World Cup Wednesdays

Overview

Thought football and art didn’t mix? That's not the opinion of Local FC, a Sydney initiative that aims to explore and encourage the ways football inspires people. Creative people.

During the inescapably present FIFA World Cup, Local FC is teaming up with Golden Age Cinema in Surry Hills to bring you World Cup Wednesdays, a series of four football-related films that prove Bend It Like Beckham isn't the only good thing about football and film. (No, it won't be featuring. Tear.)

This is the World Cup event for people who don't get that into the actual games but still want to capitalise on the buzz. Local FC and Golden Age will be screening the films every Wednesday evening during the World Cup, starting 18 June. Golden Age's bar will keep you sufficiently hydrated, and each screening will be preceded by a World Cup Wrap Up, to ensure you're up to speed on everything that's going down in Brazil. (As though you haven't been up all hours cheering from your armchair.)

The first three films on the schedule are docos featuring some of the game's biggest and most infamous personalities, like the impressively ambitious Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, which follows the legendary Frenchman over the course of one single game, documenting his every staggeringly genius thought and movement. He's not called an artist for nothing.

The final film, screening on 9 July, is super top secret so you know there's something good in store. The only information on the website is a quote from Camus. Art and football. Who knew?