The movie takes the top spot over iconic documentaries and legendary comedies, securing its spot as the beautiful game's most critically-acclaimed film.

Kick off the World Cup with Offside — an acclaimed, crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy from Iranian master filmmaker Jafar Panahi. Set during a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, the ...

Like The Great Match, Offside deals more with the political and cultural implications of the world’s most beautiful game than it does with actual soccer. The film concerns a group of Iranian women who ...

Les Arcs, France — Italy’s Offside Film is to co-produce “Farniente,” Marc Fitoussi’s follow-up to “Copacabana,” which bowed at Cannes’ Critics Week. The €5 million ($6.6 million) adventure comedy is ...

NEW YORK, February 26, 2011 - At a screening of Offside (2006), part of the film series A Tribute to Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi at Asia Society New York, Negar Mottahedeh, Associate Professor of ...

IN Iran, everyone loves a good soccer match. But female fans are forbidden from attending public games, as “Offside,” a new film directed by Jafar Panahi, depicts in both comic and incisive detail.