We Are the Champions (film)

We Are the Champions
Film poster
Danish	Af banen
Directed by	Martin Hagbjer
Written by	Audrey Castañeda Morten Dragsted
Produced by	Søren Juul Petersen
Starring	Lars Bom Camilla Bendix  [ da ] Bjarne Henriksen Claus Bue  [ da ] Nicolas Bro
Cinematography	Lars Beyer
Edited by	Marie-Louise Bordinggaard
Music by	Martin Hagbjer
Distributed by	Scanbox
Release date	11 March 2005 (2005-03-11) [1]
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

We Are the Champions (Danish : Af banen) is a 2005 Danish independent comedy film directed by Martin Hagbjer.

Synopsis

Torben, an unemployed soccer player, becomes the trainer for a local school soccer team that includes his thirteen-year-old son, David. He now has a chance both to repair his damaged relationship with David and lead the team to victory.

Cast

• Lars Bom as Torben
• Camilla Bendix  [ da ] as Nina
• Bjarne Henriksen as Lennart
• Claus Bue  [ da ] as chairman
• Kristian Halken as Heino
• Niklas Ingemann  [ da ] as David
• Nicolas Bro as Asger
• Anthony Timur Catallar as Mehmet
• Micky Skeel Hansen as Casper
• Saban Özdogan as Hakan
• Nicklas Svale Andersen as Krølle
• Svend Laurits Læssø Larsen as Niclas
• Jonas Sebastian Nielsen as H.C.
• Emilie Fenst as Cecilie
• Susanne Storm as Malene
• Thomas W. Gabrielsson as Simon

Reception

Af banen won the Best Film award at Stockholm Filmfestival Junior. ^[2]

References

1. "We Are the Champions (Af banen)".
2. "Svensk børnefilmpris til "Af banen"".

External links

• We Are the Champions at IMDb