The Football Aficionado

The Football Aficionado
Directed by	Sharmin mojtahedzadeh and Paliz khoshdel
Written by	Paliz khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
Produced by	Paliz khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
Starring	Zahra khoshnavaz
Cinematography	Paliz Khoshdel and Sharmin mojtahedzadeh
Edited by	Paliz Khoshdel
Music by	Mohammad mousavi
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian/English

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

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]

• Official Selection at International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana,, Perm, Russia 2023[7]
• Film Screening at Kerala International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala, India, 2023[8]
• Film Screening at Cinéma(s) D’Iran 2023[9]

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.
7. "Flahertiana / The Football Aficionado". eng.flahertiana.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
8. "Eshgh-e-Football | INTERNATIONAL FILMS". idsffk.in. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
9. "Cinema Iran – Iranisches Filmfestival München. Wir zeigen aktuelle Filme aus und über Iran" (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-09.

External links

• Paliz Khoshdel at IMDb
• Khoshdel, Paliz; Mojtahedzadeh, Sharmin (2022-10-09), The Football Aficionado (Documentary), IMDb, retrieved 2023-02-18
• "THE FOOTBALL AFICIONADO a filmby Sharmin & Paliz". 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
• "Busan International Film Festival". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-02-19.