Saudi film <i>Champions</i>, a remake of the Spanish hit <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/saudi-arabian-remake-of-inspiring-spanish-film-campeones-to-be-released-in-september-1.1220282" target="_blank"><i>Campeones</i></a><i>, </i>is set to be released in cinemas across the GCC on March 10. The 90-minute comedy has been adapted for its Arabic version by Oscar-winning producer Andres Vicente Gomez (<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/born-a-king-prince-faisal-s-role-in-creating-saudi-arabia-coming-to-big-screen-1.905468" target="_blank"><i>Born a King</i></a>), director Manuel Calvo and Saudi screenwriters Maram Taibah and Wael Al Saeed. The film tells the story of Khaled, the assistant coach of a top Saudi football team who, after losing his temper, ends up in disciplinary court. After losing his prestigious job, he is forced to carry out an unexpected community service: coaching a non-professional team of players with intellectual disabilities. The film stars Yassir Al Saggaf, the famous host of <i>The Voice </i>(MBC) talent show, alongside Fatima Al Banawi of <i>Barakah Meets Barakah</i>, as well as a cast of young people with intellectual disabilities, many of whom were recruited from Jeddah’s Help Centre. A crew of 90 professionals from Saudi Arabia and Spain filmed in various locations across Jeddah. In <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/saudi-arabian-remake-of-inspiring-spanish-film-campeones-to-be-released-in-september-1.1220282" target="_blank">an interview with <i>The National</i> last year</a>, Vicente Gomez said <i>Champions </i>is a reminder that winning is not the most important thing in life and described the film as a "serious comedy". "<i>Champions</i> touched the sensibility and the conscience of a large portion of the public that discovered the so-called special needs person in a different dimension, capable of showing us a different way to understand and how to treat them," he said. The filmmakers wanted to raise awareness about people of determination in the kingdom, the way the Spanish film did. <i>Champions </i>will be released in Vox Cinemas, which recently distributed <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2021/12/04/emirati-film-al-kameen-breaks-records-in-the-uae/" target="_blank"><i>Al Kameen </i>(The Ambush)</a><i>,</i> the highest-grossing Arabic-language movie in the UAE.