Join Kicking + Screening on Wednesday, May 6, for a very special derby-themed #SoccerSocialHour at Paulaner Bar and Brewery (265 Bowery, btwn E. Houston & Stanton). Things kick off at 7:00 PM.
K+S/HOWLER MAGAZINE SOCCER SOCIAL - MARCH 4, 2014 NYC
#SOCCERSOCIALHOUR: JOIN THE PARTY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, AT PAULANER IN NYC
Let's get the ball rolling for the first #SoccerSocialHour of the year at Paulaner Bar and Brewery (265 Bowery - Between E. Houston & Stanton St.). Join the Kicking + Screening team, streetfootballworld, and Howler Magazine for a soccer-infused evening of winter cheer.
Get out of the cold and join fellow film and soccer enthusiasts as we toast Howler Magazine issue 07: Learning to love Cristiano Ronaldo, the impending MLS season, the 2015 K+S festival slate and so much more. And who can pass up 2 for 1 drinks until 9pm?!
K+S/Howler Magazine Soccer Special - Nov 11, 2014 NYC
#SoccerSocialHour: Join the party on Tuesday, Nov 11, at Nevada Smiths in NYC
It's time to soccer socialize again!
K+S is bringing the New York City soccerati together for another #SoccerSocialHour, our semi-regular meet-up that blends soccer, social awareness, and networking.
The event will take place on Tuesday, November 11, at 7 pm, at Nevada Smiths in the East Village.
This time around, we're joining forces for the #SoccerSocialHour with the one-and-only Howler Magazine, and we'll be joined by their editor-in-chief, George Quraishi. We'll be celebrating the release of Howler's latest issue.
Also joining us will be David Goldblatt, who will be celebrating the publication of his latest book, The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football. Goldblatt is one of our favorite soccer writers. His previous books include Futebol Nation: A Footballing History of Brazil and The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football, among others.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
How to get to Nevada Smiths: 100 3rd Avenue, between 12th and 13th streets, East Village. (MAP)
Nearest subway stop: 3rd Avenue (L)
Please let us know if you can make it. RSVP HERE.
Soccer Film Festival + Budweiser to host two-day festival in Rio de Janeiro during World Cup
As everyone everywhere knows, the soccer world is descending on Brazil for the next month as the 2014 FIFA World Cup takes place. And K+S will be there.
K+S Rio 2014, made possible by Budweiser, will take place on July 6 + 7 at the Budwieser Hotel at Pestana, right on Copacabana Beach in the heart of all the futebol action.
The event lineup is almost as good as some of the quarterfinal matches we're sure to see in the days leading up to the festival.
It includes One Nation and Forever Heroes, two of the original films from Budweiser's Rise as One series; the South American debut of We Must Go, about American coach Bob Bradley's adventures as manager of the Egyptian national team; and the first screening in the Western Hemisphere of the remarkable new film Bosnia in Our Hearts.
We will also host several panel discussions at the festival, moderated by our own Greg Lalas and featuring Lilian Thuram, former French international; Alexi Lalas, former US international and current ESPN broadcaster; and former Zambian international and current president of the Zambian Football Federation.
K+S RIO PROGRAM
SUNDAY, JULY 6 | 6:30 PM
Bosnia in Our Hearts, dir. by Sixten Bjorkstrand -- The Bosnian community is fractured and spread around the world. Their national team helps bring them together. This documentary follows three Bosnians from Finland on their journey to their nation's final 2014 World Cup qualifier in Lithuania.
One Nation: Rise as One, dir. by Scott Boggins & Gabriel Spitzer -- How the French national team used the 1998 World Cup to help heal the racial splits within their nation and sport.
Panel Discussion:
- Lilian Thuram - founder of Fondacion Lilian Thuram, French World Cup winner,
- Alexi Lalas - ESPN analyst, ex-USA international
MONDAY, JULY 7 | 6:30 PM
We Must Go, dir. by Dave LaMattina & Chad Walker -- When American Bob Bradley becomes the manager of the Egyptian national team, he has one goal: qualify for the 2014 World Cup. But realities on the ground show him there are larger goals he must consider.
Forever Heroes: Rise as One, dir. by Scott Boggins & Gabriel Spitzer -- Nearly 20 years after a plane crash killed all but three from Zambia's national team, the new survivor-led squad competes just miles from the crash site, revealing the power of the game.
Panel Discussion:
- Kalusha Bwalya - President of Football Association of Zambia, ex-Zambian international
- Alexi Lalas - ESPN analyst, ex-USA international
To attend K+S Rio, email us at info@kickingandscreening.com.
Diego Luna's short film of the elderly playing soccer will make you smile
Yes, it's an advertisement for Pepsi. But this is the age we live in. Filmmakers gotta make a living, too. And in some ways, commercial work allows filmmakers to express things that the film industry simply won't.
Which is a long way of saying we have no qualms praising Mexican actor Diego Luna's short soccer film I Will Never Let You Down. Just three minutes long, it's a certain kind of masterpiece, depicting a group of elderly men and women who come together on a dusty field in Latin America to -- what else? -- play a game of soccer.
Under Luna's directorial gaze, this game is played in slow motion to the sweet strains of an Argentine tango, emphasizing a universal truth about futbol: It's a dance, regardless of your age or ability. Enjoy.