Original Title

Bend it like Beckham

Director

Gurinder Chadha

Genre

Comedy

Country of origin

UK/D/US

Language spoken

English/Hindi

Year of production

2002

Admissions

124,357 (Germany) (6 October 2002)

Box Office

€ 892,000 India (8 August 2002)
€ 90,439 Spain (22 September 2002)
€ 884,487 Australia (8 July 2002)
€ 287,595 Singapore (8 July 2002
€19,269,764 United Kingdom (23 June 2002)

Production

BSkyB (uk)
Bend It Films (uk)
British Screen (uk)
Film Council (uk)
Filmförderung Hamburg (d)
Helkon Media AG (d)
Kintop Pictures (us)
Road Movies Filmproduktion (d)
Roc Media (d)
Works and Future Film Financing (uk)

Domestic release

List of Distributors

Release date

Country

Distributor

Contact

11 April 2002 (premiere)

UK

Helkon SK (UK)

Tamsin Edebrow

16 August 2002 

Denmark

Sandrew Metronome

Eivor Zimmerman
Tel 46 8 762 17 64
Fax  46 8 10 38 50
eivor.zimmerman@sandrewmetronome.com

29 August 2002 

Hungary

Budapest Film

Kristina Paldy
Tel 36 1 224 5670
Fax 36 1 224 5642
kpaldy@budapestfilm.hu

20 September 2002 

Spain

Alta Classics

Esther Martin Arriola
Tel [34] 91 542 2702
emartin@altafilms.es

3 October 2002 

Austria

Ascot Elite

Ralph Dietrich
Tel[41] 1 298 8181
Fax[41] 1 298 8170
ralph@ascot-elite.ch

3 October 2002 

Germany

Highlight Film

Jasna Vavra
Tel 49 89 895 61270
Fax 49 89 895617 30
jasna.vavra@hlcom.ch

3 October 2002

Switzerland (German Speaking Region)

18 October 2002 

Iceland

Good Times Distribution

Fridbert Palsson
Tel 354 568 9951
Fax 354 568 5600
fridbert@goodtimes.is

25 October 2002 

Sweden

Sandrew Metronome

Eivor Zimmerman
Tel 46 8 762 17 64
Fax  46 8 10 38 50
eivor.zimmerman@sandrewmetronome.com

31 October 2002 

Czech Republic

Intersonic

Miro Kollar
kollar@intersonic.sk

31 October 2002 

Netherlands

A-Film Distribution

Cynthia Ophorst
Tel [31] 20 344 51 44
Fax [31] 20 344 51 45
cynthia@a-film.nl

1 November 2002 

Finland

Sandrew Metronome

Eivor Zimmerman
Tel 46 8 762 17 64
Fax  46 8 10 38 50
eivor.zimmerman@sandrewmetronome.com

20 November 2002 

France

Metropolitan Filmexport

Olivia Weemaes
Tel 331 56 59 23 06
Fax 3362250 85 75
oweemaes@metropolitan-films.com

13 December 2002 

Italy

Lucky Red

Andrea Occhipinti
Tel [39] 06-37352296
a.occhipinti@luckyred.it

Tbc

Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia Etc

Prooptik

Soli Beraha
Tel 301 285 0367
Fax 301 281 5394
soliberaha@attika.gr

Tbc

Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia

Artdo International

Donatas Michejevas
Tel 38044 4514014
opperatorius@ijo.net

Synopsis

Eighteen year-old Jess’s parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play football like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she’s spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women’s football team. The girls are the same age and they share the same dreams. As they become firm friends, their team really starts to go places.

Bend it like Beckham was chosen by MEDIA Salles for screening at the following Focus on Europe events:

June 2002
Amsterdam – Cinema Expo International

October 2002
Orlando – ShowEast 2002

October 2002
Washington DC.