L'etrangerKenneth Michiels

Can football make a difference? L'Etranger zooms in on the coach and young footballers of BX Brussels, a social and sporting project started by Vincent Kompany. Moussa – who emigrated from Senegal not so long ago – is a coach for the boys both on and off the field. L'Etranger follows them through wins and losses, respect and cultural differences, sportsmanship, friendship and quarrel. Will Moussa manage to keep the group together and achieve results? Or will the problems take the upper hand?

Director Kenneth Michiels followed Moussa and the young ones for a year. Some of the young people are labelled as 'unmanageable': they have a precarious situation at home and most of them can do little more than play football. Sometimes there is talent, but no discipline or motivation. 0-8  losses (or more) are no exception. Can football bring about a change? 
 
In 2011 Kenneth Michiels won the VAF Wildcard during his graduation at KASK with his work "Twenty-One + Seven," a portrait of his sister Britt and her daughter. He used his Wildcard to create L'etranger under the wings of Bonka Circus, the production company founded in 2010 by Vincent Kompany



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Directed by Kenneth Michiels
Belgium
54 min.
French, Dutch
Subtitles: English

Programme

Belgian selection

credits
Director

Kenneth Michiels

Producer

Kenneth Michiels, Catherine Castille

Production company

MOOSE & TASH, Bonka Circus

Cinematography

Kenneth Michiels

Editing

Kenneth Michiels

Music

Hannes De Maeyer

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