Offside

by Jafar Panahi. 2006, Iran, 93 min.
June 21, 2026
at
8:30 pm
Arverne Cinema Outside

A group of women try to sneak into a men's-only World Cup qualifying match in Tehran in this sharp and subversive comedy by Palme d’Or-winning Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi. Shot during a real game between Iran and Bahrain in 2006, this unscripted docufiction was the last feature Panahi made before being banned from making films by the Iranian government. A brilliant social satire and an incisive indictment of authoritarianism. 

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