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Screenings
2009
'Team Spirit' shortlisted for the Human Rights Film School competition
2008
'Team Spirit' was previewed at the launch of 'The Memory Box - Film & Teaching Pack', at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
Distribution
(forthcoming)
Supported by
Bord Scannán na hEireann (Irish Film Board)
Credits
Directed by: Siobhán Twomey
Produced by: Áine O’Brien and Alan Grossman
Written by: Liz Morris and Siobhán Twomey
Backgrounds and Designs by: Siobhán Twomey
Character Animation by: Ciara McClean
Cast:
Abbi: Oyin Animashaun
Lucy: Lauren Murphy
Lillian: Yemi Adenuga
Sadiq: Ngor Tong
Coach: Gabriel Peelo
Consultant, Voice Director and Dramaturge: Bisi Adigun
Sound Post Production by: Owen Tighe
Dubbing Mix: Killian Fitzgerald
‘Funky Stuff’ composed by Christopher Bangs published by Atmosphere Music Ltd.
Consultants: Jo Ahern, Wale Mogaji and Catherine Kenny at Refugee Information Service
Special Thanks to: Aodán O’ Coileain, Maeve Burke, Rashmi Sahwney, Barbara O’Toole, Niamh McGuirk, Ken McCue and Jacqueline Healy
Abbi's Circle - Team Spirit
In close collaboration with the Refugee Information Service and working from their case studies, Team Spirit continues the story of Abbi and her circle of friends, introducing us to Sadiq, a young convention refugee from Darfur. In this second installment of the animation series, the cast expands and yet retains a continuity of actors, while building a range of accents: Oyin Animashaun (Abbi); Lauren Murphy (Lucy); Ngor Tong (Sadiq); Yemi Adengua (Lillian); and Gabriel Peelo (Coach).
During a treacherous game of football against rival team ‘The Bashers’, Abbi and her friend, Lucy, find out that Sadiq and his mother are refugees living in Ireland. Sadiq explains that the rest of his family, along with his grandmother, is waiting in Darfur for their family reunification visas to be processed. Against the backdrop of a grueling football match, Abbi once again comes up against the gap between her lived experience and the vagaries of government policy regarding migrants. Sadiq’s situation, like so many refugees living in Ireland, means that he has had to wait up to two years for his family’s visas to be processed. In addition, he learns that his grandmother must remain behind in Darfur because she is not considered to be a family member within the narrow definition set out in Irish immigration policy.