Discover the seventh episode of AWOF’s saga on Marc Wilmots, godfather of the project.
Time to remember one of World Cup 2002 most intensive games : Belgium - Brazil ! On that date, little Belgium almost defeated the Selecao of Ronaldo and co’.
Everything is possible with football !
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: We are proud to announce that all our documentaries are going to be broadcasted on the Belgian national television (RTBF) during the EURO 2012 !
Do not miss today’s live presentation of the project just before the opening game of the EURO (at 5 pm). One of our documentary will also be aired during the preview show of the second game. Enjoy the competition and this other side to football !
In football’s terms, South America remains the homeland of the two greatest footballers in history. Over there, life is rythmed around football. AWOF’s first stop there was Argentina!
The country contains many famous football clubs. Among these, it is impossible to not mention the Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Based in Buenos Aires, the club was created in 1905 by five italian migrants. It is now one of the most successful clubs in the world. Some legendary players were key of the succes of the team, but one remains in all minds: Diego Armando Maradona. Considered by many as the greatest football player of all time, El Pibe de Oro (the golden boy) remains an idol and a true legend. Boca Juniors is also known for its fanatic supporters and the particular atmosphere taking place in their stadium: La Bombonera. We have been lucky enough to attend a game and we have to confirm that something really unique is happening there!
However, Boca is not just a football club. Indeed, the club also plays a strong social role. The working-class district of La Boca is inhabited by some of the most underprivileged people in the Argentinian capital. Some of these people don’t have the chance to pursue their education and cannot access a wide set of services. Facing this situation, the club offers a range of various services for local youngsters: a health center, tutoring classes, a library, lessons of dance, guitar, painting, etc. All these activities take place inside the stadium.
Throughout our work, we wanted to transmit the special atmosphere of a popular neighborhood life and to illustrate how a football club has the power to shape the community. In order to achieve this, we followed Pablo, a well-known face of the La Boca and leader of the club’s orchestra: “Los Amantes de la Boca”. Through his testimony, he explains to us the importance of football in his life and its neighboorhood.
Discover now our documenatary: “El Socio” !
A World of Football - United Around the
Globe Next Stop: Brazil !
A World of Football is now in Latin America. First stop: Argentina ! Through this trailer, discover a glance of its people, culture, landscape and immense football passion…
The documentary will be out very soon !
Discover the sixth episode of AWOF’s saga on Marc Wilmots, godfather of the project.
A football game is never finished, you have to fight until the last minute ! This was the mentality shown by the Red Devils against Scotland during the World Cup 2002 qualifications.
Discover the fifth episode of AWOF’s saga on Marc Wilmots, godfather of the project.
The Belgian national team has made the news headlines lately. In this brand new episode, Marc Wilmots explains how this squad has the potential to unite the country !
We enjoyed a big game at la Bombonera: Boca Juniors against Vélez ! In order to be able to film, we managed to get press cards. It has been a huge excitement for us to live this incredible experience…
After a very intense stop in India, the A World of Football project headed towards Thailand. We knew in advance the passion of the Thais for football, but still we were really impressed by the omnipresence of the beautiful game in this wonderful country: football fields everywhere, jerseys on almost everyone’s shoulder, live games in the pubs,…
Of course, Thailand is also particularly known for its amazing landscapes which gather together magnificient moutains, jungle, islands and sandy beaches. In this very unique environment, we had the chance to spend a few days of shooting in the village of Koh Panyee. It has the particularity of being a fishing village entirely built upon water. Considering this, the leisure time of the inhabitants is conditionned by the location. Therefore, it is not surprising that one of their main sport activities is rowing.
But nevertheless, we felt in this place a very strong passion for football. It might appear astonishing as on a floating village, it is not really common to play football. In fact, the village people long had to wait for the full moon period because it is exlusively at this period that the tide is strong enough to enable them to shoot in the ball. Indeed when the sea goes down, a sandy field appears a few meters from the village. When this arrives, many young men jump into the boats and join the pitch in order to enjoy an intense session of football. But after an hour, the sea takes control of the place again and the field disappears under the blue water.
This situation appeared to be quite frustrating for the village’s football fanatics as they then had to wait one more month before the next football session. This is why, animated by their passion for the game, they decided to take a new challenge: to build a football pitch on the water ! Starting with woodsticks and rope, they managed to build a first small pitch litteraly floating on the water. After that, as the passion was still growing, they went further with the construction of a second field, bigger this time and elevated on pilotis !
Today, the life of the whole village is rythmed around football. Indeed, everyday at five, after the fishing, the village gathers next to the fields. Both the kids, the young men and older fishermen come there to play the game. No matter what, this is their football time of the day ! Everyday, we could feel the same enthousiasm. More than ever, we are convinced of the unique power of football to procure pleasure and to bring people together. In Koh Panyee, football is way wore than just a sport, it is passion that invigorates the daily life of many generations…
Discover the amazing story of Koh Panyee and enjoy their enthousiam for the game by watching A World of Football’s last documentary, A tel of passion .
A World of Football - United Around the Globe
Next Stop: Argentina !
Discover episode 3 and 4 of AWOF’s saga on Marc Wilmots, godfather of the project.
This time, he tells us about his first steps as a professional player and describes with emotions some very intense moments of his career and the atmosphere surrounding a football game. This is for all the football fans !
