{"id":22061,"date":"2017-03-09T14:53:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=22061"},"modified":"2017-03-09T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:53:07","slug":"dont-take-me-home-inspires-cardiff-football-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/dont-take-me-home-inspires-cardiff-football-fans","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Don&#039;t Take me Home&#039; inspires Cardiff football fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The documentary of Wales\u2019s success in last summer\u2019s European football tournament has attracted thousands over the opening weekend, becoming the most popular Welsh movie in years.<\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_22164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22164\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Wales_Football2_16x9-625x351.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/Wales_Football2_16x9-625x351.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The Wales team celebrate their first ever qualification for the European Championships<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDon\u2019t Take Me Home is a documentary film which reflects on Wales\u2019s achievement at Euro 2016, last June.<br \/>\nManager of Cardiff Cineworld, Rhys James, said, \u201cThe opening weekend did bring in around 1500 visitors to just our cinema. On the Friday, we completely sold out on two of our screens, which is impressive for an independent film.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22089\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22089 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/wales-team-625x420.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"420\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22089 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/wales-team-625x420.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"420\" \/><\/noscript> The Welsh team before their semi-final game against Portugal<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDespite not reaching a major football tournament since 1958, and being rank outsiders for Euro 2016, Wales stunned a continent by reaching the semi-finals.<br \/>\nThe film encapsulates the spirit and pride of the Welsh players and fans throughout Euro 2016. From their lowest point in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifa-world-ranking\/ranking-table\/men\/index.html\">World Rankings in 2011<\/a>, to beating the tournament favourites, Belgium, in the summer.<br \/>\n.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p>Owen Davies, editor of Don\u2019t Take Me Home, said, \u201cI think the overriding feeling has been pride. Pride in the player\u2019s achievements, pride in the work we have put into the film, and pride in being Welsh.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s an inspirational underdog story and so it was important that we captured that&#8230;The subtext of the film was about providing that inspiration.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe film paints Welsh football in a very positive light, and could inspire a nation to fall back in love with football.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So sad that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/donttakemehome?src=hash\">#donttakemehome<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyOwenFilm\">@JonnyOwenFilm<\/a> is not released in France: Bordeaux misses you, Wales fans! What a great summer it was. \u26bd\ufe0f ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDKJ3fZZ1m\">pic.twitter.com\/VDKJ3fZZ1m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visit Bordeaux (@VisitBordeaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitBordeaux\/status\/837328077348880388\">March 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Owen Davies said, \u201cI hope that the immediacy of the film in capturing the success of Euro 2016 will reinforce that message in young people\u2019s minds, and act as an inspiration for them to go out and play football.\u201d<br \/>\nWales are still looking strong and the Welsh fans fully believe that they will qualify for the World Cup in Russia next year. Depending on how Wales do, Owen and Director Jonny Owens may be teaming up again in 2018.<br \/>\n\u201cI hope so, to get to Russia next year would be amazing. After that who knows what could happen.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Loved reliving the incredible Summer we had with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAWales\">@FAWales<\/a> in this amazing film! Enjoy tonight boys!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DontTakeMeHome?src=hash\">#DontTakeMeHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TogetherStronger?src=hash\">#TogetherStronger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmdR6ZO0YS\">pic.twitter.com\/nmdR6ZO0YS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarethBale11\/status\/836244324417486848\">February 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh passion and pride of Euro 2016 is displayed for the world to see in the biggest Welsh film in years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":22264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-sport-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Don&#039;t Take me Home&#039; 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