Description
Mother & Footballer is a collective documentary that explores the challenges of being a mother in professional football, featuring a central focus on Irene Paredes, captain of the Spanish national team. Through her story and those of other players, the film reveals the physical, emotional, and institutional difficulties of balancing motherhood with elite competition, while reclaiming the athletes’ right to keep dreaming both on and off the pitch.
The session concludes with an open panel discussion in which we will talk with different protagonists about work–family balance in high-performance sport and the reality of professional athletes.