Both the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW have awarded production funding to the coproduction of our documentary SOCCER BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN (working title), which is now fully financed and will go into production this spring.

SOCCER BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN traces four decades of GDR soccer and tells stories of betrayal, murder, escape and manipulation showing that the soccer game is about more than men chasing a ball. A cold war thriller on and around the soccer field. SOCCER BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN is a coproduction of Fruitmarket and Corso Film in cooperation with Embankment Films (UK) and Phiphen Pictures (USA). German distribution partner is Square One.

The film will be directed by the award winning Directors Dan Gordon („Hillsborough“) and Arne Birkenstock („Beltracchi - The Art of Forgery“).