What Will People Say – Written and Directed by Iram Haq
Sixteen-year-old Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) lives a double life. When out with her friends, she’s a normal Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father (Adil Hussain) catches her alone with her boyfriend in her room, Nisha’s two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, her parents send Nisha against her will to a small town in Pakistan to live with extended family. There, in an unfamiliar country surrounded by people she barely knows, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed. (Press materials)
Read Women and Hollywood’s interview with Iram Haq.
Eighth Grade (Opens in NY and LA)
“Eighth Grade”
Thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year before she begins high school. (Press materials)
Pin Cushion – Written and Directed by Deborah Haywood (Opens in the UK; Opens in the U.S. July 20)
Super close mother Lyn (Joanna Scanlan) and daughter Iona (Lily Newmark) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes “best friends” with Keely, Stacie, and Chelsea. Used to being Iona’s bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbor. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren’t going great for either of them. Iona struggles with the girls, who act more like frenemies than friends, and Belinda won’t give Lyn her stepladders back. Both mother and daughter retreat into fantasy and lies. (Press materials)
The Butterfly Tree – Written and Directed by Priscilla Cameron (Opens in the UK)
“The Butterfly Tree”
Evelyn (Melissa George), a burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al (Ewen Leslie), and his teenage son, Fin (Ed Oxenbould), with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin’s mother. Through the vivacious Evelyn, Fin learns the power of forgiveness, and relinquishes his goddess in return for a family. In this seductive and heart-warming story, both men will discover the power of selfless love. (Press materials)
Read Women and Hollywood’s interview with Priscilla Cameron. |