IDFA Bertha Fund 2016
Home Games
Home Games
Alisa Kovalenko
France, Ukraine, Poland
Home Games is a season in the life of Alina, a 20 years old girl from suburban Kiev, who grew up in poverty and has been saved by her passion for football. Alina is now a pro player, but her situation remains uncertain: she had to return to live with her unsteady mother, who is not able to care about Alina’s younger siblings, Renat & Regina. Next September, the kids will go to school for the first time, without mother support, while the football professional season starts again. Will Alina be able to cope with everything ? Emancipate herself as a woman or become a substitute for her failing mother ? Home Games is a story about dreams, and how not to give them up, even when all the circumstances are against you.