„This Human World“-Filmfestival - Report
After a brilliant start to the festival on 1 December, where the fairplay team also celebrated, we showed "Captains of Za'atari" on the second day of the festival in the Top Kino and covered several of the fairplay work areas with the film content:
In Za'atari, the largest refugee camp in Jordan, many Syrian refugees are stranded. Among them are Fawzi and Mahmoud. In this city of tents, football is a great passion for the two young men and a way out to a better future. They want to make it to the Aspire Academy for young talents and do their best to convince the delegation from Qatar, which is always on the lookout for budding football greats in the camp.
For this film, Ali El Arabi accompanied Fawzi and Mahmoud and provides an intimate and hopeful picture of their friendship and their shared dream.
After the film, Helia Mirazei (fairplay workshop leader), Fener Ibrahim (Login coach) and Thomas Plementas (Ute Bock Cup) discussed with us.
On 8 December, the screening of "LOTUS Sports Club" took place in the Brunnenpassage, telling the story of Leak and Amas:
Leak and Amas, two trans men, play football in the U21 women's team in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia. Their coach and father, 61-year-old Pa Vann, has taken them into his home since they were young, offering them and other LGBTQIA+ players a safe place to be themselves. Over a period of five years, the film paints a personal as well as encouraging portrait of a football team trying to build solidarity with the queer community in Cambodia through sport.
This was also followed by a small discussion in which we welcomed Daniela Conti (Sentry) and Oliver Egger (Ombudsman's Office "Football for All") to the podium. Around 50 participants listened enthusiastically to the experts, who contributed not only professional but also personal aspects and experiences.
