Michiana Jewish Film Festival - Running on Sand

Directed by Adar Shafran

In this feel-good dramedy of resilience and belonging, a young Eritrean refugee on the brink of depor-tation is mistaken for a professional soccer player, bringing hope to a struggling Israeli team. Dodging immigration authorities at the airport, asylum seeker Aumari is erroneously assumed by Maccabi Net-anya fans to be a Nigerian soccer star. With no sporting talent but hailed as a hero, he unites and up-lifts the floundering squad, while hiding his true identity. Amid their quest for victory, he finds himself falling for the team owner's endearing daughter, all while risking exposure. Starring Congo-born Chancela Mongoza and other African migrant actors, this Israeli Academy Award Best Film nominee sweetly melds humor and heart, shedding light on the unseen and unheard in Israeli society.

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