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Title:	"Football Dreams"
	United Kingdom. Spanish. (English subtitled? Yes. English dub? No.) 28 mins. Hi-Def. Documentary (+Sport). June 2006 (Completed).
	An incisive documentary revealing how children are exposed to the machinery of the football industry and the manipulation by each link of the chain. The pressure to produce results versus their personal dreams and the pleasure of playing. “Football has moments of great glory but also moments of great perversion”.
Production Co:	Ac Productions (view map)
	t: 020 89605665   We are a production company based in London but with a big experience in productions in Argentina. Managing different locations, from Buenos Aires to Patagonia, we provide knowledge, resources and agility.
Rights Available:	All, Worldwide
Producer:	Ale Corte/Rania Georgopoulos
Director:	Ale Corte
Writer:	Ariel Scher
Cast:	M.Gallardo - Aguilar - Maddoni- Messi- etc
Target Audience:	General, 18 up
Total Budget:	US$20,000
General:	Jose Maria Aguilar (President of the River Plate Club) Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate football player) Luis Montiel (Youth Coach Argentino Jnrs.) Ramon Maddoni (Scout) Leo Rodriguez (Agent) Marcelo Roffe (National Football Team Youth Psychologist) Erk Lamela (12 years old player for River Plate) Ruben Botta (14 years old player) Gabriel Heinse (Manchester United player) Footage of the Argentinean National Team featuring Lionel Messi, Riquelme, Sorin, Heinse, Ayala,etc.
Synopsis:	Describing children’s aspirations and frustrations as they rise through the football factories, this documentary describes the strengths and raw talent of young players as they embark on a journey into the highly commercial world of sport. We discovered that established clubs were prepared to falsify children’s birth certificates in order to keep them playing on side for longer, that families put a huge amount of pressure onto the kids as they are totally dependent on the few coins paid out by the agents. Also we disclose professional players who change their names in order to sign better contracts with competing clubs. Meanwhile the children dream of wearing their national colours at professional level. For the few who succeed, there are thousands of discarded and disillusioned souls. Exposed to the inevitable obstacles along the way, where do their dreams collapse?
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Date Submitted:	30-May-07 by user 388683

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