After arriving to Berlin as a refugee , 11-year-old Mona starts to fit in after she joins a soccer team. Includes filmmaker talkback/Q&A
Join us for our October KIDS KINO with the award-winning movie
Sieger Sein! (Winners) and Filmmaker Talkback.
Sieger sein
Dir. Soleen Yusef
Germany, 2024, 119 minutes
With Dileyla Agirman, Andreas Döhler, Tamira Bwibo, Sherine Ciara Merai, Yumin Hannah Cho, Anisa Perk, Artemis Kostopoulou
After fleeing Syria with her family, Mona finds herself at a primary school in Berlin, where she struggles with the language but shines on the soccer field. With the support of her teacher and her aunt, Mona's passion for football opens new doors—though teamwork proves just as challenging as adapting to her new life.
Directed by Soleen Yusef and awarded Best Children's Film at the German Film Awards 2024, Sieger Sein is a powerful story about resilience, teamwork, and finding one's place.
Recommended for children ages 10 and up. German with English Subtitles.
Light refreshments provided.
This event is proudly supported by the
Friends of Goethe (FoGI).
Part of the Festival “Longing / Belonging”
Stories of migration characterize our modern societies, in which people from different cultural backgrounds search for belonging. Cultural diversity is celebrated on the one hand, but at the same time new social boundaries are emerging. The Goethe-Institut's “Longing/Belonging” festival presents artistic contributions and social discourses from Germany and North America.
Festival Website ➜
About the Filmmaker
Soleen Yusef was born in Duhok in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in 1987. At the age of nine she and her family fled to Berlin due to the political tensions in her home country. Originally trained as a singer and an actress, in 2008 she began studying fiction directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her third-year film
Trattoria premiered at the 2012 Berlinale. Since making her debut feature film
Haus ohne Dach (2016), for which she won awards including the First Steps Award, she has been working on international productions for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+.
Presented as part of “Kids Kino” in collaboration with the German Film Office.
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