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Zara en de Magische Kicksen
Zara (9) really wants to play football, but doesn’t dare show her skills at the selection of her asylum seeker centre’s football team, because her jealous brothers are key figures in the team. When Zara is given magical football shoes by Engeltje, she can suddenly play like a pro. And that’s perfect timing, since the finals of the big football tournament are in a week. Unfortunately, the rumors of the star player and her shoes also reach the ears of less savory types, like a football agent and his crony.
The six-part series Zara and the Magical Football Boots was recorded this summer in six different asylum seekers’ centers. Aside from well-known lead actors and the children of the centers play roles as well, both in the foreground and behind the scenes. The series was initiated by Mirjam Marks, co-produced by VPRO media company and Pristine Film, in collaboration with De Vrolijkheid foundation and Cinekid.
Short project summary
During the summer holidays, Cinekid organized pop-up festivals at asylum seekers’ centers. The children living there were offered various workshops, films and installations. Also, the VPRO television series Zara and Her Magical Football Boots was shot there, in which children from the centers played a role besides professional actors, on-screen and off-screen. by playing parts or creating animations and props. The series was produced by professional makers, writers, cast and crew, but also by media professionals with an asylum seeker’s background and volunteers. Everyone contributed in return for minimum pay. The series Zara and the Magical Football Boots has its premiere at the festival, is made for broadcaster VPRO, produced by pristine Film and was initiated by Mirjam Marks, resulting from a collaboration between Cinekid and foundation De Vrolijkheid.
Festivals
- 2018, Cinekid, NL, Amsterdam
- 2019, J.E.F., BE, Gent
- 2019, Tweetakt, NL, Utrecht
- 2019, Chicago's International Childrens Film Festival, US, Chicago
- 2019, Childrens Film Festival Seattle, US, Seattle
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Credits
- Initiator, Artistic Supervisor Mirjam Marks
- Director, Artistic Support David Eilander
- Director Barbara Bredero
RoleProducer
Typedigital
Year2018
Categoryfiction
BroadcastVPRO
Duration12min
- Cast LizLiz Heijnemans
- Cast IbiAbdelsammad El Mourabet
- Cast IlliAmine Amajoud
- Cast EngeltjeYannick Jozefzoon
- Cast Coach MomoSaber Moudou
- Cast Big BossSabri Saad El Hamus
- Cast Enge ManMike Libanon
- Cast Enge VrouwGhieslaine Guardiola
- Cast Mr. AAkwasi
- Cast Kleine VedetteRayan Kajdouh
- Cast ArtsNazanin Taheri
- Cast VerplegersMomo Samwel, Sidar Toksoz
- Cast AZCAll kids and residents at ASC Rotterdam, Grave, Oisterwijk, Emmen, Leersum, Amsterdam
