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Year of Production 2024

Winners

English title: Winners
Original title: Sieger sein
German title: Sieger sein
Germany, 2024

Director: Yusef, Soleen Sabri
Production company: DCM Pictures, Boje Buck
Co-producers: MDR, SWR, WDR
Age recommendation: 9 years and up
Length: 119 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Eleven-year-old Mona fled Syria with her Kurdish family and goes to a school in Wedding in Berlin. Mona doesn’t know a word of German, but she can speak football. The dedicated teacher Mr. Chepovsky, or Mr. Che for short, recognizes her extraordinary talent and accepts her into the girls’ team. Mona is a fighter, but soon realizes that only if she and the other girls play together can they be winners.

Comments:
Contact person at Pluto Films:
Rebecca Hartung - rebecca@plutofilm.de

Festivals:
Berlin Generation 2024, German Film Award 2024 as best film for children, Stockholm Junior CFF 2024, Kristiansand CFF 2024 (special mention), Zlin CFF 2024, Golden Sparrow CFF Erfurt/Gera 2024 (awarded), Emden-Norderney IFF 2024 (awarded), BIKY Busan CFF 2024, Giffoni CFF 2024 (awarded), TIFF Junior Tromsø 2024, Buster CFF Copenhagen 2024, Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet 2024 (awarded), Schlingel CFF Chemnitz

ECFA interview available

Study guide: German

World sales address/es:
Pluto (DE)

Sold to:
DCM (DE)