EXCLUSIVE: The Nun and Gangs Of London director Corin Hardy is set to direct high school horror movie Whistle, which Black Bear will be selling at AFM after soft-launching the project at TIFF.
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In a world where familial ties are often tested by time and tradition, Fawzia Mirza’s latest film, The Queen of My Dreams offers a poignant dive into the dynamics between a rebellious daughter and a mother with a past not so dissimilar. This film weaves various generational narratives together, shedding light on the age-old war between convention and personal aspirations. This is a heartfelt ode to women of different eras who journey through the challenges and triumphs that bind them. The film stars Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, and Hamza Haq.
The film follows Azra (Kaur), a Pakistani Canadian who isn’t concerned with conformity. Naturally, her parents Miriam (Bucha) and Hassan (Haq) aren’t happy with her choosing acting classes and an LGBTQ lifestyle. It is these choices that leave mother and daughter estranged. When her father dies, Azra travels from Canada to Pakistan to mourn with her family. Reconnecting with her mother, Azra is privy to some family history as her mom discusses her personal rebellious streak in 1969.
As a young woman, Miriam is fiercely independent, looking for love and looking to carve her own path. When Miriam and her family move from Pakistan to Canada, there is a familial shift as they have to adjust to a new life, and assimilate into the western work force. At one point, Miriam sells tupperware door to door to make ends meet. It is through these flashbacks that the audience learns how mother and daughter became estranged, and also how the past can be the key to making amends in their future.
In the cinematic universe where stories are often linear and themes monochromatic, Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams emerges as a delightful anomaly. The film explores the complexities between then and
EXCLUSIVE: The Nun and Gangs Of London director Corin Hardy is set to direct high school horror movie Whistle, which Black Bear will be selling at AFM after soft-launching the project at TIFF.
“Dancing With The Stars Live” will return to stages all over North America with special guest Julianne Hough appearing on select dates.As of now, the classic reality show turned thrilling live experience has 64 performances planned including five in New York and three in New Jersey.The five New York stops will take place at Brookville’s Tilles Center for Performing Arts on Jan. 16, White Plains’ The Westchester County Center on Jan. 17, Verona’s Turning Stone Resort Casino on Jan.
Super exciting news has been revealed for fans of Drag Race!
Amazon is entering The 1% Club.
Streaming series, The Chosen, which follows the life of Jesus Christ will see all of its episodes in season 4 play first in theaters this coming February. Fathom Events is distributing. After the full-season run in theaters, The Chosen will see its debut across streaming platforms including The Chosen TV and mobile apps, broadcast and cable TV.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Distributor All3Media Intl. has sold “The Long Shadow,” written by “Lupin” creator George Kay, to Sundance Now, which has taken exclusive rights in the U.S. and Canada.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Cineflix Rights has closed multiple international deals across its slate, including returning seasons of “Last King of The Cross” and “Reginald the Vampire,” as well as the movie “Sugar.” “Last King of The Cross” charts the rise of John Ibrahim from poverty-stricken immigrant to the most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Season 2 of the show, which has been acquired by Sky (U.K.), Warner Bros.
Graham McTavish has had a successful career spanning over multiple decades but is now best known for his role as Dougal MacKenzie in Outlander.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Beta Film’s Channel4/Starz drama series “The Couple Next Door” is moving across European neighborhoods, being sold ahead of Mipcom to Movistar Plus+ in Spain and throughout the Nordics. Public broadcasters NRK for Norway, YLE for Finland, SVT for Sweden, DR for Denmark and RUV for Iceland snagged the thriller, starring Sam Heughan (“Outlander,” “Suspect”) and Eleonor Tomlinson (“Poldark,” “The War of the Worlds”). The show explores the stultifying claustrophobia of suburbia and the fallout of chasing one’s darkest desires.
Marta Balaga Two is better than one. Amsterdam-based Skoop Media has closed a deal with Walter Presents on “Evilside” and “Sleepers” for the U.K., Ireland, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The platform will have exclusive VOD rights in these territories.
Well, we guess that answers that! When Dean McDermott announced he and Tori Spelling were getting divorced, we took that as a sign they might be having marital problems. LOLz! In all seriousness, somehow insiders even denied THAT the same way she brushed off any other rumors of issues with the marriage. For YEARS it felt like. The Instagram got deleted, and the world kept spinning.
Kinepolis Heralds Opening Of Six New IMAX Screens
SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, is attending New York Comic Con on Oct. 14 for the panel “AI in Entertainment: The Performer’s Perspective”.
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video is eying a UK version of hit format LOL: Last One Laughing.
NFTS And Left Bank Pictures Launch UK Writers Program
EXCLUSIVE: After locking a docuseries based on Oceangate and the submersible tragedy, MindRiot Entertainment has now set a fiction project, also based on the tragedy, with E. Brian Dobbins (The Blackening, Black-ish) signed on to co-produce.
Queen and Adam Lambert are set to embark on their North American ‘Rhapsody’ tour next week – find all the details below.The legendary band launched the acclaimed show back in 2019, and brought it to the UK, Ireland and Europe last year.Per a press release, Queen and their frontman Lambert are now taking the newly “expanded and updated” production back to the US and Canada “where it first began”. The group have promised an “even more ambitious show” at the upcoming dates.Queen’s 2023 Rhapsody’ tour is scheduled to begin with two consecutive nights at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland next Wednesday (October 4) and Thursday (5).From there, they’ll visit Toronto, Detroit, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities throughout the month.
Taylor Swift fans say they feel 'torn' after the singer made a huge Eras Tour announcement this week.
Two Door Cinema Club have announced a US and Canada tour set to kick off in early spring of next year – find all the details below.The Northern Ireland trio will embark on a 22-date tour across North America in February 2024. Their first show is set to take place on February 21 at The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia.
Showtime has set a November premiere date for comedy The Curse, starring Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. The 10-episode series will launch Friday, November 10 on streaming and on demand for Showtime and Paramount+ subscribers before making is linear debut on Showtime on Sunday, November 12 at 1 pm ET/PT. Showtime also has unveiled an expanded look at images from the series, which will have its world premiere at the 2023 New York Film Festival on Thursday, October 12, screening the first three episodes. You can see the images above and below.