07/24/2024
Join to watch a story unfold of a school teacher who becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets and secret identities.
📅 August 8 at 8:15 at Regal USQ
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Wakhri is about a widowed school teacher in Pakistan who becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame as an unlikely influencer comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets and secret identities while raising her ten-year-old son in a world where a woman’s right to have a voice and own their own space, physical or online, is a constant challenge. The film draws inspiration from the bravery of individuals like Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social media celebrity who was strangled to death by her brother for bringing disrepute to the family’s honour.
DIRECTOR: Iram Parveen Bilal is an award-winning empathic creator excited to tell thought-provoking, socially impactful stories. She has quickly become a voice to reckon within the Muslim community and on the World Cinema stage. her past films have led to measurable shifts in causes they championed. Iram has been spotlighted as 1 of 8 directors to watch by the Alliance of Women Directors. She is also a board member of the Film Fatales, a Film Independent, Watson Fellow and multiple time Women in Film awardee. She has been profiled by the New York Times, featured on NPR, BBC, Bloomberg, and Filmmaker Magazine among others.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Aalia Mahboob Elahi
PRODUCERS: Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi, Iram Parveen Bilal
WRITERS: Iram Parveen Bilal
CAST: Faryal Mehmood, Gulshan Majeed, Shees Sajjad Gul, Sohail Sameer, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Akbar Islam, Saleem Meraj, Tooba Siddiqui
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ludovica Isidori
EDITOR: Aarti Bajaj
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Kanwal Khoosat
MUSIC PRODUCER: Abdullah Siddiqui
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