MEC – Escape

VFX
An award winning documentary & Vimeo Staff Pick produced by Mountain Equipment Co-op.
Directed by Anjali Nayar, Escape follows JaBig, a Montreal-based DJ, who buys a bike on a whim and decides to attempt to beat the record for the longest continuous bike ride in a single country.


Listen to the voice inside you. It’s telling you to go. JaBig, a Montreal-based DJ, buys a bike on a whim and decides to attempt to beat the record for the longest continuous bike ride in a single country. What’s more, he’ll ride a single-speed, fixed-gear bicycle and finish in the winter, approaching the Arctic Ocean by way of Canada’s northernmost continental hamlet, Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. We pick up with him as he’s closing in on his endpoint along a 188km-long ice road. In his final kilometres, he falls more times than he has in the previous 17,000km combined. JaBig knows he is where he is meant to be, but the final hours will push him further than he ever imagined. The journey is bleak and beautiful at the same time, and JaBig’s story will make you pause, asking yourself, “where would I go from here?”

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Hearty and Wallace is a small-scale post-production house specializing in the direction and creation of motion graphics and VFX for film and television. We also handle camera-work, modelling, VR, new immersive technologies, editing, and colour grading for commercial work and small creative projects. Larger endeavours are often co-produced with Victory Social Club, a group of creatives based in Toronto. We have 20+ years of experience in the film and television business, and have worked with museums, non-profits, artists, independent film-makers, major motion pictures and television productions.







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