Love is a Pitch

A bunch of girls going through their 30-something crisis decide to embark on a doomed to fail enterprise, joining the second football league championship. Beating one catastrophe after another, they tackle their personal crises and try to survive as a team in this quirky broke-girls sports dramedy.

A group of quirky, dubiously skilled women in their 30s joins a second league football championship. Just as the reality of muddy pitches and experienced opponents sobers them up, they realize that the price to give up is just €10.000 too high. Their unconventional damage control, from recruiting players on Tinder to stalking their nemesis's new girlfriend, shakes up their personal lives. Through it all, they learn that their newfound community is the victory they didn’t achieve in the game.

Michaela Klanicová studied marketing, but was drawn to bigger stories. She switched to film at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and embarked on a career as a cinematographer and shot award-winning short films that screened at places like the Trieste Film Festival or Cinequest, US. As a writer, she enjoys putting a little fun into the misery of her characters just to escape the everyday gray.

Hana Hančinová has recently graduated in cinema directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, having previously obtained a Master's degree in Theoretical Mathematics from Lille. She is an artist who blends logic with visuals, quirkiness with structure.

Lukas Teren is a seasoned cinematographer, director and producer. He sharpened his skills at the ASC Masterclass, LA. President of the Association of Slovak Cinematographers since '18, he promotes budding talent. Now leads Teren Limited, producing impactful TV series.