Winners

When:
Sunday, Nov 24, 2024 11:00a -
1:00p

Where:
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446

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Admission:
$7

Hosted by:
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goethe_institut_boston Goethe-Institut Boston

Categories:
Movies

Event website:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?event_id=26144527

New Films from Germany

Mona and her Kurdish family have fled their home in Syria and ended up in Germany in search of a better life, but Mona is having a hard time fitting in. She’s still learning German and misses her hometown and playing soccer with her friends. Chaos is the order of the day at her new school, where most of the teachers are worn to a frazzle and the students are just as frustrated with their teachers. When Mr. Che, the coach of the girls’ soccer team, sees Mona’s soccer skills, he puts her on the team. Although they are training for an upcoming tournament for all of Berlin’s schools, the team is anything but harmonious. Mona is singled out and blamed for the team’s troubles. With the tournament quickly approaching, they realize that if they want to win, they must stop fighting, treat each other as equals, and learn the true meaning of teamwork.

Soleen Yusef’s second feature is an inspirational, fast-paced coming-of-age film with a fresh, young perspective on the importance of family, friendship, and belonging.

Soleen Yusef was born in Duhok in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in 1987. At the age of nine she and her family fled to Berlin due to the political tensions in her home country. Originally trained as a singer and an actress, in 2008 she began studying fiction directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her third-year film Trattoria premiered at the 2012 Berlinale. Since making her debut feature film Haus ohne Dach (2016), for which she won awards including the First Steps Award, she has been working on international productions for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+.


Presented as part of “Kids Kino” in collaboration with the German Film Office


Dir. Soleen Yusef

Germany, 2024

119 minutes

German, Kurdish with English subtitles

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