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FILM TITLE: "Roller Girls Beiruit"
YEAR FILMING COMPLETED: 2020
PREMIERE: January 25, 2021
LENGTH: 23 minutes and 21 seconds
LANGUAGES: Danish and English
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR: Rene Odgaard
CAST: Elisabeth Wolffhechel
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Fusentast Film
INSTITUTION: Odense Film Workshop
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: DENMARK
COUNTRY OF FILMING: Lebanon

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Description: Documentary film about Elisabeth Wolffhechel, a Danish roller skater who found in roller derby something she was missing in her life: a place to be the tomboy she has always been. She has decided to share all of this by traveling to Beirut to start up a Roller Derby team in Lebanon, a plafe4r where, at the time, it ws not common for women to play sports.

Trailers:
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Awards:
Won the "Best Short Documentary" at the ARFF Berlin International Awards.

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