GAME CHANGERS

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BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD
BTF's 19th Documentary & Short Film Competition

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.

Coolidge Corner Theater
290 Harvard Street, Brookline

Co-presented with the Goethe-Institut Boston

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Directed by Aysun Bademsoy

Doc. / 86 min. / 2024 / with English subtitles

Aysun Bademsoy's long-term observation of Turkish female soccer players in Berlin-Kreuzberg focuses on the next generation 30 years after their first encounter. Born and raised in Germany, they still ask themselves the question: Do we really feel accepted here? It seems as if a cultural rift still defines their lives. Referring back to the 1990s, their mothers today reminisce about a youth in which the game of soccer provided the space for emancipation. The world of their daughters today lies beyond the soccer field: between Instagram, self-discovery and family responsibility. Aysun Bademsoy shows people who remain seekers. Her film not only develops a multi-layered portrait of the former soccer players, but also raises questions about how life paths are shaped across generations.

Selected Festivals and Awards

• Boston Turkish Festival’s 19th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition (2024): Best Documentary Audience Award
• DOK Leipzig, Germany (2024)

Director AYSUN BADEMSOY

Aysun Bademsoy (1960, Mersin)  is a Berlin based filmmaker. She moved to West-Berlin in 1969 where she studied theater and journalism. Since 1990 she directed numerous documentary films for television and cinema. Her selected filmography includes Game Changers (2024), Traces (2019), Cyclops (2019), Honour (2011), In the Game (2008), On the Outskirts (2006), After the Game (1997), A Girl in the Ring (1996). Aysun Bademsoy’s “Honour” was the recipient of Best Documentary Award at BTF’s Documentary and Short Film Competition in 2012.