Football Under Cover

Football Under Cover is a 2008 GermanIranian documentary film directed by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi. It follows the attempts of German Marlene Assmann and Iranian Ayat Najafi to organise a football match between Assmans team BSV Aldersimspor and the Iranian national womans team.

Marlene travels to Tehran, Iran to help get things organized along with Ayat and another female member of the Iranian team however, they run into challenges along the way. These challenges include not being able to find a sponsor, not being able to receive visas, difficulty in finding longsleeved jerseys and pants for the female athletes to wear in order to abide by the Iranian dress code for women, troubles with cooperation between embassies, lack of willingness to advertise the match, among other difficulties. However, the team from Berlin was able to make it to Iran to play the game, under cover. All female participants had to abide by Iranian rules and stay covered during play. Despite political challenges, cultural differences, and other struggles, the love for soccer brings these two teams together to create a historical event in Iranian history as well as break taboos within their society.At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, Football Under Cover won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film and the Teddy Audience Award. ........

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