The Football Aficionado

The Football Aficionado is a long-feature social documentary film co-directed and co-produced by Sharmin Mojtahedzadeh & Paliz Khoshdel. The subject of the film targets gender discrimination and women's rights in Iran.[1]

The Football Aficionado
Directed bySharmin mojtahedzadeh and Paliz khoshdel
Written byPaliz khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
Produced byPaliz khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
StarringZahra khoshnavaz
CinematographyPaliz Khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
Edited byPaliz Khoshdel
Music byMohammad mousavi
Running time
86 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian/English

Story

The film's story is about Zahra, a 27-year-old Iranian girl living in Tehran and a big fan of Persepolis, one of the capital’s biggest football teams. She has always wished to watch her favorite team as well as the Iranian national team’s games at the stadium. However, according to an unwritten law, women are not allowed to go to stadiums and watch football games. For this reason, Zahra decides to disguise herself as a man to be able to enter the stadium without foreseeing that her action would go viral across social media and be covered by the popular press, giving the example to other women and starting a movement against this discrimination.[2]

International awards and screening

The film has been awarded the best Asian documentary, the Mecenat Award, at 27 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in October 2022[3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Tale of defiant Iranian female soccer fan echoes Tehran protests". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. "Tale of defiant Iranian female soccer fan echoes Tehran protests". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ""Scent of Wind", "The Football Aficionado" win awards at Busan Intl. Film Festival". Tehran Times. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  4. "Iranian Films win awards at Busan Intl. Film Festival". Honaronline. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  5. Rosser2022-10-14T08:02:00+01:00, Michael. "'A Wild Roomer', 'Shivamma' win top awards at Busan film festival". Screen. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. Frater, Patrick (2022-10-14). "'A Wild Roomer' and 'Shivamma' Share Busan Festival's New Currents Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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