MATCH FACTOR
Fiction / Germany / 2008 / 18 min / German-English
Ahmed, a young football player from Iraq comes to Berlin to participate in a FIFA charity match. When he disappears from his hotel, a search for him is mounted as a possible case of defection. Brigitte, a young policewoman is on patrol duty when she comes across him.
Cast: Anneke Kim Sarnau, Navid Akhavan
Cinematography: Jörg Jeshel
Editing: Daniela Boch
Producer: Daniel Saltzwedel, zero fiction film
Written and Directed by: Maheen Zia
Winner Berlin Today Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2008
Winner Best Short Fiction, Karachi International Film Festival 2009