My Goal Football
Date:
May 5, 2022
Date:
Saturday, June 4, 2022Time:
13:30Venue:
MAC Birmingham (Midlands Arts Centre), B12 9QHDirector:
Shoib Nikash ShahCast:
ShoIb Nikash Shah, Namita Lal, Rani Bhan, Azmat KhwajaDuration:
91 MinutesLanguage:
Hindi (with English subtitles)Certified:
PG - Parental Guidance (some scenes may be unsuitable for young children).WORLD FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE
Synopsis
“You can either be a Football and get kicked around by others all your life Or kick the ball yourself… the choice is yours “ says Rekha to Goli in the feature film Football.
This dialogue neatly sums up the message of the film written and directed by Shoib Nikash Shah and shot in the beautiful locales around Jammu with local village boys.
Goli (Gulshan) is a poor boy in a Jammu village who dreams of becoming a football player. Circumstances however led him to take up his father’s profession of painting statues. Now in his late 20s, he bumps into Rekha, a woman who wanted to be a football player but who has been married off at a young age. She, however, continues to play street football with village children, coaching and encouraging them to “play the sport”. Goli joins her team and starts living his dreams again.
The film weaves around complex relationships that develop between Goli and Rekha and his and her family! The common passion and love for the sport keep them going. Will Goli be able to play with the pressures of life that develop around him?
DIRECTOR BIO
Shoib Nikash Shah hails from Pamrot, a small village located near the Indian-Pakistan border. His interest and passion for films started in early childhood.
His first film as an actor was the lead in Identity Card (2014). The film was showcased at a convention in Brussels and won international acclaim. His other major films are Mantostaan (2017) and Side A & Side B (2018) where he has won awards for ‘Best Actor’.
In his first directorial venture Teacher, he tackled educational issues with a lot of sensitivity. His second film Oxygen also deals with issues like corruption and it had its world premiere at the Indian Film Festival in Barcelona and India premiere at the Rajasthan Film Festival Jaipur.
POST-SCREENING Q&A
Shoib Nikash Shah and Namita Lal will attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A discussion.
