This Is Football - Season 1 (2019)

Football's Greatest Ever Fairy Tale. Iceland, with no professional league and the national team coached by a part-time dentist, are the smallest country to ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, this film follows the Iceland team and their leader, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, as they head to the finals in Russia. In Iceland we hear from the legion of fans as the entire nation watches and prays. The film also travels to Brazil, the aristocrats of the game, to witness an unlikely transatlantic brotherhood emerging, one forged ...

For the legions of fans across the globe football is an identity, a point of pride and even a source of redemption. But before that comes the love of the game itself. A series of stunning vignettes paint a picture of the world's global sport, each one capturing a different portrait of the human condition, and our essential emotions expressed in it. The film follows England's Blind football team and striker Roy Turnham as they prepare to take part in the pinnacle of their sport, The Blind football world cup. We meet 18-year-old Fezile Hlophe, from Soweto, South Africa,...

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest living footballer on the planet. He is a 1 in 7.2 billion miracle. A genius in football boots. Michelangelo painted frescos and Mozart composed exquisite symphonies. Messi creates his masterpieces on the canvas of the football field. This film is an immersion into the inspiring beauty of football and a quest to unveil the mystery of the Argentinian's greatness, which transcends the fields of art, science and politics. We speak to a glittering cast of characters who truly understand his talent; from legendary manager and Messi's ...