Kevin-Prince Boateng

“Being Jérôme Boateng” tells the story of a soccer world champion between triumph and downfall. From the soccer field to the 2014 World Cup title, from celebrated symbol of integration to convicted perpetrator of intentional bodily harm against his ex-partner. The documentary series looks behind the façade of professional soccer—a system that produces heroes but neglects people. It also addresses the question of how a soccer player is stylized into a role model by the media and society and burdened with excessive expectations. Boateng's story is thus also one of false projections that encourages us to reflect on our treatment of and longing for sports idols: What do we want to see in them? Do soccer players have to be heroes?

The best from the 2010 party in the South Africa of the vuvuzela. Maradona, Lagerbäck, Svennis, Tchabalala, Sneijder and the octopus Paul are some of those who appear when Ola Bränholm and Pelle Wittheden look back. The obvious protagonist of the World Cup chronicle is the little handy man who decided the World Cup final, Andrés Iniesta. In a candid interview with Johanna Frändén, Iniesta talks about the t-shirt tribute to his dead friend Dani Jarque, about the tough start with a loss against Switzerland and of course about the fantastic feeling of having decided the world's biggest sports party.