Waseem's debut full-length feature, the film stars Arooj Azeem as Sheila, a young Pakistani Canadian woman navigating her freedom from the social expectations of her immigrant family after starting university.[2] When Sheila losses her virginity, then her boyfriend breaks up with her, followed by her father losing his job, the collective pressure causes her to suffer the physical and hormonal imbalances of a false pregnancy.
Arooj Azeem's parents, mother Bushra Azeem and father Ashir Azeem, play her character's parents in the film, while Quinn Underwood plays the boyfriend, Eden.[3]
The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF),[4] with Arooj Azeem being named among TIFF's Share Her Journey Rising Stars Fellows for emerging actors.[5]
Referencesedit
^Hertz, Barry (28 July 2021). "TIFF 2021: Films starring Kirsten Dunst, Steven Yeun and Sigourney Weaver heading to festival". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^Ahearn, Victoria (6 September 2021). "From 'Night Raiders' to 'Scarborough': Five Canadian films making waves at TIFF". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^Mobarak, Jared (14 September 2021). "TIFF Review: Quickening Follows a Pakistani Canadian Teenager's Search for Autonomy". The Film Stage. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^Rubin, Rebecca (28 July 2021). "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
quickening, film, quickening, 2021, canadian, drama, film, written, directed, haya, waseem, quickeningdirected, byhaya, waseemwritten, byhaya, waseemproduced, byyona, straussstarringarooj, azeembushra, azeemashir, azeemquinn, underwoodcinematographychristopher. Quickening is a 2021 Canadian drama film written and directed by Haya Waseem 1 QuickeningDirected byHaya WaseemWritten byHaya WaseemProduced byYona StraussStarringArooj AzeemBushra AzeemAshir AzeemQuinn UnderwoodCinematographyChristopher LewEdited byBrendan MillsMusic bySpencer CreaghanProductioncompanyQuickening FilmDistributed bylevelFilmRelease dateSeptember 12 2021 2021 09 12 TIFF Running time88 minutesCountryCanadaLanguagesEnglishUrdu Waseem s debut full length feature the film stars Arooj Azeem as Sheila a young Pakistani Canadian woman navigating her freedom from the social expectations of her immigrant family after starting university 2 When Sheila losses her virginity then her boyfriend breaks up with her followed by her father losing his job the collective pressure causes her to suffer the physical and hormonal imbalances of a false pregnancy Arooj Azeem s parents mother Bushra Azeem and father Ashir Azeem play her character s parents in the film while Quinn Underwood plays the boyfriend Eden 3 The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival TIFF 4 with Arooj Azeem being named among TIFF s Share Her Journey Rising Stars Fellows for emerging actors 5 References edit Hertz Barry 28 July 2021 TIFF 2021 Films starring Kirsten Dunst Steven Yeun and Sigourney Weaver heading to festival The Globe and Mail Retrieved 27 October 2022 Ahearn Victoria 6 September 2021 From Night Raiders to Scarborough Five Canadian films making waves at TIFF Toronto Star The Canadian Press Retrieved 27 October 2022 Mobarak Jared 14 September 2021 TIFF Review Quickening Follows a Pakistani Canadian Teenager s Search for Autonomy The Film Stage Retrieved 27 October 2022 Rubin Rebecca 28 July 2021 Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup Variety Retrieved 27 October 2022 Toronto Film Fest Unveils Plans For Talent Development Media Inclusion Shoot Online Press release Toronto International Film Festival 31 August 2021 Retrieved 27 October 2022 External links editQuickening at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a Canadian film of the 2020s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Quickening film amp oldid 1143936941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
