Tag Archives: Offside

“Nothing can prevent me from making films.” — Jafar Panahi

Posted on July 11, 2025 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. Jafar Panahi should need no introduction, but just in case… Jafar Panahi is an Iranian director with an international reputation, and a daunting list of films, many of which were made under terrible conditions (The White … Continue reading →

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The boy in the green bandana

Posted on October 11, 2022 by sheila

In Jafar Panahi’s entertaining yet pointedly critical film Offside, about five or six girls who dress up as boys in order to enter the Tehran soccer stadium for the World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain (filmed in 2005 … Continue reading →

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100 Day Movie Challenge: Day 2

Posted on December 11, 2018 by sheila

100 movies that had an impact on me. Day 2 Offside (2007; dir. Jafar Panahi)

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Finally.

Posted on April 5, 2015 by sheila

I hope this news makes Jafar Panahi smile in vindication. Wherever he is. Disobeying his house arrest and making another illegal movie, hopefully. It’s about time, you neanderthals. If you haven’t seen Panahi’s film Offside (my review here), which features … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on March 2, 2011 by sheila

— I am re-reading Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics). Just saw the movie tonight. It opens March 11th. Review to come next week. I shouldn’t say I am re-reading Jane Eyre. I am re-LIVING Jane Eyre. — My cat Hope has … Continue reading →

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A Call For Fairness: Jafar Panahi’s Offside (by Alli)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by sheila

Alli has been reading my site since almost the very beginning, eight years ago, and this is her entry in the Iranian Film Blogathon. When I put up a post about the letter Jafar Panahi got out to the Berlinale, … Continue reading →

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Free Jafar Panahi

Posted on April 30, 2010 by sheila

News not looking good on the Jafar Panahi front. He was arrested on March 1, and has been in prison ever since. His wife has been quite vocal about his heart condition, and also that she has been denied access … Continue reading →

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Offside at BAM; Dir. Jafar Panahi

Posted on March 30, 2010 by sheila

Last night I met my friend Felicia at BAM to see Offside, directed by incarcerated Iranian director (there hasn’t been word of him in a couple of weeks). It is part of their Muslim Voices: The Female Perspective. I have … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on March 27, 2010 by sheila

— Sometimes I look up from what I am doing and I see Hope across the room staring at me, and there is a look of such coiled contempt in her eyes that I want to run fleeing into the … Continue reading →

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested

Posted on March 4, 2010 by sheila

Sad news (and, sadly, not surprising): Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been arrested in Iran, along with his wife and daughter. The arrest went down at his home in Tehran, where he was hosting a dinner party (and all of … Continue reading →

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