30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Panorama

17 (2017) 14

Jordan | 2017 | 74 min.

This film follows the Jordanian under-17 women’s football team as they prepare for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016. Coming from different backgrounds, each of the girls has faced a different set of challenges as a national team player. But now they face their biggest challenge yet. Who will make it in the final squad? Are they ready to play with so little time to prepare? “17” is a social exploration into the lives of young women who are passionate about a sport they have been told was only for men.

CountryJordan
Year2017
Duration74 min
Rating14
LanguageArabic, English
SubtitleEnglish, Czech
Directed by Widad Shafakoj
Director of Photography Ali El-Saadi
Music Wissam Tubeileh
Edited by Yahya Alabdallah
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Biography

A Jordanian-Spanish documentary filmmaker and humanitarian activist. She graduated in interior design and later in film production at the UAE Institute. She captivated with the short films ID: 000 (2012) and The Last Passenger (2013) and the feature film If You Meant to Kill Me (2014).

Teenagers, Documentary, Relationships, Sports

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