Director: Asif Kapadia
Twelve days separate Roger Federer's decision to retire from the match that closes out his career, and this documentary was built almost entirely from footage nobody expected the public to see.
What is Federer Twelve Final Days about?
Federer: Twelve Final Days draws on home-video material shot around Federer's final tournament appearance, material his team originally gathered for private keeping rather than release. Director Asif Kapadia shapes that footage into a close account of the days leading up to his last match, spent with his wife Mirka and children Leo, Lenny, and Myla, as well as with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray, the three rivals who defined much of his career and who share the court with him one final time. Rather than tracing his rise through junior tennis or his early titles, the film stays fixed on this short window, using it to look back at two decades of rivalry from the inside.
Cast & crew
Roger Federer appears throughout as himself, alongside his wife Mirka and their children. Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray all take part as his longtime rivals, giving the film access to perspectives on Federer's career that go beyond his own household.
Context & significance
Produced in the United Kingdom and released in 2024, the film was directed by Asif Kapadia, known for building documentaries almost entirely from existing archival and home footage rather than staged interviews. That approach fits Federer: Twelve Final Days closely, since its source material was never filmed with an audience in mind, giving the final version an unusually private register for a film about one of tennis's most publicly documented careers. The film sits within a broader run of sports documentaries built from athletes' own footage, but its narrow twelve-day frame sets it apart from the career-spanning format that genre usually favors.
Where & how to watch
Federer: Twelve Final Days is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so the film can be followed entirely in Farsi. The page itself is free to browse without logging in, and watching requires only a quick, free K-Time account, part of a platform built around Farsi-language streaming for Persian-speaking audiences.