#Minhal Baig

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Minhal Baig to Co-Write and Direct Adaptation of “We Spread,” a Portrait of an Aging Artist

After making her feature debut with 2019’s “Hala,” a coming-of-age story about a Muslim teenager, Minhal Baig is turning her camera on a protagonist in a very different chapter of...

News

Minhal Baig Inks Overall Deal with Amazon, Sets First Project

Minhal Baig is going into business with Amazon Studios. The “Hala” writer-director has signed an overall deal which will see her developing and producing content for the streamer, per...

Interviews

“Hala” Writer-Director Minhal Baig on Making a Culturally Specific Story with Universal Themes

Minhal Baig is a writer and director. In 2017, she was chosen as a directing mentee for Ryan Murphy’s Half Foundation Directing Mentorship. Currently, she is a story editor on Netflix’s “Bojack...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: A Pakistani-American Teen Seeks Understanding in “Hala”

“I am of two parts divided,” says Geraldine Viswanathan in a new trailer for “Hala.” The coming-of-age drama sees the “Blockers” actress playing Hala, a Muslim...

Films

Apple Snags Global Rights to Minhal Baig’s Feature Debut “Hala”

“Hala” has found a home. Written and directed by Minhal Baig and based on her short of the same name, the coming-of-age story just premiered at Sundance. Apple scooped up worldwide rights...

News

Sundance Pic “Hala” Adopted the Inclusion Rider

Written and directed by Minhal Baig, “Hala” is a coming-of-age story centering around a 17-year-old girl (Geraldine Viswanathan) raised in a conservative Muslim household. The film is...

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