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King's Court

Les rois du court
Serville Poblete
2025 | 19 min 59
Documentary
English

Awards and Festivals

  • Official SelectionHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2025)

A National Film Board of Canada Production

A fast-paced look at friendship, family and the journey to manhood in modern society, King’s Court is a National Film Board short film that blurs the line between documentary and fiction, immersing viewers in the raw emotions and struggles of two lifelong friends in Toronto’s Bleecker Street neighbourhood—one of Canada’s most diverse and densely populated areas. Through engaging, cinematic storytelling both on and off their favourite basketball court, we root for these inspiring young men in pursuit of identity and acceptance.

 


Logline

An intimate look into the lives of two young men navigating life, love, friendship and family.



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Excerpts

I’m a Bleecker Kid


What’s Your Playbook


Growing Up Fast



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Images


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Marley - Photo, O'Shane Howard

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S.K. - Photo, O'Shane Howard

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S.K. - Photo, O'Shane Howard

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Team


Serville Poblete
Filmmaker

Photo
Photo : Larochelle Poblete



Kate Vollum
Producer

Photo
Photo : Pasquale Marco Veltri



Chanda Chevannes
Executive Producer, NFB

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Photo : Pasquale Marco Veltri


Credits

KING’S COURT

Written & Directed by
SERVILLE POBLETE

Produced by
KATE VOLLUM

Featuring
MARLEY ZION RAYMOND LAWRENCE
STEPHEN ‘SK’ DANSO

and
MAHI SHAZI
AHMED SHAZI
SAMUEL GROUME
DAGIM GROUME

Director of Photography
CHRISTIAN BIELZ

Editor
SABRINA BUDIMAN

Sound Recordist
AMANDA ANN-MIN WONG

Original Score
AARON PARIS

Production Designer
JOSEF ADAMU

Art Director
MALLORY TOLCHER

Set Decorator
MICHELLE NGO

VFX Artist and Supervisor
MIGUEL FERNANDES

Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer
LUCAS PROKAZIUK

Executive Producer
CHANDA CHEVANNES

Line Producer
MELISSA PADUADA

Production Manager
DOMINIQUE CHAUMONT

Senior Production Coordinator
VAISHNAVI SAMBHUS

Production Coordinator
LUCIA CORAK

Production Assistant
MARIA RAMAGE

Second Camera
JR MANALANG

Additional Sound
HUAN NGUYEN

1st Assistant Camera
PRAVEN YOGANATHAN
RYAN RODRIGUES

Data Management Technicians
MARCUS ARMSTRONG
TALIA WOODLAND

Gaffer
EDWIN LAU

Rigging Gaffer / Best Boy Electric
JORDAN HEGUY

Studio Operations Manager
MARK WILSON

Studio Administrator
ANDREW MARTIN-SMITH

Production Administrator
VICTORIA ANGELL

Production Supervisor
MARCUS MATYAS

Technical Coordinators
KEVIN RILEY
LUC BINETTE

Studio Technician
Q’MAL LABAD-WORKMAN

Studio Coordinators
CALVIN SERUTOKE
VICTORIA ANDERSON-GARDNER

Apprentice Editor
CASSIDY CROFT

Assistant Editors
CASSIDY CROFT
MERAJ BADIUZZAMAN

DRONE CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
D. VISION AERIALS

FPV Drone Pilot
ANTERO SOUSA

Drone Safety Coordinator
DANNY NGUYEN

Drone Visual Observer
DILAN SENARATNE

Stills Photography
O’SHANE HOWARD

Stills Photography Assistant
THOMAS LEE

PROPS BY
16 TONNES INC.

Construction Manager
BRENDAN CALLAGHAN

Construction Coordinator
WILL ALPERIN

Carpenters
KYLE MANNS, DREW PINFOLD
FRANCISCO O’RYAN

Title Design
MICHELLE NGO

COLOUR SERVICES BY ARTJAIL

Colourist
CLINTON MOMUTH

Colour Assistant
AUSTIN TANG

Producer
ALISON MAXWELL

POST PRODUCTION SERVICES BY
URBAN POST PRODUCTION

Online Editor
KYLE CAMBELL

Project Manager
ERIN McLAUGHLIN

Director of Sales
KINGSLEY FIALHO

V.P. Operations
ROBERTA BRATTI

HOOD SCARS
Written and Performed by
STEPHEN DANSO

AUTHENTIC
Written and Performed by
MARLEY ZION

A production of the National Film Board of Canada

(c) 2025 National Film Board of Canada

 


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