Program 3 - Tuesday, March 3rd

The Forbidden Team


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


Synopsis

Forbidden Team

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.


Biography

Rasmus Dinesen

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 Kroigaard

Arnold Krøigaard

www.forbiddenteam.com