SIEGER SEIN

Germany

Nominated for European Young Audience Award 2024

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 realises that only if she and the other girls play together can they be winners.

Written & directed by: Soleen Yusef
Produced by: Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny, Christoph Daniel
Cinematography: Stephan Burchardt
Editing: Marty Schenk
Cast: Dileyla Agirman, Andreas Döhler