Offside: An Unequal Game

Original title: Abseits – ein ungleiches Spiel

Switzerland, 14 minutes, 2024, documentary

Director: Katja Stirnemann

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The filmmaker is fed up; she questions gender codes in sports. Material from her personal family archives meets found footage. As old codes are dismantled, the remaining pieces are formed into new questions.

Film screening dates: 23.11.2025 — 07.12.2025

Close-up, black-and-white portrait. A girl with dark, long, wavy hair, dark eyebrows, and light eyes looks into the camera and smiles subtly. She is wearing a dark T-shirt and jacket.

Katja Stirnemann

Born in 1994 in Switzerland. In 2020, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Science in Magglingen. In 2024, she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Video, specializing in directing, from the HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design, Film and Art).

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Every Document Of Civilization

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Sisters

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Director: Marianna Fumai

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Our Joyful Endings

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Directors: Levon Babayan, La Fille Renne

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