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Offside (2006 Iranian film)

Offside
Film poster
Directed byJafar Panahi
Written byJafar Panahi
Shadmehr Rastin
StarringShima Mobarak-Shahi
Safar Samandar
Shayesteh Irani
Ayda Sadeqi
Golnaz Farmani
Mohsen Tanabandeh
CinematographyRami Agami
Mahmoud Kalari
Edited byJafar Panahi
Music byYuval Barazani
Korosh Bozorgpour
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • 17 February 2006 (2006-02-17)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Budget$2,500 (estimated)
Box office$857,282<rerf>"Offside (2007)". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 June 2024.</ref>

Offside (Persian: آفساید) is a 2006 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is about a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender.[1] Female fans are not allowed to enter football stadiums in Iran on the grounds that there will be a high risk of violence or verbal abuse against them.[2] The film was inspired by the director's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway.[3] The film was shot in Iran but its screening is banned there.[2]

  1. ^ Wilmington, Michael (20 April 2007). "'Offside' scores as political protest, entertainment". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. p. 7A-2. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Iran censors hand Offside a red card". Al Jazeera. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Offside". Pars Times. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

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