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When you lose everything, can a game save your dreams? The film follows two Afghan brothers: Sir (21), Allahverdi (17) who live in illegal housing together with around twenty other men. Cricket, an unusual sport for Turkey, is the biggest passion of these migrants, where they feel at home and forget all their troubles. The film juxtaposes the daily-life images of those immigrants in an observational style with a cricket match accompanied by an entertaining live commentary. Through the eyes of Afghan refugees in Turkey, we learn how cricket becomes a tool of resistance, while the cricket field becomes a piece of home.

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Writer, Producer & Director of Photography: Mümin Barış
Director: Mümin Barış & Zehra Yiğit
Editor: Mert Harmandar
Drone Operator: Tufan Yıldız
Assistant Director: Hafızullah Habib
Commentators: Hafızullah Esar & Shamsurrahman Hamdard
Supervisors: Hans-Joachim Neubauer & Mehmet Öztürk
Camera Operator: Tugay Aydın
Dialogue Edit: Yalın Özgencil
Sound Design: Taylan Geçit
Re-Recording Mixer: Deniz Can Barış
Color Grading: Sertaç Toksöz
Poster Design: Derya Yalman & Seymen Yalman
Line Producer: Tayfun Luxembourgeus
Executive Producer: Kemal Onur Karakuş
Art Director: Martin Mihaylov

Festival Screenings:
43. Istanbul International Film Festival

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