Back of the Net

This multi-award-winning short film explores the journey of Maya, a passionate aspiring young footballer, who is torn between her final shot at going professional and caring for the person who first inspired her pursuit of this dream, her grandmother Maggie. Although Maggie was once a skilled footballer of her day, that part of Maggie’s memory is fracturing, due to her dementia. Meanwhile, Maya’s commitment to training pulls her further away from her grandmother, until she is forced to make one final decision that could risk it all.With performances from Tom Goodman-Hill (Baby Reindeer, UK Office, Humans, Imitation Game) and Ella Dorman-Gajic, BACK OF THE NET is a pertinent, heartfelt, bitingly human story of care, female aspiration and the barriers women face when accessing the male-dominated world of football.

• Klara Kaliger

  Director
• Athanasia Bartzoka

  Producer

  Raja's Had Enough, Have a Biscuit, The Bed, Operation Midnight Climax
• Ola Andrzejewska

  Producer

  Late Again, Plato Hates Poetry
• Ella Dorman-Gajic

  Writer
• Ella Dorman-Gajic

  Key Cast

  "Maya"

  The Boy With a Camera For a Face, Tearaway, Digging a Hole
• Maureen Casey

  Key Cast

  "Maggie"

  His House
• Lucy Jane Rae

  Key Cast

  "Connie"

  Skins
• Muki Zubis

  Key Cast

  "Sam"

  This is Going to Hurt
• Tom Goodman-Hill

  Key Cast

  "Gavin"

  UK Office, Humans, Imitation Game, Inside Number 9,
• Gabriel Fogarty-Graveson

  Key Cast

  "Billy"
• Dolly Webb

  Key Cast

  "Alice"
• Ilaria Rosselli del Turco

  Key Cast

  "Scout"