Film and TV Now recently interview Fawzia Mirza and Nimra Bucha about their film THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, which screened at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival. Watch the interview here:
About the film-makers:
Fawzia Mirza (she/they) is a queer, Muslim, South Asian writer/director born in Canada and living in Los Angeles.
She is a White House Champion of Change, an alum of the Tribeca Film Institute and Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative directing program, an Islamic Scholarship Fund Winner, and her recent feature script HEIRLOOM was named to the 2022 Muslim List, published by The Black List.
She co-wrote & starred in the feature film SIGNATURE MOVE, which world premiered at SXSW, and went on to win 15 awards (US Grand Jury Prize Outfest) and starred Indian film legend Shabana Azmi as her mother. She wrote on CBS’ THE RED LINE, executive produced by Greg Berlanti & Ava
DuVernay; her episode marked the first queer, Muslim romance on network TV.
She wrote/directed award-winning shorts that have screened all over the world, including NOOR & LAYLA (BlackStar, Bentonville, Short of the Week, distributed by Frameline Voices, CBC & Argo) and BROWN
ELEPHANT (commissioned by 20th Digital Studio with 2.3M views on Twitter).
She directed the award-winning TikTok series HIDDEN CANYONS and the rom-com THE SYED FAMILY XMAS EVE GAME NIGHT (world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival) which was named to Canada’s Top 10 and one of Harper’s Bazaar’s “Best Christmas Movies of 2021.” Her latest short AUNTIE executive produced by Paul Feig (Aspen Shortsfest, Hamptons) was acquired by/is now streaming on The New Yorker.
She executive produced the feature documentary COMING AROUND
(world premiered Thessaloniki) and the upcoming documentary GIFTED (also executive produced by Andria Wilson Mirza, Samantha Curley and Chase Joynt).
Nimra Bucha is a British-Pakistani actor who has performed in Theatre, Television and film in both Pakistan and the UK.
She is a household name in Pakistan starring in many popular television series, most recently the acclaimed series Churails. She can currently be seen as Najma in Ms. Marvel for Disney+ which will premiere this summer on ABC. She is receiving rave reviews for her lead role in Focus Features’ POLITE SOCIETY playing the formidable Raheela. She is very much looking forward to the release of THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS.
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