The Queen of My Dreams

Showings

The Main 1 Wed, Apr 17 7:15 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Apr 20 7:00 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Apr 26 7:10 PM
Film Info
Accessibility:HI
Captions:SUB
Festival:MSPIFF43
Festival Programs:Breakthrough
Films by Women
LGBTQ+ Currents
Laugh Track
Best of Fest
Release Year:2023
Runtime:96 min
Country/Region:Canada
Language:English
Urdu
Print Source:The Film Collaborative
Trailer:https://vimeo.com/876281273
Tags:Drama
Romance
Comedy
Dramedy
LGBTQIA+
Women Directors
Family
Best of Fest
Cast/Crew
Director:Fawzia Mirza
Executive Producer:Damon D’Oliveira
Anam Abbas
Kamil Chima
Carol Ann Noronha
Robina Riccitiello
Josh Peters
Alexander Stegmaier
Producer:Jason Levangie
Marc Tetreault
Andria Wilson Mirza
Fawzia Mirza
Cinematographer:Matt Irwin
Screenwriter:Fawzia Mirza
Editor:Simone Smith
Composer:Alysha Brilla
Principal Cast:Amrit Kaur
Nimra Bucha
Hamza Haq
Kya Mosey
Gul E Rana

Description

Azra is constantly at odds with her conservative mother. A lesbian, Azra just tries to get along, but when her beloved father suddenly dies, her grief plunges her into a Bollywood-style examination of her family’s past and present.

Azra is a young woman, living in Toronto, living her life to the fullest without much involvement from her mother, who doesn’t approve of Azra’s so-called lifestyle. When her father dies, she begins to reexamine her family’s history, discovering that her conservative mother has a somewhat liberal past. Director Fawzia Mirza’s beautiful feature debut is based on her own stage production, based on her life, and evokes the classics of Bollywood cinema.