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About the Film
Connected through a shared love of Bollywood, a distant mother and daughter
come of age in two different eras.
Azra is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined; from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming-of-age in rural Canada.
Writer/Director: Fawzia Mirza
Countries: Canada / Pakistan
Genre: Drama, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Language: English, Urdu
Amrit Kaur
HBO’s Sex Lives of
College Girls
Nimra Bucha
Polite Society, Ms. Marvel
Hamza Haq
Transplant, Viking
Ayana Manji
Mustache,
SXSW 2023
Festival Highlights & Awards
World Premiere: TIFF 2023
US Premiere: SXSW 2024
International Premiere: BFI London 2023
Winner, Canadian Screen Award – Best Lead Performance in a Drama (Amrit Kaur)
Winner, Canadian Screen Award – Best Original Song (“Ishq Ki Na Koi Bhi Hud Hai” by Qurram Hussain)
Winner, Best Director – Image+Nation Film Festival
Winner, Best Canadian Feature – Reel Asian
Winner, Best Picture – Screen Nova Scotia
Winner, Grand Jury Prize – Image+Nation
Special Mention, Best Actor – SCAD Savannah Film Festival (Amrit Kaur)
Nominee, BFI Sutherland Best First Feature
Nominee, Jean Marc Vallée Discovery Award – Director’s Guild of Canada
Canada’s Top Ten, TIFF
