Studio Autonomous, New York, NY (2021)

11/10/2021

SPECIAL PHYSICAL SCREENING ANNOUNCEMENT! TODAY at 9pm, shall be our 5th PREMIERE in CALI and 3rd in #LosAngeles at Asian World Film Festival! repost: Asian World Film Festival

🎬 Americanish

In Jackson Heights, Queens, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin Ameera must navigate the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture, work, and family. Serving both as a lighthearted reimagination of and critical divergence from the classic romantic comedy, AMERICANISH tackles and celebrates the complex intersectionalities of womanhood by welcoming us into the world—with all its joys and tribulations—of these three marriage-aged women.

ABOUT THE FILM:

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States

Year: 2021

Duration: 90 Minutes

Director: Iman K. Zawahry

Language(s): English

Subtitles: English (closed caption)

Producer: Roy Wol, Paul Seetachitt, Iman K. Zawahry, Aizzah Fatima

Screenwriter: Aizzah Fatima, Iman K. Zawahry

Cinematographer: Chloe Weaver

Editor: Jesi Rojas

Sound: Barbaros Kaynak

Principal Cast: Aizzah Fatima, Salena Qureshi, Shenaz Treasury, Lillete Dubey, Godfrey, Kapil Talwalkar, Mo Amer, George Wendt, Ajay Naidu, David Rasche

⌛️Screenings:

1st Screening: Nov. 10, 2021, 9pm PT

🎟We remind you to get tickets online.
❕The link in bio

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11/08/2021

NOW IN BARCELONA! With our global producer support group this week attending EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) Decision Makers Market part of EAVE producers workshop. Our production company #StudioAutonomous is proud to represent USA here this year as the sole American company! #BridgingCultures #TheGardenLeftBehind #Americanishfilm

11/03/2021

SOLD OUT PENNSYLVANIA PREMIERE!
#Americanishfilm is the OPENING NIGHT film at the 2021 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival as a part of the Tentpole Films program screening TOMORROW at 7pm at Asian Arts Initiative! We are honored to attend the festival in person! Thanks to #PAAFF for this incredible platform! Americanish Film See you there! #StudioAutonomous

11/02/2021

UK TV PREMIERE!
Our #SXSW winner #Fiforum20 and #GothamAlmuni film #TheGardenLeftBehind by Nalip Org best #latinx director winner Flavio Alves premieres on UK’s SKY today!! British friends, don’t miss out on this critically raved film, listed as one of the top 40 Best LGBTQ films of all times by Rotten Tomatoes editorial, certified fresh! While this is happening in England we are also playing #AmericanishFilm everywhere in festivals! #StudioAutonomous The Garden Left Behind

11/01/2021

MINNESOTA PREMIERE
Thanks to Twin Cities Film Fest (where #Americanishfilm enjoyed its Minnesota premiere) for recognizing Iman Zawahry and Aizzah Fatima's original screenplay titled Americanish at this year's festival as a finalist. We'd like to congratulate all the winners and fellow nominees. Aizzah and Iman have written a film - a first of its kind - an American-Muslim comedic narrative written by and about Diverse American-Muslim women. thanks to all #ProudTCFFSponsor of the fest and #TCFilmFest

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10/30/2021

Official Selection at Portland Film Festival #Americanishfilm continues its impact in #Oregon. Catch today at 5pm story pioneers Iman Zawahry & Aizzah Fatima at Islamic Scholarship Fund's #pdxff21 event "Muslim Cinematic Futures" at 5pm thru the following link: ow.ly/PvJw50GAkVn.

10/29/2021

Americanish comes to California physically for the 5th time!
We are honored to present #Americanishfilm by Iman Zawahry at Pacific Arts Movement 's SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL!
The screening is tomorrow - tickets at: www.sdaff.org

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10/27/2021

#AMERICANISHfilm continues its unprecedented festival run - Our GEORGIA premiere is at SCAD Savannah Film Festival Thank you to the festival for giving us this platform.
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10/19/2021

We are proud to present Iman Zawahry’s #Americanishfilm in Cali again! Americanish is co-created by Female American-Muslim pioneers #ImanZawahry and Aizzah Fatima and is screening at the 22nd annual The Newport Beach Film Festival! 🎥⁣
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We are honored to be back in California (a 4th time!) attending the #NBFF2021 among so many talented artists and filmmakers and we hope you will join in on the fun!⁣
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The screening will take place on October 23rd at 8:00 pm at the Starlight Triangle Cinema (Theater #3) in Costa Mesa, California. ⁣
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We hope to see you there!⁣ #StudioAutonomous
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#AmericanishFilm #NewPortBeach #NBFF #NBFF21

10/18/2021

Our latest film #AmericanishFilm’s Director Iman Zawahry wins BEST FEATURE DIRECTOR AWARD at LA Femme Film Festival
#FutureisFemale #FemaleFilmmaker

repost @imanzawahry:
I never thought I would ever win a Best Director Award! And it’s even more special coming from #LAFemmeFilmFestival. I worked so hard on this film over the last 8 years, particularly during the edit. I found out about the award while filming in Canada, so it was fitting that our amazing editor @its_jes__ accepted the award for me. It’s just as much hers as it is mine, as she never wavered over the last 3 years of the film. Special thanks to award-winning female @MissEricaEng for catching the 2nd and 3rd videos at the award ceremony. The last video is my reaction while filming with the female lead team in Canada. We all screamed for like 5 minutes, which was such a special moment to share with fellow female filmmakers who support and uplift each other. Thank you, LA Femme! Thank you, @AmericanishFilm team! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along this journey. #StudioAutonomous

Americanish by Iman Zawahry takes home the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE GRAND PRIZE of $20,000 home from #HIFF30. This is a bi...

