Filmmaker Fawzia Mirza’s feature directorial debut, The Queen of My Dreams (which I reviewed back at SXSW 2024), opens June 20, 2025, after a long and successful festival run. A charming meditation on identity and culture—queer, Pakistani, and Muslim—the film […]

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(For its 31st edition, the SXSW Film & TV Festival hosted nine days of screenings from March 8-16, 2024. Check out Chris Reed’s The Queen of My Dreams movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Director Fawzia Mirza […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineups for both its Midnight Madness and Discovery sections for its 2023 edition. Billed as “the infamous,” this year’s Midnight Madness lineup features 10 titles, seven of which are world premieres. The […]

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