Movies: Fawzia Mirza

Azra is worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. 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...

A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates the holidays, is given the chance to begin again when he is visited by three spirits - the Ghosts o...

A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling....

Jamie is moving in two weeks from Chicago to New York hoping to become a Broadway actress. Her best friend Jessica is bummed because she's not-so-secretly in love with Jamie. As moving day gets closer, Jessica tries to make Jamie jealous by dating ot...

The day after meeting a crew of 20-somethings at a South Asian happy hour, 39-year-old Hena is thrown into their group text....

Noor and Layla are breaking up. It’s the end of the road for these two Muslim women…or is it just the beginning? Five life-changing moments in their relationship are marked by the Muslim call to prayer....

Karun, a young security officer from South India, is stationed in Gurez, a remote village in Kashmir. One day, a charming man named Faheem comes to the check post and meets Karun. This marks the beginning of a romance, which, from the outset, is doom...

The Nameless Grad Student and his group must travel to an important academic conference and square off against a rival group as they compete for results and grant money. Meanwhile, Cecilia's advisor is going on sabbatical, which means she has to fini...

In the afterglow of a seemingly fated hookup, two women realize that perhaps they have a little too much in common....

All cards are on the table when a queer, Muslim, South Asian American woman introduces her Latinx partner for the first time at a family game night....

Survivor Made follows a group of survivors of gender-based violence as they defy the odds - building their own businesses in Los Angeles, lobbying in Washington DC, and fighting to prove that investing in survivors saves lives....

Opposites attract in this sweet love story about a chance encounter that brings a retired executive and a reserved lawyer together for a magical day in Chicago....

A simple cab ride transforms into a meditative journey through myth, history, and place that leaves one woman questioning her presence in time....

As a young girl, Fawzia Mirza fell under the spell of Bollywood heroines and their promise of love and feminine perfection. As an adult, she looks back and re-imagines the epic romance in the classic film Aradhana, in a queer light....

A young, queer Muslim woman is grappling with the decision to come out to her devout mother, and ends up marrying her boyfriend to evade silent disapproval. This is a mother-daughter love story that reveals the often unseen intricacies of coming out ...

A young, unarmed black teenager is shot by a white neighborhood watchman. It is up to a jury of six to decide whether or not the man is guilty of murder. Inheriting the classic 12 ANGRY MEN and shadowing the incendiary current events of police brutal...

Letting go isn’t easy, but as Urvah learns, it’s easier with the right tools: a working lighter, a good sidekick, and the perfect Star Trek episode....