Khartoum Offside

Khartoum Offside
Film poster
أوفسايد الخرطوم
Directed byMarwa Zein
Screenplay byMarwa Zein
Produced by
  • Marwa Zein
  • Henrik Underbjerg
Starring
  • Elham Balatone
  • Nedal Fadlallah
  • Fatma Gaddal
  • Sara Jubara
  • Halah Zakariya
CinematographyMarwa Zein
Edited byMohammed Emad Rizq
Music byTunde Jegede
Release date
  • February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
Running time
75 minutes
Countries
LanguageSudanese Arabic

Khartoum Offside (original title: أوفسايد الخرطوم Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum) is a 2019 Sudanese sports documentary film with a focus on young women in Sudan, produced, written and directed by Sudanese filmmaker Marwa Zein.[1] It was globally premiered in the 2019 Berlinale Forum in Germany and is one of the three notable Sudanese films of 2019.[2][3]

The film begins with the lines:

“Under the current political Islamic military rule, women are not allowed to play football in Sudan – and we are not allowed to make films – but…”

as a central message to the documentary.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ouf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The future of football in Sudan is (also) female". Media Support. October 11, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 2019: Marwa Zein's "Khartoum Offside" | Football, film and freedom in Sudan". Qantara. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Z was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Q was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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