Iranian Soccer Film Features in Berlin to Protest Filmmaker's Arrest
An award-winning film depicting the obstacles female soccer fans encounter in Iran features prominently at this week's Berlin International Film Festival.
The film, Offside, which won the Silver Bear in Berlin 2005, is again being screened in competition in protest against the sentencing to six years in prison in Iran of its director, Jafar Panahi.
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