Estonian premiere

Next Goal Wins

Local title
Järgmine värav võidab
Director
Taika Waititi
Country
USA, United Kingdom
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
comedy
Subject
sport, humour, men

Directed by Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”, “Thor: Ragnarok”), “Next Goal Wins” follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.

“Like “Eagle vs. Shark”, “Boy”, and “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”, “Next Goal Wins” is rich with both Waititi’s sideways humour, and his embrace of the weird, vulnerable, and unpredictable in all of us.” – Toronto Film Festival

Director
Taika Waititi
Screenwriter
Taika Waititi, Iain Morris
Cast
Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Lehi Falepapalangi
Producer
Jonathan Cavendish, Garrett Basch, Taika Waititi, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison
DoP
Lachlan Milne
Editor
Nicholas Monsour
Composer
Michael Giacchino
Production
Searchlight Pictures, Imaginarium Productions, DEFENDER, Garrett Basch Production
Distributor
Estonian Theatrical Distribution
World sales
Searchlight Pictures
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian, Russian
Other festivals
Toronto
Director
Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi (1975)

Filmography:
valik/selected: What We Do in the Shadows (Mida me pimeduses teeme, PÖFF 2014), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Jaht metslastele, PÖFF 2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Jojo Rabbit (Jänespüks Jojo, 2019), Thor: Love nd Thunder (2022)

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening021203 / Järgmine värav võidab
SubtitlesEstonian, Russian
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening091203 / Järgmine värav võidab
SubtitlesEstonian, Russian
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening171202 / Järgmine värav võidab
SubtitlesEstonian, Russian
Screening duration
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