In an isolated Icelandic village, a man named Vidar Gylfason built, with his own two hands, a regulation FA Cup soccer pitch. 25 years later, his son is determined to bring the first team ever to play on his dad’s field.
The town, Hellissandur, is a fishing village of less than 400 people. Twenty-five years ago, Vidar dreamed of, planned, and built a soccer pitch in the hopes of his town hosting a match in Iceland’s FA Cup. In a bad luck of the draw, his vision was never realized. But his son eventually reignites the dream in his attempts to schedule a championship game—or any game—on his dad’s field. Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s documentary is a heart-warming and thrilling sports documentary that left audiences cheering at the DOC NYC film festival.