Film: Goal Dreams - Palestine Football Team

Goal Dreams is a feature-length documentary about the identity of one of the world's strangest football teams.

Comprised of multiple nationalities, speaking different languages and without a home field, the Palestinian National Football team and its players must overcome a range of physical, emotional, cultural and geographic obstacles.

The film chronicles the lives of four Palestinian players from different parts of the world during the team's preparation for their most important match - for World Cup 2006 qualification.

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Goal Dreams

Goal Dreams (2006, 84min)
Director: Maya Sanbar and Jeffrey Saunders
Produced by: Maya Sanbar & Jeffrey Saunders
Edited by: Richard Lowe and Matyas Veress
Language: English & Arabic with English subtitles

GOAL DREAMS is a wonderful new documentary feature focusing on national and personal identity as experienced by a sports team like none before.

How can a team without a recognized homeland, no permanent domestic league, no place to train and with players and coaches scattered around the globe compete in the world of modern football? Founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is considered one of the oldest football associations in the Arab World. Since being recognized by FIFA in 1998, the team has risen 70 places in the international rankings, despite never having been able to play on home soil. Following the team as they prepare for the 2006 World Cup, GOAL DREAMS chronicles the suspension of domestic league games after an Israel air strike on Palestine Stadium, while Austrian coach Alfred Riedle makes a heroic effort to mold players from diverse countries such as the USA, Chile, Palestine and Lebanon into a national team unlike any other.

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