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.
Preceded by:
Baisanos by Andrés Khamis Giacoman & Francisca Khamis Giacoman. 2025, Chile/Palestine/Spain, 14 min. East Coast premiere.
Club Deportivo Palestino is a Chilean first-division football team founded in 1920 by Palestinian exiles. Focusing on the club’s devoted fans, or “baisanos,” siblings Andrés and Francisca Khamis Giacoman explore ideas of identity, belonging, and resilience in the Palestinian diaspora in Chile through football.
Doors at 7:30pm. Screening at 8:30pm.
