OFFSIDE (2006) in 35mm

Special Features: 20th Anniversary

[آفساید]
In Iran, women are forbidden from attending soccer games. Inspired by a time when his own daughter was refused entry to a soccer game — and women were fully forbidden from attending games in Iran — Jafar Panahi made this buoyant, crowd-pleasing movie about a group of young women who disguise themselves as men so they can watch the Iranian national team play a World Cup–qualifying match. When they are caught and placed in a holding cell from which they can hear the game, the women try every way possible to cajole the troops guarding them into letting them actually see the game. The rebellious spirit of the characters in OFFSIDE still fuels the fight for women’s rights in Iran, as evidenced by the “Women, Life, Freedom” protests that began in 2022. (Note courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art.) DIR/SCR/PROD Jafar Panahi; SCR Shadmehr Rastin. Iran, 2006, color, 93 min. In Persian with English subtitles. RATED PG

Run Time: 93 Minutes

Opening Date: Sunday, February 08, 2026

Genre: Sports, drama

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