The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)

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Country: Denmark
Genres: Family
Release: 2013-03-21
Director: Martin Miehe-Renard
Writers: Gitte Løkkegaard , Martin Miehe-Renard
Language: Danish
Stars: Sylvester Byder , Malika Sia Paul , Line Kruse , Ali Kazim , Natali Vallespir , Lars Knutzon , Birgit Conradi , Joakim Ingversen , Mian Hussein , Nima Nabipour
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
AKA: The Contest: To the Stars and Back , The Contest - In geheimer Mission (Germany) , The Contest (Germany) , Drømmen om MGP jr. (Norway) , The Contest: To the Stars and Back (Sweden) , MGP Missionen , The Contest , MGP Missionen (Denmark) , Sawsans geheime missie (Netherlands the) , Misja: Gwiazda (Poland) , The Contest: To the Stars and Back (United Kingdom) , The Contest (Sweden) , Till stjärnorna (Sweden) , The Contest: To the Stars and Back (United States of America)
Plot: Karl a young boy living in a small town on the Danish coast has to move to Copenhagen much to his dislike. At school he is being ridiculed for his accent. However he becomes friends with Sawsan, a Turkish girl who has the ambition to star in a X factor like competition although her father won't allow it. Together they construct a plan to defy Sawsan's father.
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