"[...] a moving portrait of the volunteer coach Thomas ‘Eichi’ Eichstätt and his football team. The film powerfully demonstrates that diversity in practice is not just an ideal, but a reality [...]"

Documentary / Germany 2025 / Director: Loraine Blumenthal / 82 mins / Original version with German subtitles / FSK12

Thomas “Eichi” Eichstätt coaches the FC Pio football team in the small town of Torgelow in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Many of the young players have fled their home countries and are struggling with finding work, gaining acceptance and coming to terms with their past. For many, Eichi is a father figure, yet he too looks back on a dark period in the far-right scene.
A feature-length documentary about what it means to build bridges and start afresh in life.

Following the screening, we invite you to a discussion with director Loraine Blumenthal.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCK586Ae8U

Venue: “Schwalbe” Neighbourhood and Community Centre, Maxim-Gorki-Straße 1, Schönwalde
Doors open: from 2.30 pm
Start: 3 pm
Admission: free

The film will be shown in the original language (mainly German, with some Dari, English, Chechen and Ukrainian) with German subtitles in places.

An event organised by STRAZEkultur with financial support from the Heinrich Böll Foundation MV.