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KHARTOUM OFFSIDE

By Marwa ZEIN

FILMOTOR - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2019

When your home country is going through political, economical and social challenges, how I can reveal the soul of its women resistance?

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2019

CPH DOX 2019

Visions du Réel 2019

FCAT 2019

Best Documentary Award

Hot Docs 2019

FRAUEN FILM FESTIVAL 2019

Sheffield 2019

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021

Doc Market

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- SUDAN, DENMARK, NORWAY, FRANCE
- Languages
- ARABIC
- Duration
- 75 mn
- Director(s)
- Marwa ZEIN
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-4E35-0000-0-0000-0000-3
- Producer(s)
- Marwa ZEIN (ORE PRODUCTIONS), Henrik UNDERBJERG (Stray Dog Productions AS), Jihan ELTAHRI (Big Sister)
- Synopsis
- A group of exceptional young ladies in Khartoum are determined to play football professionally. They are prepared to defy the ban imposed by Sudan’s Islamic Military government and they will not take no for an answer.
  Their battle to get officially recognized as Sudan’s National Woman’s team is fearless, courageous and often laughable. But their struggle is unwavering.
  Through the intimate portrait of these women over a number of years we follow their moments of hope and deception. Despite the National Football Federation getting FIFA funds earmarked for the women’s teams, this team continues to be marginalized. However, there is a new spark of hope when the elections within the federation could mean real change of the entire system.