Sport 2014

Football seen through the eyes of directors from several parts of the world.

In November 1985, the troubled streets of Belfast are torn up by rioting yet again. In amongst the angry mob, we find nine year old Tommy, nonchalantly dribbling a ball through the insanity. Whilst politicians argue over the peace process, there's only one thing on young Tommy's football-mad mind - the forthcoming World Cup, where Northern Ireland will take on Brazil. For the South American giants it's just another step on the path to inevitable global domination, yet for Northern Ireland, and young Tommy, it's the biggest game of their lives. They are two countries that couldn't seem further apart: Northern Ireland, with its Orange men and Republican curbstones, the Rev'd Ian Paisley and Fergal Sharkey; and Brazil with its carnival, its Samba, with Pelé and the 'beautiful game'. On the football field, eccentric Northern Ireland coach Billy Bingham (they call him Mr FIFA - "a fee for this and a fee for that") must plug together a bunch of misfits and third divisioners. Brazil are led by none other than the philosopher-captain (Dr.) Sócrates, who has, in part, inspired the collapse of his country's ruthless military junta, and they are the hot favourites to scoop up football's ultimate prize. As bunting replaces bombs on the streets of Belfast, and Catholic and Protestants alike turn their attention to the big match, Tommy's dockworker turned philosopher father Arthur uses his son's passion for football to enlighten him on the events that make up his chaotic world. The story interweaves young Tommy's coming of age tale with the trials and travails of the hapless Northern Irish team over the nine months leading up to their ultimate game, in the stifling heat of Mexico at the world's greatest festival of football. As the hours tick down to the ultimate battle, with his lead striker crocked, Bingham is forced to place his faith in young rookie, Davey Campbell - "the next George Best". Back home, Tommy waits anxiously for the biggest day of his life - because the day of the match is also his tenth birthday - and his father has promised to take him to the "top of the World" - the massive crane at Belfast Docks where Arthur works. From here he can see the whole of his world, but can he understand the lessons his father, inspired by the Greek philosopher Socrates, is trying to teach him? This is a story of two nations, two teams, and a father and a son, the things that divide them and the things that unite us all. Set against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup and the sociopolitical backgrounds of both nations - this is the story of the world's smallest footballing nation, taking on its best. With laughter and passion, this is the ultimate story of the beautiful game and what it means.

TGR's Almost Ablaze awarded "Film Of The Year" at the 2014 International Freeski Film Festival, is a global odyssey combining state-of-the-art cinematography and the most progressive riding on The Planet. Experience a new level of sensory overload as each athlete is wired for sound, immersing the audience completely in the moment. Watch as athletes push the edge to realize a heightened state. Almost Ablaze highlights stunning locations, next-level riding, and the globetrotting lifestyle of these thrill-seeking athletes. The crew sets up camp deep in the Teton Range hitting 5,000-foot dream lines all on foot. Check out urban riding in the war-torn Winter Olympic venues of Sarajevo. Explore the massive untapped terrain of Sella Nevea, Italy during a record winter where they struggle to keep lifts and chalets from completely disappearing into the snow. Finally, feel the madness as TGR's full cast of athletes meets in Revelstoke for a mind-blowing session producing some of the most diverse riding in the world. Almost Ablaze takes you beyond the boundaries. Experience a rarely seen state of being and level of excitement where one missed step will result in total chaos. "The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still out there." -Hunter S. Thompson

The film begins on the eve of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. When three 18-year-old students at a prestigious University - Mika (Alexander Vedmensky), Kit (Ilya Glinnikov), and Swift (Alexander Golovin) - dig up dirt on their crazy college principal, the hunt for the would-be blackmailers begins. Fleeing from their pursuers, the three amigos find themselves on the women's snowboarding team bus. They have no choice but to put on the team's brightly colored jackets and blend in with the crowd of snowboarding girls. But the clothes alone won't cut it: as diehard practitioners of extreme sports, they are not about to miss their chance to show off their snowboarding skills. The National Women's Snowboarding Team's trainer Svetlana Nikolayevna (Ekaterina Vilkova) spots the new talent and invites the "girls" to join the team for the trials in Sochi. The friends jump at the chance of free rides on Olympic-grade tracks and once and for all evading the college principal's goons. Meanwhile, the pursuers (Mikhail Trukhin, Dmitry Mukhamadeev) get their mitts on the trio's nerdy friend Groshik (Alexei Zolotovitsky), and take him hostage to Sochi in search of the fugitives. Their journey is filled with unexpected twists and turns, as well as scholarly monologs delivered by Groshik, who is bent on drawing out the trip as much as possible. Meanwhile, the trio's adventures turn into a high-speed romantic journey brimming with excitement and mortal danger.

A man helps his best friend and tennis partner out of a desperate rut in life through a long shot attempt at an international tennis tournament, The Open.

