OBVIOUS OFFSIDE

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Horsjeu

OBVIOUS OFFSIDE

TUNISIA

DRAMA

Synopsis

A winter night. A crucial match: two countries compete for the only qualifying ticket for the FIFA world cup.  A man drives his car through deserted streets. Two policemen on patrol listen to the game on their car radio, until the transmission is interrupted …

Photo Sami Tlili - Réalisateur

Director's bio

Tunisian filmmaker with a doctorate thesis in contemporary Literature from Aix-Marseille University, studied at Metfilm School in London and Les Ateliers Varan in Paris. Known for his documentaries: Cursed be the Phosphate(2012) and On the Crossbar (2019).