THEME EXPLORATION

sports marketing

22 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Kings Ransom
2009 · Peter Berg

Touchdown Mickey

Touchdown Mickey
1932 · Wilfred Jackson

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl

Short Plays
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —

2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Dead Cert
1974 · Tony Richardson

Fiat Croma
2005 · Paolo Sorrentino

Film For Guitar

Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973 · Jean Rouch

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · J. Lee Thompson

Moros y cristianos

Moros y cristianos
1987 · Luis García Berlanga

Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche

Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
1929 · Marcel Carné

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life
1963 · Lindsay Anderson

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas
1930 · Dziga Vertov

Garrincha: Joy of the People

Garrincha: Joy of the People
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Tit for Tat
1984 · Sergio Corbucci

Turning Point
1982 · Yannis Dalianidis

Nacho Libre
2006 · Jared Hess

Arthur the King

Arthur the King
2024 · Simon Cellan Jones

Goon
2012 · Michael Dowse

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Payal Kapadia UK

His intimate biographical documentaries 'Senna' and 'Amy' examine how personal narratives become marketed commodities within high-stakes competitive industries.

His documentaries like 'Hoop Dreams' and 'Life Itself' critically deconstruct how sports marketing shapes ambition, economics, and the commodification of athletes' bodies and dreams.