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Kids Cup

Bortebane
Line Hatland
Norway, Denmark, Finland
2021
90 min
Dutch Premiere
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Ambitious young soccer players from China, Brazil, United States, Palestine, and Norway have been training for months to take part in the Norway Cup, a top-level international tournament. With rapid-cut editing and an uplifting soundtrack, the film follows several of these players—all about 14 years old—from their home country, where they train for the last time and pack their bags, to the Norwegian capital Oslo, where they settle into in their lodgings, play matches, and hang out with teammates. We see them talking with their parents, trainers, and friends, and grabbing their chance to shine on the field.

But it’s not only about winning or losing in this chronologically structured documentary. All these teenagers have arrived with their own social and cultural baggage, and some are worried about their family or the situation back home. Friendships deepen, euphoria alternates with disappointment, and there are raging hormones and inevitable moments of defiance. Each boy’s story is his own, but they’re all part of the collective tension and excitement of this massive event.

Credits
Director
Co-director
    Dalia Al Kury,
    Mari Bakke Riise,
    Åse Svenheim Drivenes
Production
    Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene as,
    Mari Monrad Vistven for Medieoperatørene as
    Ingvil Giske for Medieoperatørene as,
    Mari Monrad Vistven for Medieoperatørene as
Sound Design
    Rasmus Winther Larsen
    Rasmus Winther Larsen
Music
    Kate Havnevik
    Kate Havnevik
Involved TV Channel
    VGTV,
    DR
    VGTV,
    DR
World Sales
    MAGNETFILM GmbH
    MAGNETFILM GmbH
Screening copy
    Medieoperatørene as
    Medieoperatørene as

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