Football Nomad

While the rest of South Africa shivered through freezing-cold nights and blustery days, Durban produced perfect World Cup weather. A more compact city than Johannesburg and home to a tremendously modern stadium, Durban played host to what appeared to be, on paper, the most eye-catching game of the first stage: World Cup favourites Brazil versus [...]

I really feel this part of the documentary, shot over a single day in Johannesburg, speaks for itself. My first time in Africa, my first World Cup game ever and my first time playing with lion cubs. What more is there to say?

Last night I saw my very first World Cup game: Germany v Ghana at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium. It was a special moment for me, a personal milestone. As such I kept my filming to a minimum and left my camera at home to allow myself to be carried away with the special atmosphere created [...]

So far the FN:2010 web-documentary has seen Patrick and I travel to London, Munich and Paris. Yet while the compilation videos of our time in each of these cities have given a wonderful impression of how each culture appreciates the game, we have not been able to capture everything that we have wanted in these [...]

There are many different kinds of Paris. The Paris that most travelers go to experience is one of art and class, of luscious pavement cafes and famous monuments and above all, of love. The Paris that we experienced was completely different. It was one of grit, buzzing energy and edgy North African charm. It was [...]