Germany, 2010, 88 min

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the English Chelsea FC,
the Georgian Merab Jordania bought the Dutch Vitesse FC, but
Rinat Akhmetov bought Miner FC. Sporting success of this team
funded by an Oligarch fortune only seems to highlight the wider
social and political stagnation of the region. Off the pitch,
the outlook appears bleak.

Zurich Film Festival 2011
ZagrebDox 2011
First Steps Award 2011
DOK.fest Munich - Official Selection
Max-Ophüls-Preis 2011
IDFA 2010

Jakob Preuss
Born 1975.
Studied law in Cologne and Paris, and completed a Masters
degree in European studies in Warsaw.

Selected filmography
2010 The other Chelsea. A story from Donetsk
2005 The unburied war.Srebrenica 10 years later
2003 Torn Iran. Young people's worlds in the Islamic Republic