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Program 3 - Tuesday, March 3rd
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Production Credits
Director : Arnold Krøigaard & Rasmus Dinesen
Release Date : 2003
Genre : documentary
Runtime : 54 min
Country : Denmark
Filming Location : India/Denmark
Language : English/Tibetan/Danish with English subtitle
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Synopsis
Made by Danish filmmakers Rasmus Dinesen and Arnold Arnold Krøigaard, this documentary relates the heart-warming story of the first-ever international football match played by the Tibetan national football team, made up of exiled Tibetans. The film follows the story from the trials for the Tibetan team, right through to the friendly match played against the Greenlandic national side, which took place in Denmark. The match caused much controversy, with both FIFA and the Chinese Government attempting to prevent it from taking place, but the match nevertheless took place in a show of dedication to the beautiful game as well as to the nation of Tibet.
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Biography
Rasmus Dinesen graduated from Denmark's European Film College in 1998. He has directed commercials, short narratives, music videos and TV documentary series. In 2004, Dinesen attended the Woodstock Film Festival with his documentary "The Forbidden Team," the story of a national football team without a nation.
Arnold Krøigaard
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