Heysel 85

When violence erupts before the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus at Brussels’ Heysel Stadium, killing 39 people, the mayor’s daughter and a journalist with Italian roots are drawn into the heart of the tragedy, caught between professional duty, family loyalty, and moral responsibility.

Fresh off its world premiere and rave reviews at the Berlin International Film Festival, Heysel 85 utilizes a masterful blend of real archival footage and deft narrative filmmaking to reconstruct one of the darkest events in European football history. Harrowing and gripping in equal measure, this riveting true story will have its North American premiere at Miami Film Festival.