Refugee Eleven (2017)

REFUGEE ELEVEN is a project commissioned by Germany's Federal Agency for Civic Education. At the core of the project is a web-series of 11 short films. 11 players from an amateur refugee soccer team meet with 11 professional soccer players who themselves were refugees once. Each video is a conversation of both players and their story allows viewers to relate in a more sensitive manner to subjects like escape, asylum and integration. The players talk about subjects that shaped their lives. Causes for escape, the experience in itself and the consequences of escape are some of those subjects. Vedad Ibisevic - Captain of Hertha BSC, Schalke-Legend Gerald Asamoah and Former National Player for the German National Women's Team Fatmire "Lira" Alushi are - among others - part of the series. REFUGEE ELEVEN was created to discuss subjects revolving around refugees with young adults between the ages of 14 and 24. The videos encourage to talk about difficult subjects, and initiate the debate. The German Federal Agency for Civic Education provides additional educational material for scholar and extra-scholar activities. It procures basic knowledge on the subject and allows a more in-depth view on the matter.