Please support the K+S Soccer Film Festival partners and friends

As everyone knows, the lifeblood of soccer is the supporters. They're the energy that powers the game, inspires the players, gives true meaning to the 90 minutes. 

Throughout the first decade of K+S, we've been lucky enough to have amazing supporters. Not only you, the festival attendees, who turn out every year to express your love of the game and share your soccer stories with us, but also the companies and organizations who through the years have provided support, guidance, promotion, and more. 

Here are the partners and friends who are supporting us in 2018. Please support them in return. 

PARTNERS

EINSTÖK ÖLGERÐ

Located just 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle in the fishing port of Akureyri, Iceland, the Einstök Brewery taps the purest water on Earth to create its craft ales. At present, Einstök brews Icelandic White Ale, Icelandic Arctic Pale Ale, Icelandic Toasted Porter, the new Wee Heavy Scotch Ale and two seasonal brews: Icelandic Arctic Berry Ale and Icelandic Doppelbock. Visit the Ale Locator and follow Einstök on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

SOCIETE GENERALE

Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams. For more information, you can follow us on twitter @societegenerale or visit our website www.societegenerale.com

NEW YORK RED BULLS

The New York Red Bulls are one of 23 teams in Major League Soccer (MLS). They are one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its founding in 1996. They currently play home matches at Red Bull Arena (RBA) in Harrison, New Jersey. RBA, a state-of-the-art, 25,000-seat stadium, is widely regarded as the top soccer-specific stadium in North America. The club is owned by the Austrian beverage company Red Bull GmbH for which the team is named.

ASF + SCANDINAVIAN HOUSE

Scandinavia House, home to the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF), presents a wide range of exhibitions, films, concerts, lectures & family programs dedicated to contemporary Nordic culture.

CHARITABLE PARTNER

SOUTH BRONX UNITED

Part of the tonight proceeds will go to support South Bronx United, which aims to help youth build character, teamwork, and leadership so that they can succeed in high school, college, careers, their community and beyond. South Bronx United strives to promote educational achievement, health and wellness, and character development through activities on and off the soccer field and to unite a diverse group of individuals and an incredibly diverse community toward common positive goals. More info here.

FRIENDS OF K+S

NYC FOOTY

More than just a soccer league.

NYFEST

Each April, dozens of teams and hundreds of players from all walks of media, entertainment and marketing—from New York City and all points internationally—take the pitch at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5 for a full day of spirited five-a-side competition. 

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K+S New York 2018, running May 22-25, celebrates our 10th year of soccer films + friends

Hard to believe it, but the 2018 Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival in New York marks our 10th year organizing events celebrating soccer film and culture.

Our first decade has been an amazing ride. We've screened more than 50 films, organized more than 25 panels, hosted World Cup winners and Champions League winners, and, most importantly, made friends with incredible people throughout the soccer community.

We will celebrate all of this at the 10th annual K+S New York. This year's festival runs May 22-25. For the third year in a row, all screenings, panels, and parties take place at the Scandinavia House in midtown Manhattan.

K+S New York 2018 will, as always, will feature four nights of films, interviews with filmmakers, panel discussions on hot topics in the sport, post-screening parties, and more. We will also mark our anniversary by organizing several commemorative events, including a photo exhibition revealing amazing moments over the past decade of K+S and hosting several special guests with ties going back through the years. 

If anyone in the K+S community -- or family, really -- has any great photos or memories from the festival's first 10 years, we'd love to see them or hear them. Please send them to us at info@kickingandscreening.com or contact us on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).

We will announce the K+S New York 2018 film schedule and the lineup of panel discussions in mid April. So stay tuned! 

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a special price to stream "Celtic Soul"

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, we're throwing a party. A soccer film party, that is!

This weekend only, from Thursday through Sunday, you can stream the acclaimed comedy doc Celtic Soul, starring comedian Jay Baruchel and soccer journalist Eoin O'Callaghan, for the special price of $5.99 on iTunes and Amazon.

Please help us spread the word about Celtic Soul! Raise a glass to great soccer films and the filmmakers who make them.

When Ron Burgundy, aka Will Ferrell, gives a pep talk to LAFC

We've always loved Will Ferrell. And now we love him even more, because he is the part-owner of Major League Soccer's newest team, Los Angeles Football Club.

You know LAFC. They're the ones who have those instantly iconic caps and the absurd videos starring their coach  Bob Bradley) and players (Carlos Vela, etc.) lifting their heads. You've got to watch it to get it.

Anyway, LAFC played their first match last weekend, and Ferrell was on hand and on point, pulling out his famous Ron Burgundy character to talk about soccer with the announcers from ESPN (including K+S friends Taylor Twellman and Max Bretos). 

Watch and laugh. We did.

K+S & ReelAbilities Film Festival team up to Co-Present "Hero Steps" film on March 11

HERO STEPS FILM TRAILER

Kicking + Screening and the ReelAbilities Film Festival are teaming up this Sunday, March 11, for a special screening of the New York premiere of the film Hero Steps. 

Directed by Henry Rincón, Hero Steps tells the story of a young boy who, after losing his leg to a landmine, joins his friends at a children’s home to secretly practice for a soccer tournament. Through the game and his friendships, he realizes the emotional strength he has despite his physical disabilities.

Hero Steps | Dir. Henry Rincón | 90 mins | Colombia | Narrative

When: Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 1:00PM
Where: JCC Manahattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave, NYC

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The ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival of its kind promoting awareness and inclusion through the stories and artistic expressions of people with different abilities and Kicking + Screening Film Festival has partnered to co-present the Hero Steps film. Initiated by the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, the festival takes place in over 30 locations throughout the NY Metro area. Join us in celebrating the diversity of the human experience through engaging films and cultural events.

Join us March 8-14 for the 10th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York--a week of films, conversations, and special events celebrating the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different abilities.

For more info and tickets, click here.