HEROES

ACT 1

As he enters a small private cinema in London’s Soho, Manish Pandey suddenly pauses. “This brings back a lot of memories,” he says, looking up at the projector light while surrounded by plush velvet seats. This was the screening room where the documentary feature film Senna was shown to Ron Dennis and the Senna family ahead of its theatrical release – and where emotions ran high. Returning to this small cinema nearly a decade on, Pandey reveals the rushes of his latest project, Heroes, which is a similarly poignant reflection on the lives of legendary racers, interspersed with archive footage.

The documentary of Ayrton Senna’s life and death achieved critical acclaim and scooped two BAFTA awards for Best Documentary and Best Editing. Pandey was screenwriter and executive producer on Senna and, after finishing the behind-the-scenes McLaren series Grand Prix Driver, he has spent the past two years both writing and directing his latest big-screen offering.

This new feature-length movie (commissioned by the Motorsport Network) brings together drivers from F1, sportscars and rallying; rather than being interviewed separately, they tell their stories to