“Weekend Rebels” Free Film: Soccer Fans Night (SF)

Celebrate the quirks and thrills of soccer fandom at Goethe-Institut San Francisco with Marc Rothemund’s heartfelt comedy, Weekend Rebels!

The Goethe-Institut San Francisco is pleased to present a free screening of Marc Rothemund’s heartfelt soccer fandom comedy Weekend Rebels – winner of the 2024 Youth 4 German Cinema Award at the 28th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival.

Dress to represent your favorite soccer team—international, local, or anything in between—and enter our free raffle for a chance to win German soccer merch!

About the Film

“[A] film with a positive message of patience, tolerance and understanding… Weekend Rebels overflows with warmth and empathy.” —Marko Stojiljković, Cineuropa.

Ten-year-old Jason struggles to keep up in school because of his autism, and his parents struggle to keep up with him. 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. But how will he decide before seeing every team play? By going to see all 56 teams, of course.

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 the book We Weekend Rebels by the real Mirco and Jason von Juterczenka, Weekend Rebels cheerfully 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.