How do football coaches address key social problems in Genova in Italy (racism/immigration and integration), in Kumasi in Ghana (poverty), in Cape Town in South Africa (women's emancipation)? In this inspiring character-driven documentary series, will they save their (amateur) players? 

EPISODE 1 : GHANA

IT | 2024 | 52' (26' under request) | HD | English (sub.), French (sub.), Italian (sub.), Spanish (sub.), German (sub.) I By Christian Nicoletta | Reassemblage Produzione Audiovisive, 4Rooms srl

How did Sani give a future to thousands of kids from Ghana over the last 55 years?

Kaka reveals his own story.

Sani is the coach behind the success of generations of professional football players from Ghana. Kaka, his former player for 13 years, while waiting for a visa to go and play football in a professional European team, returns to meet him. How did Sani give a future to thousands of kids over the last 55 years? 

Sani, a football coach in Ghana, has been turning boys from the poorest areas of Kumasi into professional footballers for 55 years. But his real goal has always been to give all boys the tools to become the architects of their own future through discipline, study and hard training. He carries out his mission in extreme poverty and with very little means, only helped by the community and some former players. Kaka, his pupil who lived with him for 13 years, is now waiting to turn professional for a European team and is waiting for a visa to be able to expatriate. Before leaving for Europe he returns to Kumasi, after an absence of two years, to say goodbye to his old coach and get some answers from him about his past. Explaining to us that football is much more than a sport for the boys of Kumasi is Delali, a sports journalist who has followed Sani's work closely for years, and considers him fundamental to Ghanaian football. Through the eyes of the protagonists we discover how football is one of the only possibilities for social emancipation for a population that comes from the poor surrounding countryside and finds itself without jobs and education in a chaotic African metropolis. Sani and his boys struggle every day and make enormous sacrifices in order to achieve a life far from the dangers of the street. Kaka, facing the fundamental crossroads of his life, returns to the places of his past to understand the meaning of the sacrifices he has made and to discover that the bond he has with Sani is much more than between coach and player: it is that between a father and a son.

EPISODE 2 : SOUTH AFRICA (in editing)

ZA/IT | Completion 2025 | 80', 52' (26' under request) | HD | English (sub.), French (sub.), Italian (sub.), Spanish (sub.), German (sub.) I By Christian Nicoletta and Sylvia Vollenhoven | Reassemblage Produzione Audiovisive, Vision In Africa and 4Rooms srl

We do not only address football as an instrument to fix social issues but also inequality and the power of the queer world... Did you know Cape Town could be considered the LGBTQ capital of Africa?

Some of the next generation of the Blackfoot First Nation community in Canada empowers itself and fights opioid addiction by preserving ancient indigenous equine traditions. Through their 400 year-old practice of horsemanship, teenagers recovering from drug addiction, PTSD and low self-esteem, reconnect with their ancestral identity, regain self-esteem and actively promote Blackfoot traditions. We follow Ty, who built up his own Indian Relay racing team and train the young Mary to become a lady warrior relay riding champion. Together, will they find their way on their challenging road to recovery and quest for identity?

Students from a suburb professional high school in Bron, France have the chance to participate as mechanics in a team for the 24 H Le Mans Truck Race and to experience the circuit for a weekend alongside real professionals. Not belonging to the students who have a paved promising future, the Trucks Racing will enable them to start dreaming their life.

During one whole season, we follow ASKA Marousi, a wheelchair basketball team from Athens in Greece (the inventing country of the Olympic Games), while they join the 1st division of the Greek national league. This team consists of both disabled and non-disabled men and women, including athletes who migrated to Greece, which adds to the mixture of differences! We experience how fun this sport is...as any sport, even if differently played, its socialising dimension but also its economic aspects as not everyone can afford it. Discover their coach, their training sessions, games and international traveling procedures as never seen before in advance of the forthcoming Paralympics.

Stéphane, autistic, and Audrey, dyslexic managed to qualify for the Special Olympics World Games, as middle-distance runners. They are willing to demonstrate to the world that they deserve recognition as anyone else. Determined to become world champions, we follow them from the preparation in Canada to the finals in Dubai. Do their chances rely on their physical or mental condition? Will they win despite the fact that they’re special …or thanks to it?

Moroccan women challenge the patriarchal society by taking part in an ancestral horse ritual formerly trusted by men, the FANTASIA. The young woman Afrae Ben Bih is training her team of female riders for the event. Despite the support of women and men of their community, will they achieve to be recognized in the manly world of the FANTASIA competition?

Through the extreme sport of parachuting, three women want to prove to themselves that they can overcome their limits and free themselves from prejudices towards women still existing in our society. Free fall world champion, Lieutenant of 1st Regiment who just joined the army and Muslim mother of an immigrant family, they are all determined to jump. But what happens when you’re alone facing your fears?

In North Morocco, two surf associations are trying to keep children and teenagers from deprived families away from the street and its harmful temptations. Abdellah El Ghazal, former surfing champion, as well as Youssef and Samia, offer them a safer framework to grow up promoting the values of education, environment and solidarity.

Three women - an Irish surfer, an Iranian snowboarder & an  Iranian diver- decide to introduce surf in Iran. In the Southeastern region, known for its waves, their belief in the values of sport allows them to connect with others and gain a new visibility in the society despite their veil. Surf could also bring economic development to the region. This film has been edited by the famous Iranian filmmaker B. Kiarostami, son of A. Kiarostami.

A group of Senegalese women share a passion: playing football! In a muslim society in which people prefer women to play a more traditional role, "Ladies' Turn", an NGO, organizing a female soccer tournament, fights to get the chance to play the final in Dakar's newest stadium. Will they manage and win the visibility they deserve reflecting the role that women are forging in the Senegalese society?

Three internationally renowned French sport champions make us go behind the scenes of golf. Despite their apparent tranquillity and solitude on the course, they resolutely master this intellectually and physically highly-demanding discipline, with a strong team and competitive spirit. Raphaël Jacquelin is the best French international player. Jean Garraialde was the best player in France before retirement. Bruno Saby, former rally driver, brings a complementary input on this thrilling "game".