Kevine et Fortune (Switzerland, 2025, 62′)

Italian premiere

Thursday 8 October, 10 a.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18

In collaboration with ACLI Torino and Enaip Piemonte.

On Thursday 8 October at 10 a.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Enaip Piemonte and ACLI Torino, presents the Italian premiere of Kevine et Fortune by Sarah Imsand. Through the story of two young Cameroonian women footballers, the film explores the difficulties of professionalising women’s sport and the desire to turn a passion into a job. Amid training sessions, insecurity and obstacles, Kevine and Fortune pursue their dream of playing in Europe and for Cameroon’s national team, in a context where making football a profession remains a challenge for women.

Welcome remarks by Roberta Mastromauro and Carlo Emilio Zummo (Provincial Executive, Acli Torino), Matteo Faggioni (Director General, Enaip Piemonte; President, Forma). Followed by a conversation with Pamela Gueli (captain of the Moncalieri Calcio women’s team), interviewed by Stefania Collina (journalist and teacher).

Admission: screening reserved for Enaip Piemonte students.

International title: Kevin and Fortune
Original title: Kevin et Fortune
Director, screenplay: Sarah Imsand
Photography: Sylvain Marco Froidevaux 
Edit: Olivia Frey, Romain Namura
Music: Frank Williams, Stéphane Cochet, Bachir Sanogo
Sound: Gabriel Takam, Styve Takam, Yann Sauvin, Yatoni Roy Cantú, Valentin Dupanloup 
Cast: Kevine Ossol, Fortune Mbitounou 
Production: Association Autre-Terre 

A Swiss-Cameroonian study titled “Kick it like a girl!” revealed the complex reality of women’s football in Cameroon, where thousands of girls practice this sport. The professionalization of women footballers began in 2019, but only a few can support themselves through playing alone. Securing a contract abroad is the ultimate hope of every player. Kevine, 25 years old, and Fortune, 22 years old, are two of them and the protagonists of the movie with the same name, which will have its Italian premiere at the festival. Inseparable friends, they both play in the same team in Yaoundé. They train restlessly and dream about being signed by a European club and getting selected for the Cameroon national team. Despite such precariousness, families and friends who do not support them, the half-empty stadiums, the lack of equipment, Kevin and Fortune are determined to achieve their long-cherished dream.

Sarah Imsand. Swiss director and screenwriter of Ethiopian origin, born in Lausanne in 1992, she graduated at UNIL (Lausanne University). Images and stories enthusiast, in 2019, she made her debut as a director with the fictional short film Le chant de l’oiseau, presented at Cannes film festival the following year. Her movies explore the concepts of identity, belonging, exile, family and femininity. Now she’s developing her first long feature film set in Ethiopia. 

Filmography: Le chant de l’oiseau (sf, 2019), Tezeta (sf, 2020), Bodybuilding (sf, doc., 2025), Kevine et Fortune (doc., 2025).