Sieger Sein
Feature Film/ Germany/ 119 min/2024
Director: Soleen Yusef
Screenwriter: Soleen Yusef
Director of Photography: Stephan Burchardt
Production: Sonja Schmitt, Marc Schmidheiny, Christoph Daniel
Music Composer: David Menke, Boris Rogowski
Production Designer:
Cast: Dileyla Agirman, Andreas Döhler, Sherine Ciara Merai, Tamira Bwibo, Halima Ilter
Synopsis:
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 realizes that only if she and the other girls play together can they be winners.
Director’s biography:
Born in 1987 in Duhok, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, she emigrated to Berlin Born in 1987 in Duhok, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, she emigrated to Berlin with her family when she was young. In 2008, she began studying fiction directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her third-year film, Trattoria, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012. Since the release of her debut feature film Haus ohne Dach (2016), the film has helped her win several awards, including the First Steps Award.
Filmography: Trattoria (2012); Der NSU-Prozess – Das Protokoll des ersten Jahres (2014); Der NSU-Prozess – Das Protokoll des zweiten Jahres (2015); Haus ohne Dach (House Without Roof) (2016); SOKO Leipzig (Leipzig Homicide) (2017); Meiberger – Im Kopf des Täters (Meiberger: Chasing Minds) (2018); Skylines (2019); Deutschland 89 (2020) Sam – Ein Sachse (Sam – A Saxon) (2023).
