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Quickening (2020)
Toronto International Film Festival - Official Selection
SHEILA, a Pakistani-Canadian teenager struggles to define her identity as she is pulled between her newfound social life at university and her family’s traditional values. After starting a secret relationship with her classmate, Sheila discovers that keeping these two worlds separate comes at a great cost.
2021 • 88 minutes • Digital • 1.85:1 • English, Urdu • Canada
Directed by Haya Waseem
Produced by Yona Strauss
Edited by Brendan Mills
Canadian Distributor levelFILM
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