Racing Stock

Directed by Patrick Steel (2020)

15-year-old Taylor Borthwick is a stock car racer, like her father and her grandfather before her. As she turns 16 she will move into the adult leagues, racing bigger, faster cars against men twice her age. It’s a dangerous sport: does she have what it takes?

Now available at Ananda Media.

  • release. 2020
    genre. short documentary
    duration. 17’

  • director. Patrick Steel
    producer. Charlotte Hailstone
    editor. Ling Lee
    colourist. Drew Gibson
    composer & sound designer. Tom Drew
    sound recordists. Bartek Baranowski & Colin Mackay
    second camera. Will Hewitt
    production assistant. Frances Vye
    stills photography. Jacob Forsyth Davies & Brian Sweeney

    for Bridging the Gap.
    talent development. Flore Cosquer
    production coordinator. Rachel Stollery
    distribution manager. Alexandra Colta

    executive producer. Noé Mendelle
    executive producer for Screen Scotland. Leslie Finlay

  • country. Scotland, UK
    Scottish Documentary Institute - Bridging the Gap
    Hailstone Films
    Fat Toad Films

  • world premiere. Glasgow Film Festival 2021
    Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 2021
    Inverness Film Festival 2021
    CUFF.Docs 2021
    British Shorts Film Festival Berlin 2022
    St Kilda Film Festival 2022

  • Screen Scotland

  • Ananda Media

    • BBC’s The Nine TV Feature ‘Stock Car Racing - “It can be really dangerous”’ (Mar 2021) - watch.

    • Central Fife Times ‘Cowdenbeath Racewall the inspiration for film’ (Mar 2021) - read.

    • Pinhole Cinema ‘Bridging The Gap: Turbulence is a glorious showcase of burgeoning UK talent’ (Mar 2021) - read.