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Soccer movies at ACMI during the Homeless World Cup

As part of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup Cultural Festival, ACMI Cinemas at Federation Square will be screening two fantastic soccer movies. Both movies are documentaries that highlight the passion that soccer ignites round the world.

Both movies are FREE, reserve tickets through the ACMI Box Office.

Visit www.acmi.net.au for information on all ACMI screenings.

In the Hands of the Gods (M)

Sun 7 Dec 5.30pm

Benjamin and Gabe Turner, 106 mins, UK, 2007, Betacam. Source/Courtesy: Hopscotch

In a quest to meet their hero Diego Maradona, a group of British lads take their freestyle soccer skills across the globe. This documentary traces their moving and nail-biting odyssey as they hit the streets of New York, showcasing their freestyle moves to raise money to get to Argentina and their ultimate goal, a meeting with a football legend.

Football Under Cover (For general audiences)

Sun 7 Dec 7.30pm

Ayat Najafi and David Assmann, 86 mins, Germany/Iran, 2008, Betacam, German, English, Farsi with English subtitles, Source/Courtesy: Flying Moon Filmproduktion

No politics, just passion is the catch cry for this documentary about a historic friendly match between the Iranian and Berlin women’s soccer teams that took place in Tehran in 2006. Taking place in front of more than 1,000 female fans (men were barred from entering), the clandestine nature and inherent drama of the film escalates as the women from both teams prepare for a remarkable, life changing experience.