Mar 4, 2006, 6:43 PM

Fourteen countries purchase Panahi’s “Offside”

TEHRAN, Mar. 4 (MNA) -- The International Sales Company of Celluloid Dreams, which owns the world promotion and distribution rights to director Jafar Panahi’s “Offside”, has sold the film to fourteen countries.

“Offside”, which recently won the Silver Bear award of the 56th International Berlin Film Festival, was sold to France, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Serbia-Montenegro, and Britain.

A U.S. company is also interested and may purchase the screening rights in the next few days.

“Offside” is about six Iranian girls who disguise themselves as boys in order to enter Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to watch the 2006 World Cup Asian zone qualifier between Iran and Bahrain but who are arrested one by one.

Meanwhile, the distribution rights of “It’s Winter” by Rafi Pitz, which was also an entry to the Berlinale, have been sold to Brazil and Britain.

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