KICK
 IN
 IRAN is
 the
 first
 feature
 documentary
 by
 Fatima
 Geza
 Abdollahyan.
 The
 82
 minute film
 is
 her
 graduation
 project
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Television
 and
 Film
 Munich.
 KICK
 IN
 IRAN
 features
 the
 young
 Iranian
 athlete
 Sara
 Khoshjamal‐Fekri
 and
 her
 female
 coach
 Maryam
 Azarmehr
 and
 accompanies
 them
 on
 their
 way
 to
 the
 Olympic
 Games
 2008
 in
 Beijing 
over a
 period 
of 
almost 
one 
year
 ‐ 
from 
the 
moment 
of 
Sara’s 
qualification 
up 
to 
her
 participation 
and 
return 
from 
Olympia.

KICK
 IN
 IRAN
 is
 a
 brave
 new
 work
 production,
 co‐produced
 with
 Bayerischer
 Rundfunk
 and
 Westdeutscher
 Rundfunk,
 supported
 by
 FilmFernsehFonds
 Bavaria,
 Filmboard
 Hamburg
 Schleswig‐Holstein,
 Foerderverein
 der
 HFF‐Muenchen
 and
 Filmstiftung
 Northrhine‐Westphalia.
 Telepool
 is
 in
 charge
 of
 worldwide
 sales.
 The
 treatment
 was
 awarded
 with
 the
 Gerd‐Ruge‐Stipendium.

KICK
 IN
 IRAN
 will
 celebrate
 its
 World
 Premier
 at
 Sundance
 2010,
 participating
 in
 the
 World
 Cinema
Documentary 
Competition.