A raunchy, feature length comedy about a man who mistakenly believes that he is destined to be the first American-born Badminton champion.

An Alaskan ski adventure epic about the quest to find the mythical Sugar Mountain. 8 friends leave behind their urban latte-lives to exist - alone and unassisted - for a month on this magical remote glacier. They climb, ride and explore the ambitious peaks. Its full immersion. Full connection. And full removal from the city clique. Set in the wilds of Alaska, Sugar Mountain brings a fresh style and a unique outlook to the adventure documentary genre by replacing helicopters with bleeding edge drone technology, and cosmic animation. The film, directed by Richard James of the acclaimed White Silk Road on snowboarding in Afghanistan, is produced by Oscar McLennan and filmed with bleeding edge drone tech by 3D Robotics. It stars world class skiers Chris Booth, Watkin McLennan, Tim Myers and Miles Clark. Sugar Mountain flaunts an original score by Geordie Miller, and artwork by the prolific Celeste Byers of California.

Nautical Channel host Lucia Metzbauer discovers Norfolk, one of the USA's top nautical destinations. A port city on the Chesapeake Bay, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and countless rivers in its backyard, you just can't get away from the water. Discover some of the incredible 144 miles of coastline in the heart of Virginia.

Just a stone's throw from Paris lies Fontainebleau, containing thousands of boulders scattered over hundreds of areas which has become one of the busiest and most well known climbing destinations on the planet. Out of Sight II focusses on the lesser known boulders hidden from sight in the forest, world class problems which see little attention.

Mr. Olympia is one of the most significant and well-known international bodybuilding competitions held under the auspices of the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) from September 18 to 21, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on the Orleans Arena. This was the 50th on the account competition of "Mr. Olympia". The prize fund amounted to 710 000 US dollars. The winner was the American bodybuilder Phil Heath, becoming a four-time winner of the competition.

Less like robots and more like "bro-bots", this epic ensemble of Norwegian and Canadian riders are about to present you with a serious lesson in Kinematics: That's android terminology for "the study of motion, as applied to robots". Unfortunately, without an included owner or operator manual, the viewer will have to subject themselves to numerous viewings in order to apply these teachings to their own on-hill experimentations. Included, however, you will find a variety of street, park, and backcountry footage stretching from North America to Japan and Europe. Torstein, Mark, Stale and Craig will bring you beyond the lights, crowds, and podiums of the contest scene and into the backcountry, park and streets. Andreas will solidify his place as one of the best backcountry jumpers of all time, while newcomers like Anto Chamberland, and Brage Richenberg simultaneously break into the snowboard scene and demonstrate that they won't be leaving it anytime soon. This is a group of close friends, much like the circle you run in, traveling the world, laughing, smiling, and pushing one another as far as they can while carving their own line through snowboard history.

Clawing your way up the ranks of the minor leagues to The Show is the most difficult trial by fire in professional sports. Less than ten percent of every wide-eyed hopeful who signs a contract makes it. Ricardo Perez is 22 years old, stuck in his fourth year in A-Ball, a marriage on the edge and a fake social security card.

Devin 'The Kid' is a backyard wrestler who is trying to get a new life, but old habits die hard. After an accident Devin is forced to stop wrestling. That doesn't stop 'The Kid' though, against all odds he tries to wrestle one last time.

So how did a five-year-old kid from the flattest prairie region in Canada with the closest resort 8-hours away land the first ever backside triple cork 1440, win three X Games gold medals and just about every major snowboard competition by age 19? Director David Tindale reaches deep into the archives to bring you a story about an unlikely journey that begins in Regina, Saskatchewan with shotgun-blasting coach Russ Davies and brother Craig McMorris, and follows the good times and beautiful places Mark rides all over the world as he prepares for the biggest stage of all -- the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Making Your Mark: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris brings you a blueprint for making it big in snowboarding and in life with guest appearances and insights from Ryan Sheckler, Danny Davis, Jake Burton, Don and Cindy McMorris, Sal Masekela, Torstein Horgmo, and legend, Terje Haakonsen.

Focused on a group of athletes rising through the ranks of the professional surfing world. The group struggles with personal injuries and rival competition as well as the competitive nature of the sponsored surfing world.

A look at the 1974 Dutch national football team, purveyors of 'total football', and led by Johan Cruijff

In the comedy Pinned, three high schoolers are trying survive one week of high school, wrestle and get as many girls as they can along the way.

Thirty years after the historic 1984 NBA Draft, comes a documentary from NBA TV outlining the details of that fateful night and the years that followed.

Onward Notre Dame follows the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish as they prepare for the 2014 Shamrock Series game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It interviews Indiana natives Jaylon Smith, Sheldon Day, and Nick Martin. It takes a look at the game and watches Notre Dame defeats Purdue 30-14.