Pre-HotDocs conversation: Meet Estonian freestyle skier Kelly Sildaru and the filmmakers Helen Lõhmus and Leana Jalukse

Join us for a pre-screening conversation with the filmmakers, Helen Lõhmus (producer/director) and Leana Jalukse (screenwriter/director) as well as Estonian freestyle skiing champion Kelly Sildaru. The meet-and-greet will take place at Tartu College (3 Madison Ave.) in room G-1.

The documentary Kelly – Someone Else’s Dream will be premiering at HotDocs film festival on Friday, May 3, 11:15 am at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, co-presented by VEMU Estonian Museum Canada.

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Estonian freestyle skier Kelly Sildaru was just 13 years old when she won gold at the 2016 Winter X Games. Coached by her dad, who took up the sport himself when his daughter turned two, the pair became a media sensation—child prodigy and untrained coach. Setting and breaking record after record, many before the age of 10, Sildaru fused her commitment to cracking expert tricks with her father’s unrelenting drive to excel. Given her unmatched success on the mountains, no one would have predicted the injury that would derail Kelly’s first Olympic run, or the even more devastating secret she was about to reveal: her father had been abusing her for years. Fellow ski legends, sports agents and Sildaru’s mother join the icon herself in this powerful testimonial that sets a new standard of sports bravery.

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Read more about the film get your tickets HotDocs screening here 

The pre-screening conversation will take place on Thursday, May 2 at 7 PM. It is a free event with donations welcomed.