Soccer is a mass phenomenon, a spectacle that excites and electrifies people on all the world’s continents. For many fans, the game is a great passion and sometimes even takes the place of religion. All over the world, soccer players or coaches are idols to so many.

Sports are closely woven into numerous areas of society, therefore often mirroring society itself. Time and again, soccer has been and is serving as a basis for social debate. Most obvious topics are the marketing and the commercialization of sports, diversity, or the violation of human rights in context with the World Cup that will be held in the desert state of Qatar at the end of 2022.

The exhibition “The Hand of God” compiles and considers the many aspects of soccer, the sport that inspires millions, brings cultures together and is used and misused by policymakers for positive just as much as for negative propaganda.

arrtist duo (Nathalie Franz,
Alexander Suvorov),
Enrico Bach,
Mohamed Badarne,
Arcadia Blank,
Ronny Blaschke,
“Cards of Qatar” (11Freunde & BLANKSPOT),
Torsten Körner,
Yulia Lokshina,
Gilles Perez & Gilles Rof,
Jakob Preuss,
Jean-Christophe Rose,
André Schäfer,
Subash Thebe,
Ümit Uludağ

Films changing daily:

24.-27.11.2022
Cinema Paradiso 2nd floor
Thursday, 24.11.2022              „You’ll Never Walk Alone“, Documentary (99 min.)
Friday, 25.11.2022                   „Maradona, the golden boy“, Documentary (93 min.)
Saturday, 26.11.2022               „ultrAslan – AVRUPA“, Documentary (80 min.)
Sunday, 27.11.2022                 „Diamantino“, Comedy (92 min.)

Cinema Paradiso 3rd floor
Thursday, 24.11.2022             „BLACK EAGLES“, Documentary (100 min.)
Friday, 25.11.2022                  „Women`s Football in Kabul – A Goal for Freedom“, Documentary/Reportage (43 min.)
Saturday, 26.11.2022              „The Other Chelsea – A Story from Donetsk“, Documentary (87 min.)
Sunday, 27.11.2022                „Rebells on the Ball“, Documentary (92 min.)

01.-04.12.2022
Cinema Paradiso 2nd floor
Thursday, 01.12.2022            „Women`s Football in Kabul – A Goal for Freedom“, Documentary/Reportage (43 min.)
Friday, 02.12.2022                 „The Other Chelsea – A Story from Donetsk“, Documentary (87 min.)
Saturday, 03.12.2022            „Diamantino“, Comedy (92 min.)
Sunday, 04.12.2022               „Maradona, the golden boy“, Documentary (93 min.)

Cinema Paradiso 3rd floor
Thursday, 01.12.2022            „ultrAslan – AVRUPA“, Documentary (80 min.)
Friday, 02.12.2022                 „BLACK EAGLES“, Documentary (100 min.)
Saturday, 03.12.2022            „You’ll Never Walk Alone“, Documentary (99 min.)
Sunday, 04.12.2022               „Rebells on the Ball“, Documentary (92 min.)

Football and art in the exhibition “The Hand of God” in Pforzheim
SWR Aktuell
by Martin Besinger
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hand-gottes-ausstellung-pforzheim-100.html

Football and art in the exhibition “The Hand of God” in Pforzheim
SWR4 BW
by Peter Lauber
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hand-gottes-ausstellung-pforzheim-100.html