children, sport, culture
Eleven-year-old Bima lives in an underserved community in Bali and dreams of becoming a professional footballer to lift his family out of poverty. When he meets Marco, a once-celebrated player nearing the end of his career, that distant dream suddenly feels within reach.
Marco Balsamo is an Italian-American writer-director and President of TeamTO, a French animation studio. He began his career in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and was among the youngest writers to earn a sole feature-film credit on his first Netflix project. Forza marks his live-action directorial debut, celebrating uplifting, human-centered stories.
