in silhouette climbing a ridge crest, high peaks behind, MaXi-Race

Reels during the race, the TV cut the same evening, the film the next morning.

The deliverables set the tempo. Cards rotate from the field to an on-site post-production station all day, and the editors work in parallel with the shoot. The structure of the film is mapped before the start, so each cameraman knows what the edit needs at every checkpoint.

In 2024, the men's race came down to Mathieu Blanchard. A reel covering his whole course, from the four in the morning start to the finish line, went live fifteen minutes after he crossed it.

Photos

On the course

Watch · Two films and a reel Watch the films: MaXi-Race

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Backbone content

One race weekend feeds the film, the TV cut and the reels.

Every edition is planned as one shoot with three outputs: the same crew on the course, one on-site edit, and reels, TV cut and film delivered from it over the weekend.

01 Reels Published during the race, for the event's channels and partners.
02 TV cut Delivered the same evening for broadcast.
03 Film A six-minute documentary, delivered the next morning.
How the system works

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