Soleen Yusef about WINNERS

“I couldn’t trust my own mouth”

Eleven-year-old Mona and the rest of her Kurdish family have fled Syria and ended up in Berlin. Mona is sent to a notorious primary school, a place of chaos and tension. Teachers are having a nervous breakdown and frustration among students is increasing by the day. Mona doesn’t speak a word of German, but luckily she can speak football. So did Soleen Yusef – talking about her film is like talking about her life.

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