Directed by Margaret Gordon 

Northern Ireland in the late 1970s: an unpredictable, fearful landscape. A place where an elevated sense of vigilance and suspicion might keep you safe, but it also amplified fear and division between communities. In this environment, where communities rarely mixed, let alone talk to each other, a group of young women let their love of football do the talking. In 1979, they formed a football team that was both cross-border and cross-religion. While politicians and community leaders struggled to build bridges, these girls let the beautiful game create a world of friendship and acceptance. A world where they all belonged.

Directed by Margaret Gordon

With Teresa Conway, Jimmy Conwell, Margaret Gordon, Margaret Gordon and Tena Quigley

Produced by Kevin Smets 

Images by Seamus Gordon, Tom Hannigan, Sean Harkin and Margaret Gordon

Edited by Diana Cheung and Sean Harkin

Archive by Jimmy Conwell

Music: Light Beneath Us by Kevin Beam, Reverie of Passage by Amick Cutler, Flare by Lucas Carlson 

Special thanks to Sinead Diver, Dessie Gibson, Kevina McCarthy, Daireen McMenamin, Finn Harps Football Club, Ballyraine Ladies Football Club, Finn Valley Ladies Football Club, Donegal U16 and U17 Ladies Football Team, Donegal Town Ladies Football Club, The Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, Irene Gutiérrez, Manus Brennan, Gemma Gfeller, Michael McMonagle, Emer O'Shea, Molly Phillips, Marie Sauvé, Francis Jones (Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive) and Kasandra O'Connell (Irish Film Archive)

The Nerve Centre: Diana Cheung, Niall Kerr, Joe Carlin, Richard Taylor, Mik O'Connell and Laura Aguiar 

Thanks to Silvia Almenara-Niebla, Yazan Badran, Bart De Raux, Jay McGlinchey, Bernard Donaghey, Mohammed Firdose (aka FD) and Lennart Soberon 

Queen's University Belfast: Katy Hayward, Cathal McCall, Des O'Rawe and Cahal McLaughlin

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