10/15/2021

Heartland Film Festival names awards, including documentary on rural Indiana addiction

Americanish by Iman Zawahry takes home the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE GRAND PRIZE of $20,000 home from #HIFF30. This is a big win for the diverse American-Muslim communities as well as American independent cinema.

As #StudioAutonomous we thank the Heartland Film Festival for their continuious championing of Untold cinema. In 2019 our film #TheGardenLeftBehind had won the Richard D Propes Social Impact Award and #AmericanishFilm now takes home the big win. Grateful.

The Heartland International Film Festival announced its top awards on Friday, including a prize for a documentary tackling addiction in rural Indiana.

10/14/2021

🙏 to Richard Propes for this amazing review on #Americanishfilm! Fact: In 2019 our prior film The Garden Left Behind won the Richard Propes #SocialImpactAward at Heartland Film! We are excited to come back to #HIFF30 with Americanish ! repost: “Watch out, America. Iman Zawahry is talented!” “Americanish is a delight from beginning to end.” “The entire leading trio is absolute perfection.” ⁣
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We couldn’t choose a favorite quote from Richard Propes’ @heartlandfilm review if we tried!
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We have one more screening at the Heartland Film Festival on 10/16 at 7:45 PM @ Living Room Theaters in Indianapolis! Come join us and see what all the buzz is about.⁣
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Oh, and btw… We’re crushing on @ShenazTreasury too! 😉⁣
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#AmericanishFilm #MovieReview #MovieCritic #IndieFilmReview #FiveStars #RomComReview #RomanticComedy #MuslimsinFilm #FemaleFilmmaker #FemaleFilmmakerFriday ⁣
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10/13/2021

TODAY - We are honored to be back at Nalip Org's Media Festival: #LMF21. Catch #StudioAutonomous and #FreeYourstoryapp's founder's roundtable session at http://Latinomediafest.com - elevating the next generation of #latinx storytellers. #WeAreInclusion

10/13/2021

For some time now our multidisciplinary #studioautonomous international think tank has been brewing a new product — its final iteration #FreeYourStoryapp - gamifying life, with real-dreams of expanding the storytelling market and reaching audiences everywhere. Stand by for updates on this gift.

10/05/2021

FLORIDA PREMIERE! 🌴
Americanish will play in 4 theaters across Fort Lauderdale for the 36th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival !
We are honored to be an official opening weekend film at the and
Thu 11/4: 6:00 pm @ Cinema Paradiso Hollywood
Sat 11/6: 7:30 pm @ Gateway Cinema
Sun 11/7: 1:00 pm @ Savor Cinema
Mon 11/15: 5:00 pm @ Cinema Paradiso Hollywood
🎟 : https://fliff2021.eventive.org/.../6137d4da4bb61c0030f7f68c

#AmericanishFilm #FLIFF2021 #FLIFF36 #FortLauderdaleInternationalFilmFestival #Miami #SouthFlorida #FortLauderdale #studioautonomous

09/22/2021

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Americanish by Iman Zawahry is one of the 7 films selected for physical screening at the 25th edition of Urbanworld Film Festival in Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas. After winning 2 audience awards in NYC, we are proud to come back to our 3rd screening in town. Tickets are on sale now!
https://urbanworld.org/film-guide/
type: AMERICANISH
#Americanishfilm
#Urbanworldlegacy25
#urbanworldfilmfestival
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09/21/2021

INDIANA PREMIERE !!

Americanish by Iman Zawahry will PHYSICALLY premiere at Heartland Film Festival this year! #HIFF30

trivia: In 2019 our film The Garden Left Behind enjoyed its Indiana premiere at Heartland FF winning the Richard Propes Social Impact Award. We are honored to be back!!!

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TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
https://tickets.heartlandfilmfestival.org/welcome

09/15/2021

WOODSTOCK, NY PREMIERE.
Americanish comes back NY State theatrically with the 22nd Annual Woodstock Film Festival on Wed, Sept 29th, at 7.15pm at Woodstock Playhouse. Cast/Crew will be present. We are honored. Tickets/Details link: https://bit.ly/3luIHqu
#WFF2021 #Americanishfilm

09/14/2021

Americanish is the CENTERPIECE film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival. The screening will take place on Sunday, September 26th at 3:00 pm CST at the ShowPlace ICON Chicago
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Share with your Chicago friends!
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