Communication is complex and so is the choice to either shun the rest of the world or let others in. This dilemma is transmuted from mother to daughter, between husband and wife, from a friend to another friend and within oneself. Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Haya Waseem tackles this subject in her coming-of-age film “Quickening,”an entry to the Spring Showcase at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, with glorious elan.
“Quickening” is screening at the 11th Sdaff Spring Showcase
The movie places this quandary within the terpsichorean world of Sheila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian who is trying to wrest herself free from the control of “values” invoked by her mother. As her mother disallows her from going out with her friends and insists on continuing to pick her up from school, Sheila asserts herself and ventures to experience things young people normally go through, such as exploring sexuality and intimacy.
This results in consequences however,...
“Quickening” is screening at the 11th Sdaff Spring Showcase
The movie places this quandary within the terpsichorean world of Sheila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian who is trying to wrest herself free from the control of “values” invoked by her mother. As her mother disallows her from going out with her friends and insists on continuing to pick her up from school, Sheila asserts herself and ventures to experience things young people normally go through, such as exploring sexuality and intimacy.
This results in consequences however,...
- 4/26/2022
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
The inaugural season of CBC and HBO Max series “Sort Of” leads both the television and overall 2022 Canadian Screen Award nominations with 13 nods. CBC’s “Pretty Hard Cases” and CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s “Wynonna Earp” with 11 each, and CBC’s “Coroner” and “Kim’s Convenience” with 10 each are the other leading television nominees.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed on Tuesday 145 nominations across television, film and digital media categories. In film, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s “Scarborough” and Danis Goulet’s “Night Raiders” top the nominations with 11 each, while Michael McGowan’s “All My Puny Sorrows” has eight and Bretten Hannam’s “Wildhood” and Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” six each.
“21 Black Futures” and “For the Record” lead the digital media nominations with eight each, followed by “The Communist’s Daughter” with six.
Beth Janson, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, said: “We are so fortunate to...
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed on Tuesday 145 nominations across television, film and digital media categories. In film, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s “Scarborough” and Danis Goulet’s “Night Raiders” top the nominations with 11 each, while Michael McGowan’s “All My Puny Sorrows” has eight and Bretten Hannam’s “Wildhood” and Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” six each.
“21 Black Futures” and “For the Record” lead the digital media nominations with eight each, followed by “The Communist’s Daughter” with six.
Beth Janson, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, said: “We are so fortunate to...
- 2/15/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Just One Film is a series that recommends individual films from festivals around the world—the movies you otherwise might have missed that deserve to be discovered.The fall of “innocence” looms over girlhood, an hour of imminent despair. We arrive at the coming-of-age drama already well-versed in the limits she will encounter as she explores her sexuality: there are clashes and confrontations, frustration and discomfort. She may make questionable sexual decisions or very natural ones. She may have to abandon her own home to survive. Haya Waseem’s Quickening belongs more specifically to those films that account for the sexual awakening of Muslim girls, divided between family influence and Western mores. In just the last few years there has been Iram Haq’s What Will People Say (2017), Jinn (2018) by writer-director Nijla Mu’min, and Minhal Baig’s Hala (2019). Waseem’s debut feature departs from its more straightforward predecessors by...
- 12/22/2021
- MUBI
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teenagers
Logline: Unhindered by politics or network censorship, “teenagers” is a dark, fresh and educational web series that authentically illustrates the world of millennial youth, written and created by filmmakers who have experienced it first-hand.
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“Degrassi meets HBO.” We dig deeper than shows like “Degrassi,” moving beyond the censored “polish” of most teen dramas, creating a series that is authentic, cinematic and exciting for teenagers and adults. Think John Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” meets Larry Clark’s “Kids” in a series of short, punchy, thrilling, and digestible episodes. “teenagers” (purposefully spelt with a...
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teenagers
Logline: Unhindered by politics or network censorship, “teenagers” is a dark, fresh and educational web series that authentically illustrates the world of millennial youth, written and created by filmmakers who have experienced it first-hand.
Elevator Pitch:
“Degrassi meets HBO.” We dig deeper than shows like “Degrassi,” moving beyond the censored “polish” of most teen dramas, creating a series that is authentic, cinematic and exciting for teenagers and adults. Think John Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” meets Larry Clark’s “Kids” in a series of short, punchy, thrilling, and digestible episodes. “teenagers” (purposefully spelt with a...
- 12/13/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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