“Next Goal Wins” takes best doc honors at BIFA

The film, which follows the soccer team of American Samoa as it attempts to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, beat out Night Will Fall and Virunga, among others, at the British International Film Awards.

December 8, 2014

The film, which follows the soccer team of American Samoa as it attempts to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, beat out Night Will Fall and Virunga, among others, at the British International Film Awards.

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