Samira

Dates

2016 - Ongoing
Author

Azadeh Besharati
Topics Social Issues, Sports, Documentary
Location Iran, Iran

Its about an Iranian Goalkeeper.

I know her. Because I had found myself in her life. Being a woman and also a dreamer in a country that limits you every day. But a dreamer eventually finds her way. She is goalkeeper and the first time,I saw her in Malavan football team. After that,Malavan was dissolved because of silly reasons, such as sexual allegations and homosexuality.

She subsequently went to Zobahan football team in isfahan, after one year she joined Siah Jamegan futsal team and finally came back to malavan which was reformed after two years with new board of directors.Samira is 22 years old and She is filled with aspirations.She doesn't have any aim in life except football.

She has been enduring beeing away from family for many years.Although iranian women footbal teams face with too many limitations. How would her future be? would she lose her ambition in the middle of the road and like many footbal lovers begins her normal lige? I dont know.

© Azadeh Besharati - Image from the Samira photography project

Samira started football in her school teams, when she was 9 years old. She was entered the football's 3rd division when she was 13, and was invited to the youth national team when she was 16. She entered Malavan team as the goalkeeper when she was 17, and now she is 22.

Caspian sea side. When samira and her team had lost their ground, and their team were supposed to be cancelled they were training there

The players who were lost their clubs and their football ground, were changing their cloths in their own cars.

the players ocssionally used to go to the sea to play. Although the managing director of Malavan declared in one of his interviews that the the ship is over load with women and they should leave the ship, to avoid the ship from being drowned.

The players were warming up to start their football game...

and finally the passionate players, lost the team which they had put years of effort in it. A few number of players had played more than 15 years for this team.