In Singapore, 1989, the UAE national football team managed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup in Italy for the first time in the country’s history. The film features rare footage from the team’s journey and interviews with its members, as well as the officials and critics who witnessed this great achievement, and amazing popular songs and music from the time, which will serve to bring those who lived during the event back to the time of The Lights of Rome.
Cast
Adnan Al Tayani
Mossain Mossaba
Abdul Rahman Mohammed Crew
DOP: Peter Davis
Arturo Smith
Editor: Andy Lloyd
Original Title: Anwar Roma
Production Company(ies):
Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Producer(s):
Anna Melin
Danielle Perissi
Hana Makki
Stevan Riley
DOC NYC Festival, USA