Director: Tim Mielants
One night in Istanbul in 2005 turned into one of football's most improbable comebacks, and this 2023 Belgian-Polish drama follows an orphaned teenager whose personal journey runs parallel to that match.
What is Will about?
Raised in an orphanage with little to call his own beyond a devotion to his favorite European club, the boy at the center of this story hears that the team he loves is about to play in the biggest match of its history — the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul — and finds himself shut out of any normal way to get there. Rather than accept that, he sets off across the continent with barely any resources, relying on strangers, luck, and stubborn hope to close the distance between an orphanage bedroom and a stadium seat. The trip becomes less about football itself than about what a teenager will risk to belong to something larger than his circumstances.
Cast & crew
Stef Aerts anchors the film as the film's central figure, with Matteo Simoni, Annelore Crollet, and Jan Bijvoet in supporting roles alongside Kevin Janssens, Dirk Roofthooft, Dimitrij Schaad, and Pierre Bokma. Director Tim Mielants, who has worked extensively in prestige European television, brings a grounded, unglamorous look to the road-trip structure.
Context & significance
Known internationally as WIL, this Belgian-Polish co-production blends drama, family storytelling, and sports history across a 102-minute runtime and holds a 6.8 rating on IMDb. It draws its backbone from a real, widely remembered match, using that shared cultural memory as the frame for a much smaller, more personal story about a kid trying to reach it.
Where & how to watch
Will streams on K-Time with Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking audiences follow the journey scene by scene. A free K-Time account login unlocks streaming, while the page itself remains open to browse without signing in. K-Time builds its entire experience, from subtitles to navigation, around Persian-language ease for viewers in the diaspora.