Spain’s European Dreams Factory, Sweden’s Filmcentrum and Lithuania’s Kino Centras Garsas have joined the distribution team supporting soccer movie “Bigman,” which is being sold by. Previous sales have included Denmark’s Angel Films, Estonia’s Estinfilm and Poland’s New Horizons Association.
Schouwenaar said the story was inspired by real life. “I met screenwriter Job Tichelman six years ago. He was telling me about his childhood and how he, as a disabled boy, learned to play soccer in his wheelchair,” he said. “Everyone, adults and children, can relate to failure, [they understand] how it leads to anger and frustration. The audience wishes for Dylan to walk again and when things don’t work out, he finds another way. It’s that ‘never give up’ mentality of a 12-year-old boy that inspires people.”
The film was produced by Reinier Selen and Rinskje Raap of Rinkel Film, and co-produced by Marcel Lenz and Guido Schwab of Ostlicht Filmproduktion.