Justina Jürgensen

Eleven short documentaries about eleven youth football teams for different age groups and with varying prospects. This Berlinale project is part of the cultural programme of the 2024 European Football Championship hosted by Germany.

In 1914, a tender, forbidden love blossoms between a new pupil and her young teacher in the middle of a military-run boarding school for girls. It soon develops into a passionate affair that shakes this fortress of patriarchy to its core.

During their training together, Lola makes no secret of her supposed dislike and tries to hide her feelings from the rest of the team. But with her behaviour she shoots herself straight into the ground. Has she now lost her chances with Zoe forever or is there still a way?

Jorge and his son Emil were supposed to be guests at his boss's birthday party, but when they unexpectedly have to fill in as waiters, they are dragged into their host's juicy scheme. Now Emil fights the role of the mascot, while Jorge senses an opportunity for career advancement. A story about sweat, (post-)migrant experiences, family and guacamole. ¡Ay Caramba!

The Sorbs are a national minority in Saxony, Germany. While there were still living approximately 50,000 Sorbs in the 1990s, today there are only 5,000 left who can speak the language. The core settlement area was destroyed by coal mining and the language is now threatened with extinction. But the community of Crostwitz sticks together, traditions are cherished and community is lived. Despite limited resources, the football club, which forms the centre of one Sorbian village, has bravely held its own in the regional league, Saxony's second-highest division, for years. Footballer Franc (15) takes us into his world.

Colorado, 1860: Three women, a mule and a map drawn by an illiterate to get to the gold sometimes found on the high mountains. The hardships of their endeavor first bring a lonely foreign widow closer together with the dubious German emigrants Olga and Dora. But the more time they spend in the harsh wilderness, the more manners deteriorate and the last bit of humanity gives way to ruthless greed. A feminist western based on the ballad "The Gold Diggers" by Emanuel Geibel.