Khartoum Offside | |
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أوفسايد الخرطوم | |
Directed by | Marwa Zein |
Screenplay by | Marwa Zein |
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Cinematography | Marwa Zein |
Edited by | Mohammed Emad Rizq |
Music by | Tunde Jegede |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
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Language | Sudanese 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]
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