Bend It Like Benet
Philis Fermer / Germany / 2024 / 15 min
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="0" data-end="335">Benet is 11 years old and loves football. He plays on a team alongside children who are taller than him and dreams of scoring his first goal in a match. Benet has a form of dwarfism, and his small stature sometimes means he has to find different solutions on the pitch and work harder for things that come more easily to his teammates.</p> <p data-start="337" data-end="637" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">But football is where he wants to be, and Benet refuses to be discouraged. With the support of his team and by meeting other players who share his experience, he begins to discover his own strengths. A story about passion, perseverance, and the fact that there is more than one way to reach the goal.</p>
About the film
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="0" data-end="335">Benet is 11 years old and loves football. He plays on a team alongside children who are taller than him and dreams of scoring his first goal in a match. Benet has a form of dwarfism, and his small stature sometimes means he has to find different solutions on the pitch and work harder for things that come more easily to his teammates.</p> <p data-start="337" data-end="637" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">But football is where he wants to be, and Benet refuses to be discouraged. With the support of his team and by meeting other players who share his experience, he begins to discover his own strengths. A story about passion, perseverance, and the fact that there is more than one way to reach the goal.</p>
