USA 2007, English, 35mm, 97 min
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Screenplay : Karen Janszen, Lisa Marie Petersen
Cinematography: Chris Manley
Cast: Carly Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney, Andrew Shue, Elisabeth Shue
Print Source: Videovision Entertainment
From Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth which opened the festival last year, comes this inspirational story of a teenage girl who overcomes the death of her brother and, against all odds, achieves her dream of playing competitive soccer at a time when girls' soccer did not exist.
When her older brother Johnny, star of the high school soccer team, is killed in a car accident, Gracie decides to fill the void left on her brother's team by petitioning the school board to allow her to play on the boy's soccer team in his place. In the process she also brings her family together in the face of their tragedy.
Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue, and Carly Schroeder star in this heartwarming sports drama inspired by actual events in the life of actress and producer Shue whose brother was the sports star in their family, but died in a tragic accident.
The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops. These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, 
