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Director: 'FIFA really loves Africa United'
Published Thursday, Oct 21 2010, 16:57 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Speaking at a London Film Festival press conference, Debs Gardner-Paterson said that the world football federation is a fan of the movie.
Gardner-Paterson said: "Obviously a big part of the thing was having their blessing to have the kids go over to the world cup in the first place.
"Somebody from FIFA visited the set - do you remember that? And bought you guys loads of goodies.
"They really love it, they're writing it up in the FIFA magazine, and we were able to shoot at Soccer City for real and all the rest, so that was great to get their support in that way."
The director also revealed that Richard Curtis helped organise a collaboration between the film and Comic Relief for charity.
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