Inshallah, Football (2010)

Directed by

Ashvin Kumar

Genre

documentary film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a young footballer in Kashmir who is banned from traveling abroad because his father was labeled a militant. The film shows his daily struggle to play soccer amid a militarized environment and limited opportunities.

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What happens

Inshallah, Football is a documentary film by Ashvin Kumar about an aspiring footballer who was denied the right to travel abroad on the pretext that his father was a militant in the 1990s. The film was completed in 2010, and has faced difficulties getting released in India. The film's first screening in India at the India Habitat Center received this review from Tehelka magazine, 'Kumar's camera catches the irony of Kashmir's physical beauty, the claustrophobia of militarisation, the dread and hopelessness of children born into war and the nuances of relationships. It also filters the inherent joie-de-vivre of youth, even if that flows uneasily with Kashmir's collective memory of unmitigated grief...There is no better way to understand Kashmir right now.'. The film was shot by Kumar himself using five different camera formats "There is a rough, almost unpolished, feel to Inshallah, Football. The narrative runs unfettered, with an energy of its own." says Tehelka, "We shot with five different cameras, from DSLRs to the best equipment. The idea was to watch life unfold and get under the skin of the audience." adds Kumar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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