In 2010, panahi was banned from making films and travelling for 20 years, so his niece hana saeidi, who. The worst that can be said is that the scripting of events does occasionally feel a bit heavy handed, in order to condense all the experience in what is ultimately a very short film. Offside has won the xx award for best female representation, as well as best student film at kelly film festival. Its based on a true story of a christmas truce in the trenches between ge. Parents need to know that offside is an iranian dramedy that explores the gender inequalities that affect that countrys young soccer fans. The scene follows two armed soldiers walking down what appears to be a dividing fence, we can assume that these two men are guards, not only this, but the. Sports films secondary 21 jun 2016 in into film recommends podcasts. Set on the border between israel and the palestinian territory, two israeli soldiers are patrolling the fence while listening to the world cup final on a portable radio.
With the imminent end of 2015 and the heralding of a new year, were debuting the 5th edition of the short of the week awards today, our yearly post honoring the best short films featured on. The film is about a group of women football fans in iran. Offside is a short comingofage graduation drama produced at the westminster film school. The goal is to offer theory combined with video examples of as many different match situations as possible. This is a film banned in iran by the way about those who are arrested. This short is a fallowup to their last short film strangers, offside was shot in israel, during september 2005, at the security zone that separates between israel and the palestine authority. Irish and international films are screened in an array of quirky venues around the town to enthusiastic audiences. The winner receives one years premium membership to casting call pro. Kraina, a 2015 graduation documentary directed by christina tynkevych, won this years atlanta film festival best short documentary. The 2016 short of the week awards short of the week. Directed by jimmy dean, written and produced by ellie gocher, offside was our graduation project for the film and television production ba at the university of westminster 2015. Jan 06, 2009 this is the official trailer of jafar panahis 2006 awardwinning film offside.
The smalls film festival best drama nominee sehsuchte international student film festival best youth film nominee screentest national student film festival best performance nominee official selection. They ck about with the offside rule every year and they dont make it any better, neville said on sky sports after christian bentekes controversial goal for liverpool in mondays 10 win. I get the feeling that this is just the start of a long, rewarding career in film for the talented duo and at sw. Yes a good recommend this film is short, and dont have to be a football fan. Autumn 2015 black sheep selected for 2015 london film. Perhaps the most complete list of award winning short films out there. The film premiered in competition at the 2006 berlin film festival, where panahi was awarded with the silver bear jury grand prix. With natalia baginska, joanna pastusiak, joanna pres, kinga szymanska. See what information about this film we collected at our service. An aspiring soccer player in melbourne is brutally attacked, leaving him hospitalized and his dreams for becoming a professional player is. Offside 2015 elevenyearold kirsty struggles to accept her looming womanhood as she learns that she will soon lose her position on the local boys football team, threatening her relationship with her single father, mick. Our crowdfunding kickstarter page for our next short film v short film commissioned by film london is now. Offside was awarded the silver bear and the jury grand prix at the berlinale in 2006.
After learning from her father that she will soon lose her place on the local boys football team, elevenyearold kirsty struggles to come to terms with her evolving identity as a young woman. Iran is the setting and soccer is the venue for offside, a film that centers around six young women who have defied the law of the land to attend a world cup soccer playoff between iran and bahrain. Offside explained offers its verdict and explains the reasons behind it. His short documentary guddu went on to win multiple awards locally and internationally and was selected for the edinburgh pitch 2015. The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents goal line than both the ball and the secondlast opponent the last opponent is usually, but not necessarily, the. This film starts with two soldiers walking along a fenced off areas carrying guns each, this is the point when we can infer that they are guards. The short film director won the xx award at londons underwire film festival. The film premiered in competition at the 65th berlin international film festival where it won the golden bear and the fipresci prize. The film is set entirely in hotels and conference rooms and the nearest the professor gets to the game is hearing a radio commentary in the background. The premise, or joke, is that jafar panahi is now reduced to. The action is confined to the interior of a taxi in irans capital city of tehran. A father searches anxiously for his daughter among the buses and cars stopped in traffic en route to tehrans azadi stadium in offside. Olivia morgan in murmur olivia really drew us into her character in the short film murmur. Apr 15, 2015 the worst that can be said is that the scripting of events does occasionally feel a bit heavy handed, in order to condense all the experience in what is ultimately a very short film.
This is the official trailer of jafar panahis 2006 awardwinning film offside. Homecoming is delighted to have our canadian premiere at the nickel independent film festival 2017 in newfoundland. Offside is a wonderful short film by actress, producer, and director leanna creel. And while generally avoiding the lure of leaning too heavily on caricature, it ends on a slightly underwhelming artistic note. Framed and shot like a crude documentary, it proceeds in long, clunky takes, as if an editor couldnt be bothered. In 2010, jafar panahi was handed a sixyear prison sentence and a 20year ban on making or directing any films, writing screenplays, giving any form of interview with iranian or foreign media, or leaving the country. Offside explained gives a complete explanation of law 11 to the referees at the grassroots level and offers different learning points to the more advanced referees. Offside stars sydney wade as kirsty, an 11yearold girl who. And the winners are were delighted to announce our underwire festival 2015 award winners. After a recent showing at frances poitiers film festival, offside will next screen at the london short film festival in january. With sydney wade, rik garrad, sarah jayne butler, jumaane brown. Elevenyearold kirsty struggles to accept her looming womanhood as she learns that she will soon lose her position on the local boys football team, threatening her relationship with her single father, mick. Taxi a ridealong career selfie from banned director jafar panahi.
