Help take 1000 girl footballers to the movies to see “Goals for Girls”

Help us take 1000 girls footballers and their families to see “Goals for Girls” (Mujeres con Pelotas) in the movies! Support our crowdfunding campaign on Idea.me for just $6 dollars you can take one girl to the film, transport included! Continue reading →

Update on Goals for Girls! Documentary about Women’s soccer in Argentina

by Amy Ramirez, contributing blogger Originally a documentary about a group of girls in Villa 31 shantytown, Goals for Girls has evolved to incorporate the point of view of women from all walks of life that play soccer either for fun or professionally. Interviews with journalists, scientists, and people in the world of women’s soccer … Continue reading →

Video Workshop Underway: Girls go to Cinema for the first time!

For many girls on the Villa 31 soccer team, “Las Aliadas” (the allies), last Saturday night was the first time they saw a movie in a movie theater. It was a great experience: they loved the movie, the romantic comedy “Igualita a mi”, and even got their photo taken with Argentine television star Soledad Silvera. … Continue reading →

Cinema and Soccer in Gaumont Cinema NOW!

Argentina may have been booted out of The World Cup 2010, but there´s still room to celebrate football in the cinematic arena thanks to a program that has been organized by the INCAA (Argentine Film Board) here in Buenos Aires. In the Gaumont INCAA Cinema, on Avenida Rivadavia 1635, until Wednesday 7th July 2010, a … Continue reading →

Ginger Gentile and “Goals for Girls: The Movie” on Expat Daily News

by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Read the in-depth interview on Expat Daily News that Ginger Gentile gave about the documentary film “Goals for Girls: The Movie,” that is being filmed at present by San Telmo Productions, Buenos Aires. http://www.expatdailynewssouthamerica.com/2010/06/expat-interview-with-documentary.html The interview is really detailed and shares a lot of information about the current film project … Continue reading →

“Goals for Girls” gets BIG Article in Buenos Aires Newspaper

by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger “Goals for Girls: The Movie” was featured recently in the new printed newspaper, El Tiempo, in their important Sunday edition and with a two-page spread. A scanned copy of the printed article (in Spanish) can be seen below. Click here to read the pdf format of the Article in El … Continue reading →

Facebook Page for Goals for Girls-Coming Soon!

by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Goals for Girls: The Movie is a full length documentary film that is currently being shot in Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires and tracks the story of a group of girls from the slum that desperately wants to play football (soccer). They have built a team and play regularly. … Continue reading →

“Goals for Girls” Documentary Mentioned in EH Star Newspaper

Sometimes its good to be the local girl . . . we’re kicking off our fundraising drive for our feature doc Goals for Girls and I just got this mention from my local hometown paper in East Hampton, NY. And I’m lucky that my hometown is filled with Hollywood insiders and one of the top … Continue reading →

Goals for Girls Update: Chechu on the Sidelines

So we went to our first soccer practice of principal photography for  the feature documentary Goals for Girls, about a girls soccer team in the largest shantytown in Buenos Aires, the Villa 31. The team has grown dramatically since we started shooting in 2008! Now the field is filled with 25 girls from 13 to … Continue reading →

“Goals For Girls” Feature Doc Filming off to Great Start

After spending almost a year getting the project off the ground, we’re finally ready to go back to the Villa 31 Shantytown in Buenos Aires to begin principal photography for our feature length documentary “Goals for Girls”. This time, we’re going to be shooting in HD and capturing the struggle of the girls to organize … Continue reading →