WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

Adana Mam Legros

YEAR

2026

In six minutes, this poetic short chronicles the journey of two former street kids from Muntinlupa, Philippines who now play professional football for TSL FC in Hong Kong. Through raw, intimate voice-overs, fragments of painful memories and joyful new beginnings unfold through their own intimate testimonies, we witness their transformation from abandonment to the global stage, culminating in their selection for the 2025 World Futsal Cup. It is an emotional portrait of how community care can permanently alter a life's trajectory. Structured in three chapters, the film mirrors the festival's guiding themes—Belonging, Resilience, and Thriving, because these are not abstract ideals; they are the very architecture of Lanie and Nine's transformation.