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Age Group Winner

Opens on October 14

Director: Alexandra Helgerson Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Alexandra Helgerson, Jay Helgerson

In 1980 Jay Helgerson shocked the world, becoming the first person to run a marathon a week for a year – each race completed in under three hours. For the last ten years, his daughter, filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson, followed him with a camera in order to understand the eccentric man who raised her. What she gets are his projected anxieties, his struggles with physical age and emotional distress, all while he endlessly trains for the Boston Marathon. But as Jay trains, the film is nearly derailed by Alexandra’s encounter with a life threatening illness. Ultimately, AGE GROUP WINNER is an affirmation of the will to live.

We will be joined by Alexandra Helgerson and Jason Logue for a post-show Q&A.

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