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When Greg Lalas got set up on a blind date in April by some mutual friends with a woman who shared two of his biggest passions — soccer and writing — little did he know what the future would hold. Although that date at a bar in the Chelsea section of Manhattan didn’t exactly lead to romance with Rachel Markus, the two did end up seeing a lot more of each other.
As the pair chatted, Markus told Lalas of her attempt to stage a soccer-themed film festival at London’s Craven Cottage — home to Fulham of the Premier League — while she was living in England. A week before it was set to take place, the screening was canceled.
But as Lalas and Markus, who works in the film industry, talked that April night, the idea of staging a soccer film festival in the United States came up and thus the Kicking & Screening International Soccer Film Festival was born.
Blind Date Sparked Film Festival originally appeared on Soccer FanHouse on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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