Balada para futebol

Five stories that tell how a handful of football stars took the risk of losing everything and put their fate in the balance to make a difference by becoming the symbol of a fight.

The documentary shows the academic movement and its several crisis by the players perspective and the way they contributed and involved themselves in the movement as students and Men. The main focus will be on the players and the academic leaders in this process during the 60’s.

Flamengo is the most famous football club in Brazil. Deep in Ceará arid region, a small village shares a passion for the team that is shown in village name: Flamengo. Who is born there is called flamenguense, and every flamenguense is also a flamenguista. We witnessed the local commotion caused by the Libertadores final in 2019.

‘Joao Gomes: The Pitbull’ covers start of the midfielder’s second year in England as he experienced becoming a father for the first time and a full Brazil international within a matter of weeks.

Public health physician Noel Nutels' ideas and the footage he made of Brazilian indigenous peoples between 1940 and 1970 come together to denounce the historic massacre against native communities.

October 13th, 1977. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista hadn't won a major title in 22 years, 8 months, and 7 days. PLACAR magazine, launched in 1970, was in imminent danger of closing. Winning the Campeonato Paulista was crucial to the survival of both: the team with the second-largest fan base in Brazil and the longest-running sports magazine in Latin America.

Fluminense's historic Copa Libertadores campaign told by its protagonists. Behind the scenes of the conquest, from the tournament's debut to the top of America. An honor to remember forever.

A team born to make history. Corinthians, champions of the CONMEBOL Women's Libertadores for the sixth time in 2025, qualified for the 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup. The beginning of a path for South American football to showcase its talent to the world. A CONMEBOL and Corinthians co-production.