The K+S Golden Whistles are awarded to the feature and short films that epitomize the joyful soccer values of K+S and truly affect our festival goers. This year, the Golden Whistles are presented to:
FEATURE: The Home Game
Directed by Smari Gunn & Logi Sigursveinsson, this Icelandic film about a man on a mission to bring an FA Cup game to a tiny fishing village had the entire festival cheering for the club, Reynir Hellisandur.
The Home Game is still on the festival circuit now, so keep your eye out.
SHORT: Oor Wally
Martin Lennon’s 12-minute doc on Wally the Warrior, the mascot for Scottish fourth-tier club Stenhousemuir F.C., was both hilarious and touching. A perfect encapsulation of the passion and absurdity of smalltown lower-league football.
Watch it here.
Past Golden Whistle winners:
2022: Not awarded
2021: The End of the Storm (feature), Cascarita (short)
Special virtual awards: Keeper (feature), Maradona’s Legs (short)
2019: Foosballers (feature), Soccertown, USA (audience award)
2018: Football, For Better or Worse (feature), Boniek & Platini (short)
2016: Club Frontera (feature)
2015: Standard: Le Film
2014: Scouting for Zebras
2013: Mundial: The Highest Stakes
2012: The Four-Year Plan
2011: Soka Afrika