We Dare to Dream is the story of refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and
Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to opportunity and safety in host nations across
the world. Spanning a breadth of backgrounds, personal stories and Olympic sports, the film
reveals the lives and hopes of refugee athletes training to compete on the world stage, showing
the fire and the drive of young people forced to leave their families, homes and countries of birth
to build new lives out of nothing.
Directed by Academy Award®-nominated director Waad Al-Kateab (For Sama) and produced
by Academy Award® winner Joanna Natasegara (The White Helmets, Virunga, The Edge of
Democracy) and Emmy-winning producer Abigail Anketell-Jones (The Edge of Democracy, The
Nightcrawlers) of Violet Films, two time Academy Award®-nominated producer, Bryn Mooser
(Body Team 12, Lifeboat) and Kathryn Everett of XTR Studios and Joe Gebbia of Gebbia
Productions, We Dare to Dream tells the amazing stories of young refugee athletes aiming to
compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
The film features refugee athletes Anjelina Nadai Lohalith, Cyrille Tchatchet II, Kimia Alizadeh,
Saeid Fazloula and Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj.
This is their story of resilience and inspiration, hardship and loss, hope and home.
Culminating in their competition at the summer Olympics, their compatriots back home and their
new communities in refugee camps watch as these determined young athletes fight for their
place in the world. This is their story of heart in the face of adversity, and most of all, hope for a
better life.
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