Weekend Rebels

Join us on Saturday, July 25 for an outdoor screening of Weekend Rebels at 8:45 p.m. as part of Kino und Grillabend! Start the evening with a delicious brat meal on the GAI lawn before the film. Purchase your meal in advance and learn more here. Plus, take advantage of our early bird special on brat meals through July 12.

Description of the film

As ten-year-old Jason struggles to keep up in school because of his autism, his parents Mirco and Fatime struggle to keep up with him. When faced with being transferred to a special school against his will, Jason makes a deal with his dad: he’ll do his best to fit in, but to do so he’ll need a soccer team to root for, and Mirco will help him find one. But how will he decide before seeing every team play? All 56 of them, that is. Jason’s request sets him and Mirco off on weekly adventures across Germany to find the perfect team: one whose players don’t all wear different colored shoes, or whose fans don’t pour beer on each other, or whose mascots aren't too silly, or... 

Based on a true story, Marc Rothemund’s heartfelt film explores the quirks and passions of soccer fandom culture—its superstitions, rituals, and inner conflicts—through the eyes of a special and very discerning lover of the game. Weekend Rebels won the Youth 4 German Cinema award at the 2024 Berlin & Beyond film festival. Watch the trailer!

The film will be in German with English subtitles. Length: 109 minutes.

Presented in association with the German Film Office as part of Among Friends – Unter Freunden, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.