‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Amrit Kaur, ‘Transplant’s Hamza Haq, ‘Ms. Marvel’s Nimra Bucha Lead Fawzia Mirza’s Pakistani-Canadian Film ‘Me, My Mom & Sharmila’ (EXCLUSIVE)

to bury her father . Azra struggles to connect with her conservative mother Mariam , but her return to Pakistan launches her into memories both real and imagined that reveal their unexpected similarities.

Adapted from Mirza’s stage play of the same name, “Me, My Mom & Sharmila” is produced by Jason Levangie and Marc Tetreault for Shut Up & Colour Pictures , Andria Wilson Mirza for Baby Daal Productions and executive produced by Damon D’Oliveira, with the support of Telefilm Canada and the Canada Media Fund in partnership with Crave and CBC Films.

Bucha will appear in a leading role in Focus Features’ “Polite Society,” a British action comedy from writer-director Nida Manzoor . Mirza was named a White House Champion of Change in Asian American Art and Storytelling in 2016. Mirza’s short film “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night” world premiered at TIFF 2021. “Signature Move,” the feature she co-wrote, produced and co-starred with Indian thespian Shabana Azmi, world premiered at SXSW in 2017.

Mirza co-founded production company Baby Daal Productions with her wife, producer Andria Wilson Mirza. They served as advisors on Sundance 2021 documentary “Sirens” and are currently executive producing queer Muslim documentary “Coming Around.”

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