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The Queen of My Dreams

A still from the film, "The Queen of My Dreams." A young South Asian couple leans back on the hood of a car, seen from above. She is wearing a vibrant red jumpsuit and a mischievous expression. He wears a cream-colored turtleneck and a large moustache, and seems pensive but amused.
October 18 2024

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Q&A with director Fawzia Mirza!

Vibrant, fun, and romantic, with the colors and spirit that evoke Bollywood musicals, THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, directed and written by 3rd i alumna Fawzia Mirza (NOOR & LAYLA, SIGNATURE MOVES), is a luminous film about the complicated and intertwined bonds between mothers and daughters.

Queer Pakistani grad student Azra (Amrit Kaur, THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS) is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother (Nimra Bucha). 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.

Mirza’s expansive intergenerational narrative of women seeking to explore and define themselves in different eras (flashing between 1999 and 1969), which traces key moments in the lives of a mother and daughter born three decades apart, is inspired by her own personal experience.

PREMIERED – Toronto International Film Festival, One of Canada’s Top 10 Films of 2023
WINNER – BFI London Film Festival, Sutherland Award 2023
SHORTLIST – Directors Guild of Canada’s Jean Marc Vallée Discovery Award 2023

Details

Date: October 18
Time: 7:15 pm
Event Categories: , ,
Directors Fawzia Mirza
Country, Year Canada, Pakistan / 2023
Running Time 96 min
Language English

Venue

Roxie Theater

3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States

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Organizer

3rd i Films
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