PROGRAM
Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia / Honorary Degree
On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee. For seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football icon and the most passionate but dangerous city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. On the pitch, Diego Maradona was a genius. Off the pitch, he was treated like a God. The charismatic Argentine loved a fight against the odds and led Napoli to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams. But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased while performing miracles on the pitch but, as time passed, darker days closed in.
With the support of British Council


Asif Kapadia
Academy Award, BAFTA & Grammy winning director Asif Kapadia is best known for his trilogy of narratively driven, archive constructed documentaries Senna (2010), Amy (2015), and Diego Maradona (2019). Kapadia’s latest production, 2073 (2024), premiered at Venice Film Festival.
Technical Data Sheet:
D: Asif Kapadia
E: Chris King
S: Andy Shelley, Stephen Griffiths
M: Antonio Pinto
P: James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin
CP: Film4, Lornon Entertainment, On the Corner Films
I: Diego Maradona, Dalma Maradona, Giannina Maradona, Fernando Signorini, Claudia Villafañe