FILM INFO
49 MIN | GERMANY | Directed by Corinna Hackenbroch
Every time the World Cup comes around, one thing is guaranteed: Fans around the globe will go crazy for Panini stickers. This documentary talks to collectors and football stars, historians and people from the industry about the business, obsession, and desperate to complete the sticker album.
SHORT FILM: Konspiration 58 (Conspiracy '58)
28 MIN | SWEDEN | Johan Löfstedt
What if what you think is real, what you've seen on old TV reels and in books, was all a charade? What if a major sporting even was faked?
That's the premise of Konspiration 58, a Swedish black comedy that imagines the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden was completely fabricated on television and radio as a test of the effectiveness of televised propaganda. In the tradition of "The War of the Worlds," Konspiration 58 originally aired on Swedish TV without a warning that it was all fictional.
Panel Discussion: "Soccer and the Culture of Design"
For more and more Americans, soccer has become the game of their life. Part of that is how the game is represented by a cool modern design, as seen in high-end soccer magazines, hand-designed sticker albums, independent fashion lines, and even fan Instagram accounts. This panel will mesh perfectly with the feature film on opening night, Stickers: Collecting Fever, which delves into the obsession with football sticker collecting. Panelists:
- Grant Wahl, senior writer, Sports Illustrated
- Sebastian Alvarado, host of Coffee & Football podcast
- Dan Funderburgh, Brooklyn-based artist, left back for the Chinatown Soccer Club
- Moderator: Greg Lalas, K+S cofounder & VP of content for MLS
TICKET INFO
An ID or Ticket confirmation (printed or on mobile device) is required for all screenings. All post screening panels with directors, players, pundits and after parties are open to the public.