screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Arabic
subtitles
English, German, French
In a Palestinian village during the 1990 World Championship 11-year-old Rafat and 7-year-old Fadel are searching for Maradona's legs, their World Cup album’s last missing sticker. Will they overcome the odds and accomplish their mission?
director
Firas Khoury
Cast
Ali Suliman, Ayoub Abu Hamad, Faris Abbas
Original Score
Faraj Suleiman
Szenenbild / Production Design
Rabia Salfiti
Editing
Heike Parplies, Marwen El-Hechkel
DOP
Christian Marohl
Production
May Odeh, Zorana Musikic
Script
Firas Khoury
Sound Design
Ibrahim Zaher
Festivals
2019
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2019
LUCAS - Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
(Bester Kurzfilm)
2019
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Pernik, Bulgaria
2019
Palestine Cinema Days, Ramallah, Palestine, State of
(Best Short Film)
2019
Sedicicorto - International Film Festival, Forli, Italy
(Special Jury Mention)
2019
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
2019
Alice nella città, Rom, Italy
(Rai Cinema Channel Award)
2019
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
2019
PÖFF Shorts | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
2019
Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar
(Best Short Film)
2019
Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi, India
2019
China International New Media Short Film Festival, Shenzhen
2020
Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland
(Audience Award)
2020
Festival du Cinéma Européen Lille, France
(Best Screenplay Award)
2020
Seattle International Children's Film Festival, USA
2020
DC Independent Film Festival, Washington, USA
Production
- schaf oder scharf film
- Zorana Musikic
- Gleimstr. 27
- 10437 Berlin
- http://www.schafoderscharf.de
Distribution
- Lights On
- Flavio Armone
Sales
- Lights On
- Flavio Armone
Firas Khoury
Is an award-winning upcoming Palestinian screen writer and director;
was born in Eilaboun, a little village in Israel inhabited by a Palestinian majority;
graduated from the University of Tel Aviv with a BFA in film
Filmography
2007 Seven Days in Deir Bulus
2010 Yellow Mums
2017 And an image was born