Trails Will Blaze: BBC Winter Olympics 2026 | NOMINT
The BBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics film celebrates the trails athletes will blaze, as they smash records and break boundaries at the games.
Created in stop motion using real fire and 700 individually 3D-printed athletes, the film sought to push the limits of stop motion, just like the athletes push the limits of their sports.
It used an array of experimental combustion techniques and complicated technical procedures to seamlessly weave together the fiery trails of different athletes against scale models of the Italian Dolomite mountains, creating a dramatic and unexpected fusion of ice and fire.
Credits:
BBC Creative Director: Justin Bairamian Head of Production: James Wood Interim Head of Planning: Rhonwen Lally Executive Creative Directors: Rasmus Smith Bech Dave Monk Creative Directors: Matt Leach, Jess Oudot Senior Creatives: Paul Bailey, Russell Hendrie Senior Producer: Rachel Roberts Project Manager: Hattie Buxton Planner: Asa Nowers Production Manager: Emi Bozzi Senior Designer: Amy Fullalove Lead Designer: Daniel Cooper Motion Designer: Andrea Stragapede
BBC Marketing Director, Marketing & Audiences: Paul Davies Head of Marketing, BBC Sports: Liv Slack Marketing Manager: David Wheadon Marketing Executive: Kate Plowright Media Portfolio Lead: Marc Jones Campaign Planner: Eleanor O’Kane
Production Company – NOMINT Director: Yannis Konstantinidis Executive Producers: Marilena Vatseri, Christos Lefakis Producer: John Mouratis Director of Photography: Toby Howell Production Designer: Gordon Allen Stopmotion Animators: Dario Imbrogno, Rhiannon Evans VFX Supervisor: Matthieu Landour
Pyrotechnics – Armoury FX SFX Supervisor: Matthew Strange
BDS Behind the Scenes Videographer: Ben Dowden
Black Kite Colourist: George Kyriacou VFX Artist: Alistair Hamer Producer: Carmen Hogg
750mph Sound Design: Sam Ashwell, Mike Bovill Head of Production: Rachel Saxon
Music “Requiem” Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Arranger: Alex Baranowski Performer
BBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: BBC Symphony Chorus Performer: Crouch End Festival Chorus Chief Conductor: BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo
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The BBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics film celebrates the trails athletes will blaze, as they smash records and break boundaries at the games.
Credits:
BBC Creative
Director: Justin Bairamian
Head of Production: James Wood
Interim Head of Planning: Rhonwen Lally
Executive Creative Directors: Rasmus Smith Bech Dave Monk
Creative Directors: Matt Leach, Jess Oudot
Senior Creatives: Paul Bailey, Russell Hendrie
Senior Producer: Rachel Roberts
Project Manager: Hattie Buxton
Planner: Asa Nowers
Production Manager: Emi Bozzi
Senior Designer: Amy Fullalove
Lead Designer: Daniel Cooper
Motion Designer: Andrea Stragapede
BBC Marketing
Director, Marketing & Audiences: Paul Davies
Head of Marketing, BBC Sports: Liv Slack
Marketing Manager: David Wheadon
Marketing Executive: Kate Plowright
Media Portfolio Lead: Marc Jones
Campaign Planner: Eleanor O’Kane
Production Company – NOMINT
Director: Yannis Konstantinidis
Executive Producers: Marilena Vatseri, Christos Lefakis
Producer: John Mouratis
Director of Photography: Toby Howell
Production Designer: Gordon Allen
Stopmotion Animators: Dario Imbrogno, Rhiannon Evans
VFX Supervisor: Matthieu Landour
Pyrotechnics – Armoury FX
SFX Supervisor: Matthew Strange
BDS
Behind the Scenes Videographer: Ben Dowden
Black Kite
Colourist: George Kyriacou
VFX Artist: Alistair Hamer
Producer: Carmen Hogg
750mph
Sound Design: Sam Ashwell, Mike Bovill
Head of Production: Rachel Saxon
Music “Requiem”
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Arranger: Alex Baranowski Performer
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer: BBC Symphony Chorus
Performer: Crouch End Festival Chorus
Chief Conductor: BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo
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