About the film

Tehran in April 2006: The first official friendly match takes place between the Iranian women’s football team and a local Berlin girl’s team, in front of more than 1000 cheering female fans. The entire stadium is electric, charged with a high voltage of girl power. A couple of men hang around in front of the gates, trying to sneak a peek over the fence. They are barred from entering today. It has taken a year’s hard work on the parts of both teams of young women to make this happen. But now, after overcoming numerous obstacles, they are really playing. And these 90 minutes are about more than just a football game. Both the desire for self-determination and equality are being expressed here and it is clear: change is possible.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale /Selected festivals and awards: 2008 - MFF Berlinale, Nagroda Teddy dla Najlepszego Filmu Dokumentalnego/Berlin IFF, Teddy Award - Best Documentary Film, 2008 - FF Los Angeles, Nagroda Freedom Award/ Los Angeles FF, Freedom Award, 2009 - PLANETE+ DOC FF