The Contest

Martin Miehe-Renard

Being a stranger doesn’t necessarily mean coming from the farthest away. Karl and his mother experience this first hand when they move to the ethnically mixed neighborhood of Nørrebro in Copenhagen. Sawsan, a girl of Turkish descent from Karl’s class decides to help him out. Until Sawsan’s song is selected for Eurosong for Kids and her father is bothered. Luckily, Karl has a plan.