Sexual freedom is still taboo in professional football, at least in men’s football. The year is 2024, and football is not yet a space where it is accepted to acknowledge the presence of non-heteronormative individuals. ‘The Last Taboo’ is a German documentary that addresses this issue through the personal stories of ten homosexual footballers, such […]

‘The Football Aficionado’ tells the story of Zahra, a 27-year-old Iranian woman living in Tehran who is a passionate fan of Persepolis, one of the largest football teams in the capital. She has always dreamed of watching her favourite team as well as the Iranian national team play in the stadium. However, due to an […]

In August 1971, the women’s national teams of England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Den-mark, and Italy played in Mexico City in a football tournament that marked a turning point: lavish sponsorships, extensive television coverage, merchandising on every corner, and more than 100,000 fans in the historic Azteca Stadium. But despite being one of the most groundbreaking […]

‘Campos’ is a journey through rural Spain, exploring the stories and dialogues of the people who live there and their relationship with their environment and landscape. Like the square and the church, the football field is a key element of the rural architectural landscape. Its location is often found on a threshing floor, on a […]

On 5th September 1993, the Colombian national team defeated Argentina 5-0 at the River Monumental Stadium, with Maradona in the stands fully captivated by Colombian football. That match brought Colombian football to the forefront of the global scene, with Maturana’s team regarded as favourites to win the 1994 World Cup. The collapse of that team […]

Greenland is a series of short documentaries from ESPN channel that explores and visits those places in the world where playing football seems impossible, yet it is played. In this episode, presented at Thinking Football, we arrive at the San Bernardo Archipelago in Colombia to discover Santa Cruz del Islote, a floating village in the […]

Winner of the SoFoot 2024 festival award, this documentary portrays the lives of a group of women living in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, who are nearly 60 years old and share a common past: they are the foundation of Brazil’s first women’s football team. The experi-ences they had while travelling the world, representing […]

A documentary told in first-person by Iñaki and Nico Williams. Two brothers, footballers, Basques, and “beltzas” (or black) of Ghanaian descent, reveal their incredible tale across the two most crucial years of their lives. From their historic participation in the Qatar World Cup with two different national teams to the long-awaited victory of Athletic Club […]

One of the classics in the history of football cinema, ‘Volver a vivir’ is also one of Mario Camus’s best films. It tells the story of Luis Rubio, a famous former football player who returns to Spain after working in America as a player and coach. Luis is hired by a Second Division club, where […]

‘Looking for Eric’ is considered by many to be the best football film of all time. It features a stellar trio: direction by Ken Loach, a script by Paul Laverty, and the participation of the legendary player Eric Cantona as an actor. The film tells the story of Eric Bishop, a postman from Manchester and […]