Off Sides
72 mins
When the junior ice hockey team from the small town of Náchod, in the Czech Republic, sets off in a bus to Morocco to play the away game in an exchange programme, the players and their coach expect an easy victory and a cultural shock: “bring ear plugs”, the coach suggests them with a touch of undisguised condescendence, so as not to hear the call to prayer early in the morning. Both on and off the ice, Rozálie Kohoutová and Tomáš Bojar’s camera focuses on a few teenagers and their exchanges, simultaneously funny and cruel, in a clumsy English.
Rozálie Kohoutová
Director
Šimon Hájek
Editor
Šimon Dvořáček
Director of Photography
Adam Levý
Sound
Rozálie Kohoutová
Screenplay
Ivana Pauerová
Dramaturgy
Rozálie Kohoutová
Camera Operator
Jaroslav Fryš
Sound Mixer
Alena Studenovská
Assistant Production Manager
Barbora Bernardová
Production Manager
Irena Špačková
Assistant Production Manager
Martina Knoblochová
Executive Producer
Dominik Dolejší
Sound
Štěpán Bartošek
Graphic Designer
Tomáš Kotas
Camera Operator
Jiří Vlach
Executive Producer
Alena Müllerová
Creative Producer