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

It stars Lars Bom as unemployed soccer player Torben, who becomes trainer for a local school soccer team which includes his 13-year-old son, David (Niklas Ingemann). He now has a chance both to repair his damaged relationship with David, and lead the team to victory.

Critical reception

Martin Hagbjer won the 2005 Prize of the Children's Jury at L beck Nordic Film Days for Af banen.

Af banen also won as Best Film at Stockholm Filmfestival Junior.http://www.dfi.dk/aktuelt/Nyheder/1572.htm

Af banen was nominated for a 2006 Robert Award as Best Children/Family Film.

Sources

• ''Af banen'' at DFI.dk

External links

da:Af banen