Cheering soccer fans with flares in the stands
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Allihopa: The Dalkurd Story

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Friday, May 5, 2023 12:00 AM
Kurdish refugees come together to form a professional soccer team in Sweden, overcoming racism, xenophobia and their tragic pasts to make European sports history. Victory on the pitch shines a light on their fight for independence.

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The Dalkurd Football Club in Sweden represents one of the greatest underdog success stories in European sports. For this team made up mainly of Kurdish refugees, playing soccer is about more than just competitive sports. The members of Dalkurd play the game with pride and an awareness of their unique role in representing a stateless people. Since the founding of the club in 2004, the players have come to defy the odds, rising up Sweden’s soccer divisions step by step. Now, the club is vying to join Allsvenskan, the country's top professional soccer division and Sweden’s premier league. Allihopa (Swedish for "all together") charts the team’s efforts to win the last game they need to clinch the deal. Can the team members overcome xenophobia, limited resources, and their own tragic pasts in order to make European sports history? An inspiring and energetic story of a remarkable group of athletes. Aisha Jamal

Streaming online May 5-9. Streaming is only available in Canada.
Film Info
Runtime:91
Copyright:2023
Country Listing:Canada
Iraq
USA
Sweden
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Landing Page:https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2023/allihopa
Festival Info
Festival Year:2023
Language:Kurdish
Swedish
English
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Online Festival
Program Category:World Showcase
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Kordo Doski
Producer(s):Kordo Doski
Lina Hanson
Jose Moreno Brooks
Paul Canterna
Executive Producer(s):David Oyelowo
Jessica Oyelowo
Ary Dosky
Bailey Dahlgren
Writer(s):Kordo Doski
Jose Moreno Brooks
Editor(s):Jose Moreno Brooks
Cinematography:Andrew Lee
Joan Alderman
Composer:Kyle O' Quin
Nick Shadel
Music:Dalshad Said
Khalifa
Bahoz Midyat
Sound:Yu-Ting Su
Andree Lin