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Connected through a shared love of Bollywood, a distant mother and daughter come of age in two different eras. (NR, 96 min.)
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Set across decades and continents, THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS is a vibrant, genre-blending mother-daughter dramedy that explores queerness, memory, and the Bollywood dreams that shape us. Azra, a queer Muslim grad student in Canada, finds herself on a whirlwind journey through her family's past after the sudden death of her father. As she travels to Pakistan, memory and imagination blur - transporting her between 1969 Karachi and 1999 Nova Scotia, and between her own coming-of-age and her mother's. [Willa]
Starring: Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, Hamza Haq
Director: Fawzia Mirza
Language: English, Urdu
Genre: Comedy, Romance
"Bursting with creative energy."
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
"A stylish medley of generations and dreams."
— Valerie Complex, Deadline
"A vibrant, heartfelt love letter to mothers and daughters."
— Collider, Tania Hussain
"Kaur really is the film’s revelation: her Azra is funny, spiky and gloriously unruly."
— Cath Clarke, Guardian
"After 96 minutes spent with this family, in all their iterations, the heart wants nothing but the best for them all."
— Kimberley Jones, Austin Chronicle
"The film remains pleasing across its different decades and drawn similarities, its emotional story emboldened by the color palette of a shelf full of saris."
— Nick Allen, RogerEbert.com
"The film explores the complexities between then and now, a tussle many diaspora families are all too familiar with. What sets this movie apart is its refusal to stick to the beaten path."
— Valerie Complex, Deadline Hollywood Daily
"The cinematography, the production design, and the story structure all feel so precise in their ambition. It’s a fitting tribute to Bollywood and a fitting tribute to the expressionism of being queer."
— Drew Gregory, Autostraddle
"Mizra, who also wrote the screenplay for The Queen of My Dreams, distinguishes her coming-of-age dramedy by anchoring its story in Bollywood conventions, giving the film a fanciful and stylized edge."
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
"This peppy first feature by Fawzia Mirza has a boisterous energy and toe-tapping use of music reminiscent of Maryam Keshavarz’s similarly themed, Sundance audience award-winning The Persian Version."
— Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
"It’s Mirza’s personal connection to the story that makes it charming, moving, and magnetic in its best moments. To that end, the film accurately reflects the tumult of mothers and daughters and intergenerational culture gaps."
— Proma Khosla, IndieWire
