FOOTBALL IS A FILM


Football is a passion that has its roots in the Middle Ages and beyond. Football is a game that will not let you to stand alone. Football is a brilliant game for all generations, nationalities, races, beliefs or orientations. Football is full of artists, technicians, actors, shouts, fair and unfair people and others, the same as life is. Football is understandable to everyone, so stories told by football are and will be listened around the world. Football is a mirror to our society, while films we screen during the festival try to capture those similarities. Football is life and FOOTBALL IS A FILM.



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ČTVRTEK - 24.2.2022


THE UNITED WAY
19.30

THE UNITED WAY


(THE UNITED WAY)
UK / 2021 / 90 / Mat Hodgson
English + Czech subtitles
IMDB | Trailer
Manchester United are one of the most iconic sports teams in the world. Yet their story transcends the sporting field. It is a story of tragedy and triumph, of despair and hope, of romance and fantasy. It is the story of our times. In a unique twist United’s ultimate cult hero, the legendary Eric Cantona, is our guide throughout the film, threading the different narrative layers together in his inimitable style. This is a journey to discover the soul of a football club, of a city, of a people. This is “The United Way“.

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PÁTEK - 25.2.2022


FOOTBALL UNDER COVER
18.00

FOTBAL: PŘÍSNĚ TAJNÉ


(FOOTBALL UNDER COVER)
Fermany / 2008 / 86 / Ayat Najafi, David Assmann
German + Czech subtitles
IMDB | Trailer
Tehran in April 2006: The first official friendly takes place between the Iranian women’s football team and a local Berlin girl’s team, in front of more than 1000 cheering female fans. The entire stadium is electric. A couple of men hang around in front of the gates, trying to sneak a peek over the fence. They are barred from entering today. These 90 minutes are about more than just a football game. Both the desire for self- determination and equality are being expressed here and it is clear: change is possible!
WE WANTED MORE
20.00

ZÁZRAK Z TCHAJ-PEJE


(WE WANTED MORE)
Germany / 2019 / 85 / John D. Seidler
German + Czech subtitles
IMDB | Trailer
In 1981, the German Football Association was not interested in establishing a women's national team. The reigning club champions from the German town of Bergisch Gladbach were therefore invited to the Women's World Cup in Taipei. In the film, the former players talk about the absurd conditions in which they had to fight for their great dream of playing football. Complemented by historical footage - testimony to a male world that seems all the more anachronistic today - the film tells a story that is about much more than sporting success, namely equality and recognition…

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SOBOTA - 26.2.2022


DFC: Return of the legend
16.00

DFC: Return of the legend


(DFC: Return of the legend)
Czechia, Germany / 2021 / 87 / Ondřej Kavan, Martin Vaško
Czech and German + German and Czech subtitles
Trailer | Web
The Czech-German documentary tells the story of a once famous football club. DFC Prag belonged to the Czech and European football elite of its time, the decisive moment came in 1939 as the Wehrmacht invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. DFC resisted the pressure of the Nazis to dismiss its Jewish members and was therefore officially dissolved by the authorities. Many of its members have seen a tragical faith afterwards. 77 years later the club was revived by a group of fans: not just because of its football heritage, but rather for the values it represents for the future.
THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY!!!
18.00

NEJLEPŠÍ U NÁS!!!


(THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY!!!)
Czechia / 2021 / 79 / Adam Sušovský
Czech
IMDB | Trailer
Baník is Ostrava, Baník is life. For a hundred years, the Ostrava club has been a phenomenon of the region and of Czechoslovak football, whether its players are successful or not. This unique documentary from the project “Bez frází” reveals the backstage of the football club in a season when its fans were left standing just outside the stadium. The Best of Us!!! captures the atmosphere of the football lockers in tense moments and the hearts of people who are literally willing to give their lives for their club.
WE ARE RED STAR
20.00

MY JSME RED STAR


(WE ARE RED STAR)
France / 2021 / 52 / Christian Paureilhe, Monica Regas
French + Czech subtitles
Trailer
The Red Star Club, created in 1897 in Paris by Jules Rimet, the future founder of the World Cup. The attachment to Red Star is not a question of matches won or lost, but rather a story of emotions. The film wanders between the past and the modernity. We discuss football, of course, but also literature, cooking, communism, the French Comedy, the Seine-Saint-Denis, as well as the resistance and kamikazes…