My Football Summer

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My Football Summer (奇蹟的夏天)
Film poster
Directed by	Yang Li-chou Chang Rong-ji
Produced by	Michelle Chu
Distributed by	Serenity Entertainment
Release date(s)	September 22, 2006
Running time	103 min.
Language	Mandarin (subtitled Chinese and English)

My Football Summer (traditional Chinese: 奇蹟的夏天; pinyin: Qíjī de xiàtiān; Wade-Giles: Ch'i-chi te hsia-t'ien, literally "A Miraculous Summer") is a 2006 documentary film directed by Taiwanese directors Yang Li-chou and Chang Rong-ji about a group of young aboriginal football players in pursuit of a dream.

1 Origin
2 Plot
3 Multimedia
4 Honors
5 Follow-up
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Origin

In the beginning of 2006, Yang was commissioned by Nike Taiwan to make a 5-minute long commercial for the incoming 2006 FIFA World Cup. During the filming, Yang felt the story was too touching to be fulfilled by only four short videos, and therefore he decided to extend the project into a feature-length documentary and asked his student and cameraman, Chang, to be the co-director.

[edit] Plot

In Hualien, players of Mei Lun Junior High School (美崙國中) football team are preparing for the upcoming National High School Games, one of the major youth football competitions in Taiwan. It is the last -- and the most important -- game in their three years of junior-high-school life. They are eager to win, not only because they are the defending champion, but also they want to devote the title to their beloved coach, Wu Hsiao-yin, as his wedding gift.

Things go well in the beginning. They beat every team they encounter and eventually reach the final, in which they meet their major contender, A Lien Junior High School (阿蓮國中) of Kaohsiung County. They make 2-2 at the full time whistle, and, sadly, lose the game in the penalty shootout.

The life keeps going on. After graduation, some players enter Hualien Senior High School, whereas the others enter Hualien Vocational High School of Agriculture. The meet each other again in a friendly match between the two school teams, but they are now competitors.

[edit] Multimedia

Trailers at Youtube:

Nike commercials:

[edit] Honors

2006 Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary

[edit] Follow-up

In November 2006, Hualien Vocational High School of Agriculture gained victory over Lu Chu Senior High School, which consisted of many players from A Lien Junior High School, in the final of men's under-17 group of 2006 National Youth Cup.^[1]