Estonian premiere
Winners
Inspiring film about new beginnings, friendship, teamwork, and winning.
Eleven-year-old Mona and the rest of her Kurdish family have fled Syria and ended up in Berlin. Everything is different here and Mona misses her home, her street football friends, and especially her aunt Helin. When a dedicated teacher recognises Mona’s special talent for football and selects her for the girls’ team, things don’t get easier. Mona is quickly identified as an outsider and playing in a team with the other girls turns out to be more difficult than expected. Each of them is fighting their own battles, but one thing soon becomes clear: they will only win if they all play together.
"Winners" is nominated for the European Film Academy awards in the categorie of European Young Audience Award.
Recommended age 12+
Soleen Yusef (1987) was born in Duhok, Iraq, and fled to Germany with her family at the age of nine. After graduating from high school in Berlin in 2005, she trained as a singer, actress and fashion seamstress. Yusef worked as an assistant at mîtosfilm before studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her third-year film “Trattoria” premiered at the Berlinale in 2012. Her debut feature “House Without Roof” (2015) was shot in her hometown. She has since gone on to direct for Netflix, Amazon and Disney+. In 2024, her children's film “Winners” premiered at the Berlinale.
House Without Roof (2016), Germany (2019), Sam- A Saxon (2023)
