The Queen of My Dreams

Name: The Queen of My Dreams
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 20, 2025
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Ali A. Kazmi, Amrit Kaur, Charlie Boyle, Emerson MacNeil, Hamza Haq

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WILLA | Release Date: June 20, 2025 | Not Rated

Starring: Ali A. Kazmi, Amrit Kaur, Charlie Boyle, Emerson MacNeil, Hamza Haq, Josh MacDonald, Kirstin Howell, Meher Jaffri, Nimra Bucha, Trina Corkum

Summary: Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.

Director: Fawzia Mirza

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Kim Hughes

Mar 20, 2024

There is a joyful lightness of spirit — and some very beautiful cinematography — in The Queen of My Dreams, the dazzling debut feature from Canadian writer-director Fawzia Mirza which premiered last fall at TIFF. Read full review

Screen Rant Abigail Stevens

Jun 18, 2025

The Queen of My Dreams depicts complicated love amid familial conflicts and an adoration of classic Bollywood cinema. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jun 20, 2025

There’s a lot of depth to this story. More than you might anticipate at the start. Read full review

IndieWire Proma Khosla

Mar 13, 2024

The film accurately reflects the tumult of mothers and daughters and intergenerational culture gaps, which are never nearly manifested or bridge. Reality is messy — anything else is the stuff of dreams. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Craig D. Lindsey

Jun 20, 2025

The Queen of My Dreams is a well-intentioned but tonally all-over-the-place look at how frustrating things can get when you’re a queer Muslim trying to live your best life. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Sep 16, 2024

Flashbacks to Mariam’s technicolour youth in 1969 Karachi are gorgeously realised, and the design department (in particular wardrobe) gets to revel in an eye-popping kaleidoscope of primary hues. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Mar 10, 2024

It does little to separate itself, thematically or stylistically, from a now repetitive form of “third culture” storytelling. Read full review

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