Jafar panahi iffr international film festival rotterdam. The scene follows two armed soldiers walking down what appears to be a dividing fence, we can assume that these two men are guards, not only this, but the brightness of. A young girl is kicked off the boys soccer team as she deals with her. Its a sports film unlike any other, and a political film that makes the personal profound. Dean and gocher are working together on a new short called v, about a 15 year old vampire and her past relationship. The film is mostly about the interaction between these young female fans and the young male guards who are assigned to make sure they are tortured by hearing but not seeing. Offside is funny, angry, passionate, and surprisingly patriotic, and it builds to an ending that feels hopeful but not phony. This short film, offside is a powerful statement about the futility of war. Review by martin jensen directed by the very talented jimmy dean. With the imminent end of 2015 and the heralding of a new year, were debuting the 5th edition of the short of the week awards today, our yearly post honoring the best short films featured on the site in the calendar year. After offside was released, women had written a letter to fifa with about 114,000 signatures. Film programmers joe and elinor discuss how film can be good for engaging with sports and sports stories. A short story of two strangers meeting in a train journey, not knowing that. But the story girls disguise themselves as boys to enter the stadium, where no women are allowed might appeal to teens.
His short film titled kurrachee was short listed for tropfest, australia in 20 and it went on to win cineaste one film festival coff 20 in karachi. Childrens completed 2015 in a popular neighborhood of tunis, children are invited to invade the walls declaring the total, free and limitless dreams. Underwire festival is a baftarecognised film festival celebrating women working across the crafts that takes place annually in london uk, celebrating and spotlighting women working in film with a programme packed with events, workshops, networking and incredible films. Offside is a slow slog through bloated scenes with little happening. After learning from her father that she will soon lose her place on the local boys football team, kirsty struggles to come to terms with her evolving identity as a young woman. You can also check other movies with the same cas or with the same writer and director. New offside rule for 201516 explained after christian. You can also check other movies in the same genres by click at genre name. Sep 10, 2009 below is a link to the short film entitled offside and is the second film in a trilogy highlighting conflict in the middle east. Aug 02, 2010 offside is a wonderful short film by actress, producer, and director leanna creel. Ellie gocher feature short, 2015 uk english 17 minutes. Goro kumagaya is an established, tall middleschool goalkeeper who wanted to enter yokonan highschool that is considered to be among the elites in terms of its football club, only to fail and end up in the lowlyranked school opposite to yokonan because of an accident. Daniel sivan began his filmmaking career with the short documentary offside, which was followed by a number of documentary projects, including monkey business winner of the cultural award at the haifa international film festival.
These soldiers drew guns at each other over a football game. Offline film festival is an exciting event for film lovers and makers alike. A continuation of the list of short films on the filmsshort website. They won an award for short film strangers in 2003 that was later the basis for their own feature length movie. However, he met shingo, hideki and kazuhito oda who are all skillful footballers. This picture has an authentic atmosphere, mostly thanks to its streetsmart dialogue, actual locations, and unobtrusive camerawork. Its based on a true story of a christmas truce in the trenches between german and british soldiers during world. Mar 01, 2020 feature short, 2015 uk english, 8 minutes a young woman passes the border safely, but can she convince another to join her break for freedom.
This award also qualifies them for the longlist entry at next years academy awards. The film is called offside and is by iranian director. London short film festival best student film nominee. 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. Panahi chose unknown actors to retain the films documentary feel. Every year we accept short films from all over the world to be entered into our short film competition. Autumn 2015 black sheep selected for 2015 london film festival. After learning from her father that she will soon lose her. Offside captures the commitment, passion and comradery of a female polish football team during their gruelling, but critical preseason training as their coach, sets the foundation for the new season ahead by pushing them to new limits. It moves slowly and comes with subtitles, so younger viewers might be bored. This moving film uses irans succession to the 2005 world cup as a supporting cast member, telling the story of a group of women who are. Offside is one of the laws of association football, codified in law 11 of the laws of the game.
The cabs equipped with a few cameras that can cover the passenger seat, back seat, drivers seat, and theres a view out the front windshield as well. Short films about characters making that odd trip from a child into a young adult are very common, so credit to offside for managing to make it interesting and do it in a way that engages. Daniel also cowrote and edited the gogo boys mjff 2015. Its 2006, and, like most iranians, the girl sima mobarakshahi wants more than anything to see her team play in the world cup qualifying match against bahrain. They are taken to a holding pen right outside the stadium where they can hear but not see the game. Shot on handheld video rather than film, offside was made over a thirtynineday period, though many scenes were filmed during the actual game. Some of the mr duncan crew celebrating in front of their poster at the 2015 bafta showcase. Deals with reality of womens life in irans patriarchal society. Keith kellenbergers presentation of the analization of offside. If you are interests movies released at 2015 you can click at year.