Final yr, Swiss sportswear model On chronicled the outstanding journey of long-distance runner Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu because the South Sudanese refugee sought to race for his adopted nation, Switzerland. Now, the model continues the story as Lobalu prepares for the boys’s 5,000-meter race Saturday on the 2024 Summer time Olympic Video games in Paris.
“To Chase a Dream,” directed by J.M. Harper and Hector Aponysus of Park Photos, blends interviews with competitors footage to share Lobalu’s historical past and aspirations as his dream comes inside attain. Within the nine-minute movie, he talks about pushing by the ache when working, trains together with his coach, and practices his German throughout a physiotherapy session.
The story picks up from the place On left off in its 30-minute documentary about Lobalu, The Proper to Race, which premiered on the 2023 Cannes Lions Worldwide Pageant of Creativity.
Born in Sudan, Lobalu misplaced his dad and mom to the Sudanese Civil Battle at age 9 and commenced working for the Athlete Refugee Workforce in Kenya at age 15. He sought asylum in Switzerland and, after 4 years, he was granted the correct to compete for his new house on the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.
Regardless of initially falling far behind, he received his first worldwide championship race and is now setting his sights on an Olympic medal.
“We’ve been deeply connected to Dominic’s journey since 2017,” On movie and documentary lead Gessica Giulini mentioned in a press release. “We remained closely connected, hoping to see his dream come true—and so it was. His journey, culminating in competing and winning on the world’s grandest athletic stages, proves that anything is possible when you dream together.”
“To Chase a Dream” is the ultimate episode in On’s “Dream Together” sequence.
The 2 earlier movies, additionally directed by Harper, have been “Beyond Number One,” which adopted Iga Świątek, who’s ranked no. 1 in ladies’s singles by the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation, and “The Heart to Race,” which explored the bond between On Athletics Membership teammates Hellen Obiri and Sinta Vissa.
“Dream Together” can be the title of a June advert from On that stars Zendaya and targets Era Z.
