Football Films

Soccer matches are 90 minutes, the same duration as most feature-length movies. To celebrate the 2026 World Cup, we will be screening some of our favorite football films at our outside cinema, as well as select matches, on the big screen inside. Stay tuned for the game schedule.

Shell Pass

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

June 13, 2026

8:30 pm

by Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno. 2006, France, 90 min.

Offside

June 21, 2026

8:30 pm

by Jafar Panahi. 2006, Iran, 93 min.

Stubby

June 28, 2026

8:30 pm

by Bo Widerberg. 1974, Sweden, 89 min.

Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema.

We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.