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SP-15   Play-Off - the unofficial World Cup programme

Introduction:

interfilm*s inofficial soccer program for the 2006 World Cup proves that the sport has more to offer than wild mustaches and eighties hair. Kick-off...for turns of fate, obscure facts and unbridled emotion concerning our favorite leather ball. Four world champions, two European champions and a few budding soccer nations send 22 films for a play-off!

Screening :

02. 11. 2005 at 22:00 h, Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater 
05. 11. 2005 at 16:00 h, Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater 
06. 11. 2005 at 22:00 h, Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater 

THE 21 FILMS OF THE PROGRAM:

Full Time

Director(s): Mariano Pariz, Pablo Fendrik

Argentina, 2004

running time: 05´05 min

Dialogue: Spanish

Ezequiél´s father, German, takes his son to play football daily at the park. Preparing him for his succesfully future career. A man with a plan.  more info

11 Meter

Director(s): Florian Langanke

Germany, 2005

running time: 03´00 min

Two boys on the soccer field. A penalty shot triggers off an absurd chain of associations.  more info

Paul

Director(s): Thomas Waibel, Elke Wellmann

Germany, 2005

running time: 03´20 min

Dialogue: German

Fairylike encounter of a woman with a "tipp-kicker" during breakfast.  more info

Word Cup 2006: 1. Spieltag

Director(s): Micky Suelzer

Germany, 2005

running time: 00´30 min

Horst-Uwe G. - Ein deutsches Schicksal

Director(s): Matthias Grübel, Matthias Sdun

Germany, 2005

running time: 03´00 min

This short film tells the history of the World Cup as experienced by a family of leaves of grass.  more info

Word Cup 2006: 2. Spieltag

Director(s): Micky Suelzer

Germany, 2005

running time: 00´30 min

Abseits!

Director(s): Stephanie von Beauvais

Germany, 2004

running time: 02´58 min

Dialogue: German

Shot during the football EM 2004 „Offside“ answered the most asked question, we had to listen to: what the hell is an offside?   more info

Word Cup 2006: 3. Spieltag

Director(s): Micky Suelzer

Germany, 2005

running time: 00´30 min

Defensiver Mittelfeldmann

Director(s): Kyros Kikos

Greece, 2005

running time: 03´10 min

Dialogue: German

Who has drawn the short straw in the formation? The defensive Midfielder. An ode to the inconspicuous ones.  more info

Heiser 1

Director(s): Birgit Möller, Ulrike von Ribbeck

Germany, 2002

running time: 00´20 min

Hjemmekamp

Director(s): Martin Lund

Norway, 2004

running time: 09´55 min

Dialogue: Norwegian

Two sports commentators on the hardest, most common fight of them all.  more info

Heiser 2

Director(s): Birgit Möller, Ulrike von Ribbeck

Germany, 2002

running time: 00´20 min

Fair play

Director(s): Magnus Holmgren

Sweden, 2004

running time: 03´00 min

In Sweden two children play what they know as soccer. They put the ball into play and then throw themselves theatrically to the ground. The best dive wins.   more info

Heiser 3

Director(s): Birgit Möller, Ulrike von Ribbeck

Germany, 2002

running time: 00´20 min

El Viaje del Gol de Cabeza

Director(s): Felipe Cardona

Argentina / Colombia, 2005

running time: 03´37 min

Dialogue: no_dialogues

When a soccer player doesn´t score, would you like to get into the game? Soccer + drum n bass + nothing to do that´s the key.   more info

Playstation ´Keepy-Uppy´

Director(s):  

England, 2005

running time: 00´30 min

A ball artist of a special kind. Filmed in the world-famous Marcana Stadium in Rio de Janero.  more info

Comeback-Homeless Worldcup 2004

Director(s): Insa Onken, Stephan Lacant

Germany / Sweden, 2005

running time: 02´59 min

Dialogue: Verschiedene, aber als Hintergrund

More than 300 homeless streetpaper vendors from 28 nations come together in Gothenburg to compete on the 12x 18 meter long streetsoccer field for the "Homeless Worldcup".  more info

League of Legends

Director(s): Jeffrey Elmont

Netherlands, 2004

running time: 10´00 min

Dialogue: English

The "League of Legends" is a secret society of legendary soccer players. They invite Lenny and Edward to put their talent to the test.  more info

Kicker

Director(s): Marc Hermann

Germany, 2002

running time: 02´52 min

"Kicker" reveals what football (table football) figures dream of. The freedom to play is more important than winning.   more info

Espíritu deportivo

Director(s): Javier Bourges

Mexico, 2004

running time: 11´21 min

Dialogue: Spanish

A street gang steals the ball with which the Mexican soccer team defeated Brazil. In order to recover the relic, the aged teammates decide to play a street match for it.   more info

La Barriera

Director(s): Lorenzo Garzella

Italy, 2004

running time: 06´30 min

Albania, July 1995. The last seconds of an amateur football championship final. The referee grants a penalty kick, and the players form the barrier...   more info
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