“I’m not going to survive this, but I’m here now and I’m fairly fit. That’s why I want to do this.”

Elisabeth is a woman with a heart of gold. She has had pancreatic cancer for 2.5 years. Still, she rides in the Deltaplan Challenge, a loop around the Dutch island of Ameland, to raise money for research into the disease she has herself.

The film is about the strength of doing it together. That often lives in the small moments. Breakfast with her family. A kiss from her partner at the start. Fellow rider Brigitte reaching over to rest a hand on Elisabeth’s backpack. The last stretch, into headwind and rain. The euphoria at the finish. And in the evening, the campfire they call the Fire of Hope.

“What I found hardest when I got my diagnosis and prognosis was that there was no hope at all.” That’s what she wants to change: a treatment, and a real chance for the people who get it.

More than 100 people run, walk or cycle across the island that day. Together they raised €100,000 for research into pancreatic cancer.