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. It was globally premiered in the 2019 Berlinale Forum in Germany and is one of the three notable Sudanese films of 2019.
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.