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Grassroots Portraits

New Directors Competition

Grassroots Portraits

Retratos da Várzea

direction Lucas Campolina

Brazil 2026 Documentary Cor 76 min.

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The documentary tells the story of four characters who experience grassroots football in the outskirts of Belo Horizonte. Damião must deal with the privatization of his team’s field; Jana is looking for a team to play for; Balotelli is recruited into a group of players and needs to impress his new boss; and the CP team unites the neighborhood around the squad. A territory of street sweeper club presidents, cook strikers, offshore worker left wingers, bingo nights and community work drives, reinventing itself on the frontier of dreams and forms of resistance.

First worldwide screening at the 50th Mostra.

brazil documentary social issues

technical sheet

direction

Lucas Campolina

screenplay

Lucas Campolina, Sérgio Borges

cinematography

Bené Machado

editing

Luiz Pretti

sound design

Pablo Lamar

research

Fábio Marcelino, Lucas Campolina

cast

Damião Elias, Jana Rodrigues, Jean Balotelli, Capitão Eduardo Futebol Clube

production

Mariana Andrade, Luana Melgaço

produced by

Olada

co-produced by

Anavilhana

distribution

Embaúba Filmes

galeria

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