Elena Antonishina

Participation in the qualifying stage of the European Championship is the only chance for the visually impaired football players from the Belarusian national team to step out of the darkness and present themselves. However, the sportsmen meet considerable obstacles on their way, and only mutual support and inner light help them move towards their goal.

Valery Liashkevich is a homeless artist who lives at a railway station and for over twenty years has painted pictures in the streets of the town of Gomel in Belarus. For the natives he is no more than a local attraction. For art critics he is a phenomenon worth close attention.

Participation in the qualifying stage of the European Championship is the only chance for the visually impaired football players from the Belarusian national team to step out of the darkness and present themselves. However, the sportsmen meet considerable obstacles on their way, and only mutual support and inner light help them move towards their goal.

Valery Liashkevich is a homeless artist who lives at a railway station and for over twenty years has painted pictures in the streets of the town of Gomel in Belarus. For the natives he is no more than a local attraction. For art critics he is a phenomenon worth close attention.